Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Quaker Marine Supply delivers "most-intriguing-person-in-the-room" vibes with pieces like the ...
[+] Bluffton Straw Hat, Terrycloth Polo, and Batik Blue Shorts pictured here Effortless style isn't easy to achieve—it's one of the great paradoxes of summer fashion. Throw on an old straw hat, a vintage shirt, and some well-worn linen pants, and the outcome can swing dramatically. You might channel the cool charisma of Paul Newman on a leisurely fishing trip in the Florida Keys, or you could end up looking like Uncle Murray shooing away pigeons in the park.
The line between casual chic and accidental nebbish is surprisingly thin. Ernest Hemingway, in the Oysterman hat, and his son in Sun Valley Idaho. What I love about Quaker Marine Supply Co.
is that they gently nudge the balance towards elegance and timelessness, and without making a fuss about it. Founded in Philadelphia in 1949 by a Coast Guard veteran, the company (now based in Brooklyn) has deep roots in utilitarian, hard-wearing marine clothing. The brand made a name for itself in the 1960s with the type of long-brimmed seamen’s caps favored by Ernest Hemingway and various boat-going Kennedys.
There’s something about Quaker Marine’s hats and other items that give men (and women , too) “most-intriguing-person-in-the-room” vibes. No doubt this is why the brand remains a sensation. Recently, QMS has found a calling among maritime mavens in more urban settings (.
