Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,794,322 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Anchors away: seaworthy style floats your boat.


GET DECKED OUT IN JUST A FEW PIECES

You may be your crew's cruise director, but no need to dress the part!

Top, $39, Hot Kiss. Mini tie, $10, and earrings, $9, fredflare.com. Sunglasses sunglasses  A tinted pair of glasses used to ↓ light arriving at the eye, which are labeled according to the amount of UV light blocked; nonprescription glasses are classified according to use and amount of UV radiation blocked

Sunglasses
, $13, Accessories for Target. Tote, $36, Top It Off.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Get this look ...

Spring's best look is very ship-shape. Here's how to dive in--without going totally overboard o·ver·board  
adv.
Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship.

Idiom:
go overboard
To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm.
.

GO FOR FRESH, FUN ACCESSORIES

Look for classic navy, red and white.

TAKE A NEW TACK WITH AN ADORABLE a·dor·a·ble  
adj.
1. Delightful, lovable, and charming: an adorable set of twins.

2. Worthy of adoration.
 TOP

Rope details are everywhere this season--we love the bold red tie on this sailboat shirt. And stripes always make you look polished and crisp.

WEIGH IN WITH NAUTICAL nau·ti·cal  
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water.



[From Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from
 ACCENTS

Look for them on earrings, pendants, headbands. Ahoy, mate!

1. Striped striped  
adj.
Having lines or bands of different color or texture.

Adj. 1. striped - marked or decorated with stripes
stripy

patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

 bangles, $12 each, painted wood bangles, $8 each, 'ZAD 2. Blouse, $32, Fred Flare Love Boat Collection 3. Top, $49, Hot Kiss 4. Headband, $17.50, faigie.com 5. Duffel, $24, fredflare.com

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]
COPYRIGHT 2006 Monarch Avalon, Inc.
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2006, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2006
Words:158
Previous Article:Just peachy: orange you glad it's spring?(Brief article)
Next Article:It's the pits.(personal care)
Topics:



Related Articles
Catching the big one.(a camp's fishing director)
OUTPOST.(Sports)
CASTAIC TO LAUNCH NO-CHARGE CRUISES.(NEWS)
LIBERIAN REFUGEES TEMPT FATE IN SEEKING SAFE HARBOR.(NEWS)
NATURAL RESOURCES RISE OF FALLS - BOOK REVIEW.(Sports)(Review)
Kids get a chance to see if their ideas will float.(Family)(The Science Factory encourages young engineers to build boats)
The Ironworker builds docks, boats and his own expansion.(NEWS)
TREASURE from the HIGH SEAS.(Lifestyle)(Flotsamists scour the beaches for floats, nets and other castaways that tell the stories of ships around the...
A solo journey cross the Atlantic.(Michael Perham)(Interview)(Brief article)
Twenty Affordable Sailboats to Take You Anywhere.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2010 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles