Whenever I see the word 'navy', there are a few things I immediately associate it with.
1) Hot navy sailors docking their ships.
2) J Crew.
3) The cute, little, multiple mini stripes across horizontally in t-shirts known as breton stripes tucked into almost anything.
4) Dark hues of denim jeans that reminds me I've yet to purchase one cigarette pair from none other than the fabulous Zara.
5) A proper navy cotton t-shirt I never managed to possess because I don't know why either.
6) Pretty much half of my closet.
I classify the hue of navies under the term naive not only because they are anagrams, but simply because we have overused it till the fact that we have understated the true value to 'navy'. Just like the white t-shirt and denim jeans story, we use and abuse them a little too frequent that we fail to comprehend the true value.
But to what extent have we been exploiting navies without giving acknowledging its significance?
Just a week ago I tapped on the topic of meshing blue (mainly navies) with black. It also made me realize that Parisians are one of the best individuals with styles that could inculcate navies effortlessly, yet proving that navies do hold a great inherent magnitude towards their styles. However for us, navies exists in most of our closets without us even noticing it. Often you can relate and spot the hues in those jeans we purchase. We usually opt for darker shades of denim because they make us look slimmer (the theory of black evokes the illusion of a thinner body whilst white does the exact opposite) and most of us are usually, plebeian and sticking to the safe.
Yet, we don't call them jeans in navy hues. We mention them as dark denim jeans. We seldom mention our Superga of the same shade as 'navy colored sneakers'; we often name it as 'dark blue sneakers'. Are we simply jaded by mentioning the word navy? Or is saying 'dark blue' easier for us?
I put it to the test with my friend. I wore a breton striped muscle tank top out tucked into a navy denim jeans and paired them up with the same shade of slip ons. I literally looked like the epitome of a sailor meets overly obsessed with the sea waters and thus forth wore hues similar to the dark seas out.
'What color am I wearing today?'
'Dark blue', was his response.
Zara breton striped navy tank, H&M denim jeans, Charles & Keith velvet slip ons in navy
Image credits Imran