Taking a vacation on a cruise? Want to dress in a vintage, nautical, or pinup theme? You’ve come to the right place. Browse these vintage style summer clothing or the inspirational pictures and outfit ideas below. Here are some outfit ideas inspired by each decade 1930s to 1960s:
1930s: Wide leg pants in a flowing material inspired by ’30s beach pajamas. Pair with a sleeveless halter top and a large sun hat.
1940s: A simple A-line skirt and button down blouse or high waisted shorts with a striped knit shirt.
1950s: Capri pants with a button down blouse, playsuits, summer sailor dresses, vintage swimsuits.
1960s: Bermuda shorts and a striped knit top, nautical shift dress with a red headscarf.
Naturally, you will need some cute vintage shoes too. Choose classic white Keds, low heel wedges, espadrilles, loafers, and ballet flats for the ultimate in comfort. Wear higher heel peep toes, kitten heels, and ankle strap wedges for evenings. Add accessories such as sun hats, vintage sunglasses, woven beach bags, belts and jewelry for complete outfits.
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Inspiration Cruise Outfits
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- 50s nautical outfits
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- Collectif blue stripes outfits
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- 1950s summer outfits
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- 1959 white summer outfits
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- 1950s polka dots skirt and red sailor top outfit
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- 1956 summer outfits, casual styles
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- 1958 plausuits and clothing
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- 1950s red, white, blue dresses
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- 1950s red, white blue casual outfits.
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- 1950s sailor playsuits. Cute!
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- 1950s sailor outfits, casual clothing
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- 1958 jeans capris with red stripes
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- 1940s nautical sailor dresses
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- Modcloth striped summer outfit
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- Vintage inspired red, white, blue outfits
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- 1848 red and blue skirt and jacket
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- 1946 summer cruise outfit ideas
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- 1945 red candy stripe dress and blue bolero jacket and skirt.
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- Sailor playsuirs
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- 1940s summer shoes.
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- 1940s summer dresses, nautical themes
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- Modcloth summer outfit, vintage inspired.
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- 1950s summer casual clothing for a cruise or vacation
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- 1940s pin up summer shorts outfits
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- 1946 summer outfits. Love these!
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- Classic denim sailor short and striped t-Shirt
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- 1946 summer shorts blue outfit
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- 1948 overalls and pants for summer outfits
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- 30s beach pajamas make great summer clothes
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- 1938 summer outfits
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- 1930s blue, red, white cruise dresses
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- 1938 summer shoes
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- 1938 summer casual clothing
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- 1934 beach pajamas and jumpsuits
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- 1937 playsuits rompers
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- 1930s polo shirts and shorts.
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- 1938 summer casual clothing
Debbie Sessions has been teaching fashion history and helping people dress for vintage themed events since 2009. She has turned a hobby into VintageDancer.com with hundreds of well researched articles and hand picked links to vintage inspired clothing online. She aims to make dressing accurately (or not) an affordable option for all. Oh, and she dances too.
