Menswear
Let’s make ourselves known. The motto of Marina Yachting’s man for spring-summer 2011 is clear, bold, strong. His style travels through time to become more refined, more evolved, never betraying its origins. Sea spirit meets tradition and invents a trend made of certainties – blue, clean cuts, modern volumes on shapes from the ancient nautical tradition, that also turns into an urban journey. Masculine elegance at its most virile.
The signature Pickot explores new dimensions and unusual weights – in nylon cotton satin with shell-coloured inner taping and paste buttons. Then there is the Ottante version, in polyester poplin and star-shaped section nylon – with four pockets and tailored lapels, compact, rain-proof, and with a “memory” hand. Ultra-light and versatile, Unicorno is the travelling version of Pickot, a garment for every season to pack in every suitcase. The Sirio blazer is in linen and cotton cloth with visible weft and “vintage” washing. Marina Yachting’s dark blue DNA dyes the New Sailor, light and rainproof cotton and nylon blouse.
Flashes of “yacht club” red light up the black of Marina Yachting’s blue. The classic and reversible Sailor, in waistcoat version, is made in ultra-light nylon and microfibre. These are evocative touches for a dynamic collection, where casual and daily-wear mix in harmony. The piqué polo-shirt is in cotton, with Idrostop finishing. Hooded and non-hooded sweatshirts in jersey and piqué have zippers, tracksuit pants and “active” Bermuda shorts are tightened by cord drawstrings. Some off-white flashes give out a summer light. Graphic contrasts on polo-shirts and T-shirt highlight collars, cuffs and hems.
Four worlds of colour are meant for one single universe of style. Natural hues alternate with traditional blue, spring weekend blues, the summer explosion of pastel hues blending with bright, Caribbean candy colours. The former group is a connection between city life and summer resort in cord colours, sandy colours, hemp, stone and teak brown, an elegant homage to boat decks, that interprets details and finishes.
This is the collection to wear once you get off the yacht to spend one day at the beach. It is informal, based on the nautical blue-white-red trio inspired by sailing races. Embroideries look like the sail numbers on the crews uniforms, overcasting stitches are inspired by the sailmaker work and technical details mae all the difference, such as metal loops instead of button holes and elastic drawstrings, hermetic, almost watertight buttons, and racer foldaway hoods. Everyday short jackets are in nylon-lined cotton with inner plating, lined in nickel-coloured mesh. The most spectacular summer colours dye swimsuits, beach towels, “beach” accessories ranging from caps to bags.
Womenswear
Liberty of spirit and liberty of style. The Marina Yachting’s woman carries the sea wherever she goes. She wears the sea inside and outside, during spring weekends and on summer holidays. A way of dressing turns into a way of being.
White and intense blue turn the masculine sailor’s world into a light and more feminine version thanks to soft materials and clean cuts, details and “antique” stitches. Cotton satin and nylon are used for the unlined Pickot with cord-coloured contrasting taping; the travelling version is ultra-light in ivory colour. What’s new – Pakos, a versatile Pickot-style trench-coat, Delfino, duffel coat with toggles and hood, Hamal, the perfect multi-pocketed rain-jacket for unpredictable weather changes, and the classic Mariner, double-breasted blazer jacket stolen from his closet and made more waisttight, with metal buttons.
Deep blue is brightened by ivory and “wounded” by “Yacht Club” red. A casual mood fits modern-looking short jackets, first of all the legendary Sailor, wind-cheating waistcoat, hot pants and mini-skirts fastened by “halliards” instead of strings. Dynamic fits for contemporary outfits – stretch sweatshirts in cotton and shiny viscose, sleeveless or shortsleeved hooded polo-shirts. The technical wardrobe turns smart thanks to care for details and body-hugging shapes – a bomber jacket, in patented leather-like nylon, turns into a cult jacket to be worn every day.
Many colour themes, all of them neat – graphic and design for the white and blue duo, made more precious by handmade embroideries and gold-plated buttons; decks teak for retro touches on jeans denim to wear in the city and then pack to go to the seaside; optical white combined with leather and gold, sandy and shell hues. The white and blue from Marina Yachting’s tradition come in a triumph of stripes – from micro patterns to asymmetrical ones.
The middle of summer, at last! The entire range of purely summery light blues is on display to make you really feel on holiday. Swimsuits and beach shorts, muslin and voile dresses overlap and alternate, like layers of freshness one can use as beachrobes and then wear until seaside aperitif time. White explodes as bright as ever, creating pieces floating from the shore sand to the aperitif terrace, from the beach umbrella to the night cocktail – embroidered logo and ivory and matching colour pigments, threads of very light gold brighten up cotton muslins, linen gauzes, cotton veils, both see-through and layered.
MY 1972
Blue is in the air. It is washed, “ripped”, stained of indigo blue and scratched by sea salt - denim and chambray, cotton blended with linen, vintage prints and memento-like embroideries, sailing canvases and anchor-shaped 1972-dated hand-knit embroideries. Knit tops are like survivors from the storm and long-lasting crossings, buttons seem to be coming from sunken wrecks, sweatshirts look like old worn-out jeans, thick stitches are sail stitches and nautical knots are tied in metal eyelets. Marina Yachting’s story looks back to its year of birth, 1972: each garment is dyed and discoloured, garment-cross-dyed and faded, artfully worn-out and sun- and salt-retted like a real sailor’s. It is far from fashion diktats, confident in its everlasting aplomb – a gentleman from yesteryear, a protagonist of present times.
Hydra
It's called Hydra like the broadest constellation of the Southern hemisphere: this is footwear that, in line with the origin of Marina Yachting, sets the pace of a new era.
Hydra comes from the synergy of advanced technologies, precious materials and an extreme search for structural and stylistic simplicity.
Hydra turns the concept of shoe upside down pivoting around Footbed. A footbed made of state-of-the-art water-proof materials, designed and patented accordingly, that let the feet transpire through a bespoke micro-piercing.
Hydra is the first footwear with technical servicing: Footbeds, each marked by an identification number, extractable and washable, may be replaced by the company.
Marina Yachting and Perini Navi Cup – Porto Cervo 2009
The Perini Navi Cup wears Marina Yachting. The third edition of the race, organized this year by the Costa Smeralda Yacht Club in Porto Cervo from 3 to 5 September, will see many protagonists at sea, all of them wearing just one brand. Shipowners and crews of the 22 regatta sailers as well as the YCCS staff will wear the Marina Yachting Collection, tailor-made for this event. The collection is sober, consisting of few but identifiable elements – the essentials of every sailor’s wardrobe. For men, blue and white sailor jacket, Bermuda shorts with blue and white striped belt, blue polo shirt and baseball cap. For women, blue and white sailor jacket, “Capri” cropped trousers with blue and white belt, blue polo shirt and baseball cap. Care for details is utmost – for example, trousers have very elegant contrasting inner stitches. The connection between the two names, each able to bring fame to the Italian art of sailing, will also be sealed by an additional event. On the first day of the regatta, the crews will race the Marina Yachting Day challenge, at the end of which the winning yacht will be rewarded the homonymous trophy at a special award-giving ceremony.
Marina Yachting and Perini Navi – a partnership naturally evolved from the genome of the two companies. On one hand, a brand that succeeded in turning clothing styled for rough seafaring life into a perfect classic for urban life. On the other hand, a large boat and yacht builder that became a reference point in worldwide megasailers building, ridding its image of all the most trivial and predictable sea references.
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