Pain Couture By Jean Paul Gaultier

Ahoy Sailor! Today in issues’ Fashion Week special – the most french french-classic: La marinière (the sailor shirt).

Every spring, fashion magazines tell us about its imminent comeback. In fact, La marinière never goes out, it just feels like it because the winter is so long.
Like the barret, the sailor shirt is a national symbol (not to say caricature), of which the French are very proud. Its origins are well planted, along with crepes and heavy drinking, in the region of Bretagne (Brittany) and its sea-full history.

Picasso had a crash on it, Coco Chanel wore it, Jean Paul Gaultier had turned it into his trade mark and every french girl has at least one version of the marinière in her closet. I think we can say that the sailor shirt is a safe bet, and, like any good must-have –  it ain’t going anywhere.