Daytime Cruise Wear for Women with Style

Nautical Clothing - Tops, Sweaters, Outfits, & Pool Deck Dresses

Nov 5, 2009

Here are some of the best daytime cruise wear pieces for women with style. Try nautical clothing like tops, sweaters, outfits, & cute tropical dresses for hanging out.

Online stores have some of the best daytime cruise wear for women with style. Check out nautical clothing like tops, sweaters, jackets, and outfits. Lots of gals look good in tropical dresses while lounging around on the pool deck, buffing their booties at the buffet, or just hanging around the ship.

Cruise Wear for Daytime

Is it possible that cruise gals are divided into two categories? One group likes to wear clothes. The other group likes to lounge around the pool in bikinis, show their belly rings, and wear sequins in all the wrong places.

Well, this article is about Boomer Chicks, the gals in the first group. Actually, this is about Boomer Chicks who want nautical daytime cruise wear that looks chic, can be worn on land (during summer), and is affordable. This is about that group of women who are still in the groove; still know how to party, and still want to be hip; but who know that they will look better in a one-piece bathing suit or a cute outfit that covers their derrieres or their tummies.

Nautical clothing is perfect for this type of woman; well, at least for the daytime activities. After-dark cruising usually requires something a little less tomboy.

Nautical Clothing

The basic boaty look consists of blue and white, with cute bright accents to give it some pop. Red, white, and blue is a classic combination. Black, black with white trim (tipping), and black-and-white accents work for gals who don’t love navy blue. Read more about cruise wear for daytime, evening, and excursions.

Old Navy

Don’t laugh, but Old Navy (appropriately) has good tees and things for cruises - and for travel in general. And, thankfully, most of their stuff is inexpensive enough so that no woman needs to constantly worry about dripping cocktail sauce or spilling a rum and coke on it. Yo ho ho. Just throw the shirt away if it gets too skeezy.

While on the Old Navy website, click at the top of the page to see striped tees at Gap.com or the Day Tripper Pant at Athleta.

Orvis

Orvis has something that is so perfect; it's called the Vintage Denim Magic Waist Sailor Pants. Forget the blue denim colors because the white will be better on a cruise ship. Yes, most older gals shouldn’t go around in white pants or white shorts (on land), but normal clothes sometimes look kind of weird at sea, and conversely, white pants look good while cruising. It must be the clean air.

Scoot through Orvis' sale section for striped tees and other summertime (cruise-worthy) buys.

Overstock.com

At Overstock, type in “nautical” to see what’s available. At this moment they have:

BedfordFair.com

Go to the search engine for Bedford Fair and type in “nautical”. They have a great Nautical Separates Zip Front Jacket (and pants) that appears boaty without looking ditzy. Their striped tees look good and the Three Piece Pant Outfit is worth a try for that great price.

Key West Fashions

There are some cute cruisy things here. Be a little cautious with the capri pants. Some Boomer women look great in them, but many gals don’t. It depends upon one’s body type.

A gal can always get the top part of a “capri outfit” and wear different shorts or slacks. Everyone should know by now that hip gals don’t need to get all fussy about matching everything.

The brighter, splashier prints will, in general, work better in the Caribbean than on other cruises. They might be a bit much on a Mediterranean cruise, though that depends upon the cruise line. (Don’t drive the other cruisers to drink. Don’t go overboard. Are there any other cruise jokes that have been missed?)

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Coolibar

Coolibar’s Cruise Clothing and Cruise Wear section has some (secretly) practical outfits and accessories for women who want to avoid those pesky rays that come from the sky and off the water. The Zip Front Swim Shirt might look good even when there’s no pool in sight.

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