Just in Navy Blue

Lately everything has turned navy. Navy with white accents. Everything at the mall seems to have a nautical vibe this spring, and so there's a lot of navy-and-white striped print pieces at various shops.

But the point of this navy-and-white trend is Contrast. It's like black-and-white, but less harsh. (Uh-oh, did I just call navy "the New Black"?)

Wearing a whole solid navy piece and accessorizing it with large white jewelry just looks clean, crisp, and chic. Keiko Kitagawa, model/actress/Sailor Scout, has kindly shared the above images (in her own blog) from behind the scenes of her JJ Photoshoot, and she looks adorable. The magazine even bases the entire cover on the color pairing.

I've seen a lot of necklaces similar to Keiko's. I think that the bead size is hard to get right though. This length of Keiko's really goes with the low round neck of the blouse. I've seen some where the beads are bigger and the necklace is shorter, but wouldn't that make you look like Wilma Flinstone?

I think big chunky white bracelets would go great with this style too.

Another person sporting this nautical navy fashion lately was... Domyouji Tsukasa (Matsumoto Jun) from Hana Yori Dango 2 ! Ha ha. Watching the last episode, I was always distracted by his navy sweater with white anchors on it. I kept thinking, "Why does it have anchors if it's at a ski lodge??" But then this weekend I saw the anchor pattern had popped up in a couple places at the mall, for both women and men. So he was just being fashion forward. XD Ah, Domyouji. I'm going to miss his crazy clothes! (among other things)

By the way, the title of this entry is in reference to the Rina Aiuchi song, "Navy Blue." It's a classic, I recommend it!