Proper Cruise Wear, circa 1941

[SewMuch]

This is from a book titled "The New American Etiquette" published in 1941. It is a list of what to pack for a cruise to the West Indies. It should answer all your packing questions about proper attire!

 

Women: You will need a topcoat for wear on deck at night and light summer clothing ashore. Your wardrobe for the ship should include evening dresses - as many as you like - a tennis costume, a beret and a bathing suit; also some kind of rig for the fancy dress ball. You can wear beach pajamas, of course, and shorts, and don't forget a pair of low-heeled shoes for wear on deck and for shore excursions.

 

Men: Sports clothes, one or two business suits, flannel trousers, sport suit, a dinner jacket (but not "tails"), a topcoat, a beach robe to wear over a bathing suit going to and from your cabin.

[cb at sea]

Times sure have changed!

[SadieN]

Beach Pajamas weren't for the beach

http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/vintage_style_files/2014/06/14/pajamas-to-the-beach-ladies-in-the-1930s-did-it-in-style/

 

 

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[shipgeeks]

I love them! Just watched "To Catch a Thief" last night. Grace Kelly walked into the hotel lobby in a outfit like those in the pictures, on her way to the beach. So much more glamorous than denim shorts and t-shirt.

[geocruiser]

I love the stripped beach pajamas. I would wear them on a cruise. So Pretty.

[SewMuch]

SadieN: Thanks for the info on Beach Pajamas. I was wondering what they were.