Nautical fashion, dominated by hues of navy blue, red, yellow and white stripes, signals glorious sunny days and balmy summer nights on the high seas. Fact is, you don’t have to cast off to enjoy the trend. Sail through instead on terra firma.

To get the look you will need a few cool basic white bottoms in cotton and linen like shorts, trousers and leggings. You can mix and match a variety of stripes with these bottoms. Nautical stripes are usually navy blue and white, red and white, and yellow and white, but we found some great knits in navy and pink, grey and white, and yellow and grey that add a great twist to the nautical look.

To make the dresses the girls are wearing:

1. Cut back and front for body

2. Make triangular tops and straps for top

3. Make two strips for frills and gather

4. Attach frill to body and join back to front

5. Attach top to body

6. Hem and finish

Today we feature some nautical fashions that are cool and perfect for a day at the beach.

The looks:

1. Our cute little crew in navy and white and red.

2. Anna hunts for sea stones in navy and white cotton knit with white leggings.

3. Madyson wears her matching outfit in yellow and white stripes by the beach.

4. Kai chases butterflies in his nautical striped shirt and linen trousers.

5. These mixed stripes offer a twist on nautical stripes.