What do you wear in Nantucket?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tassels and assless chaps.

That’s my usual go-to when I am there.

Or this type of thing. Don’t forget the lightship bag.

https://www.coveringbases.com/2021/06/everything-i-wore-in-nantucket.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should wear the crispest white pants you can find, sweaters tied around your shoulders, Nantucket reds, and go buckwild at Vineyard Vines and Lilly Pulitzer before you dare step foot on the island. Make sure to bring your car (you can drive right onto the ferry, no reservations needed) and you can drive onto the beaches. No need to let the air out of your tires. You will fit right in with the locals and they will love having one of their own back on island!

This. And a wide brim straw hat and carry a Nantucket basket purse.

[Anonymous]

Are you asking for outfit advice for 7 months from now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anything you want. There are no fashion police there.

Seriously op it is not a "fashion place" nor is it only stuffy, or preppy.

+1

Local, here - no one cares, seriously. Just don't rent or bring a car, and we are all happy.

NP = and no one may care but OP is probably still trying to get some sense of what people have on, day to day. Is it sundresses? Shorts and a t-shirt? Like what do you wear on a random Tuesday when you're there? What do you wear to go out to the nicest restaurant on the island? What do you wear to walk around town?

What do you typically wear to go to the beach, to lunch, or window shopping in the summer? Wear that. What kind of an answer are you looking for, OP? if there was an obvious dress code there would be an obvious answer, but there truly is no uniform.

Come on, though. I live near a beach and I can tell you about different vibes in different areas. In one, people tend to get a little more done up, especially if they are going out to eat. In another, it's a point of pride to never wear anything newer than five years old. Where I am, there's a bit more of a hipster vibe. You can surely help OP out a little bit. She's coming to a very wealthy vacation island and just wants to look like she fits in. Can you just give her a little bit more of a hint of what you and your friends are usually wearing?

Whenever I’m going somewhere and want to figure out the vibe, I go onto instagram and looked at tagged photos. If people want to dress up like they’re in costume (for example, a red beret in Paris), they should just own it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tassels and assless chaps.

That’s my usual go-to when I am there.

Or this type of thing. Don’t forget the lightship bag.

https://www.coveringbases.com/2021/06/everything-i-wore-in-nantucket.html

OMG. Nantucket people must have been LTAO!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anything you want. There are no fashion police there.

Seriously op it is not a "fashion place" nor is it only stuffy, or preppy.

+1

Local, here - no one cares, seriously. Just don't rent or bring a car, and we are all happy.

NP = and no one may care but OP is probably still trying to get some sense of what people have on, day to day. Is it sundresses? Shorts and a t-shirt? Like what do you wear on a random Tuesday when you're there? What do you wear to go out to the nicest restaurant on the island? What do you wear to walk around town?

What do you typically wear to go to the beach, to lunch, or window shopping in the summer? Wear that. What kind of an answer are you looking for, OP? if there was an obvious dress code there would be an obvious answer, but there truly is no uniform.

Come on, though. I live near a beach and I can tell you about different vibes in different areas. In one, people tend to get a little more done up, especially if they are going out to eat. In another, it's a point of pride to never wear anything newer than five years old. Where I am, there's a bit more of a hipster vibe. You can surely help OP out a little bit. She's coming to a very wealthy vacation island and just wants to look like she fits in. Can you just give her a little bit more of a hint of what you and your friends are usually wearing?

Whenever I’m going somewhere and want to figure out the vibe, I go onto instagram and looked at tagged photos. If people want to dress up like they’re in costume (for example, a red beret in Paris), they should just own it.

Sure! And the "let's have a conversation" method of doing that sussing out is just to ask: Hey, anyone been to this place? What did you see people wearing?

I have no objection to people wearing a beret in Paris if it makes them feel good, or Lily and VV in Nantucket if they want to cosplay Being In Nantucket. But if what they actually want is to walk around feeling like they aren't LARPing around then I think it is really pretty unobjectionable to ask the question OP asked.

Yes of course, who cares anyway, blah blah blah. But part of the fun of planning and anticipating a trip is thinking about what you will wear on that trip, and if it brings OP some joy to imagine herself looking nice in Nantucket - well who amongst us. Except the two PPs who I guess live there and so are too cool to think about clothes at all.

[Anonymous]

OP, New Englanders MYOB - no one cares what you wear, seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anything you want. There are no fashion police there.

Seriously op it is not a "fashion place" nor is it only stuffy, or preppy.

+1

Local, here - no one cares, seriously. Just don't rent or bring a car, and we are all happy.

NP = and no one may care but OP is probably still trying to get some sense of what people have on, day to day. Is it sundresses? Shorts and a t-shirt? Like what do you wear on a random Tuesday when you're there? What do you wear to go out to the nicest restaurant on the island? What do you wear to walk around town?

What do you typically wear to go to the beach, to lunch, or window shopping in the summer? Wear that. What kind of an answer are you looking for, OP? if there was an obvious dress code there would be an obvious answer, but there truly is no uniform.

Come on, though. I live near a beach and I can tell you about different vibes in different areas. In one, people tend to get a little more done up, especially if they are going out to eat. In another, it's a point of pride to never wear anything newer than five years old. Where I am, there's a bit more of a hipster vibe. You can surely help OP out a little bit. She's coming to a very wealthy vacation island and just wants to look like she fits in. Can you just give her a little bit more of a hint of what you and your friends are usually wearing?

Whenever I’m going somewhere and want to figure out the vibe, I go onto instagram and looked at tagged photos. If people want to dress up like they’re in costume (for example, a red beret in Paris), they should just own it.

Sure! And the "let's have a conversation" method of doing that sussing out is just to ask: Hey, anyone been to this place? What did you see people wearing?

I have no objection to people wearing a beret in Paris if it makes them feel good, or Lily and VV in Nantucket if they want to cosplay Being In Nantucket. But if what they actually want is to walk around feeling like they aren't LARPing around then I think it is really pretty unobjectionable to ask the question OP asked.

Yes of course, who cares anyway, blah blah blah. But part of the fun of planning and anticipating a trip is thinking about what you will wear on that trip, and if it brings OP some joy to imagine herself looking nice in Nantucket - well who amongst us. Except the two PPs who I guess live there and so are too cool to think about clothes at all.

Why doesn’t OP help herself and do a little research? Pinterest, IG, etc. you seem overly invested in defending OP who is a lazy sack of bones.

[Anonymous]

Southern Style. Hand smocked dresses for little girls, saddle shoes, white knee socks and smocked JohnJohns for your DS. Giant bow for DD and Little Lord Fauntleroy haircut for DS.

Wear a matching/coordinated Mother Daughter/Son smocked ensemble. No makeup save for a frosty orange lipstick. Neckline of your dress high enough to conceal heavily sun damaged décolleté.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything you want. There are no fashion police there.

Seriously op it is not a "fashion place" nor is it only stuffy, or preppy.

+1

Local, here - no one cares, seriously. Just don't rent or bring a car, and we are all happy.

NP = and no one may care but OP is probably still trying to get some sense of what people have on, day to day. Is it sundresses? Shorts and a t-shirt? Like what do you wear on a random Tuesday when you're there? What do you wear to go out to the nicest restaurant on the island? What do you wear to walk around town?

What do you typically wear to go to the beach, to lunch, or window shopping in the summer? Wear that. What kind of an answer are you looking for, OP? if there was an obvious dress code there would be an obvious answer, but there truly is no uniform.

Come on, though. I live near a beach and I can tell you about different vibes in different areas. In one, people tend to get a little more done up, especially if they are going out to eat. In another, it's a point of pride to never wear anything newer than five years old. Where I am, there's a bit more of a hipster vibe. You can surely help OP out a little bit. She's coming to a very wealthy vacation island and just wants to look like she fits in. Can you just give her a little bit more of a hint of what you and your friends are usually wearing?

Ok, this is a fair response (I'm the pp you're responding to) but I literally just wear in Nantucket what I wear to any other beach. I don't visit often, but have visited friends a few times in recent years. I wear cotton or linen wide leg pants and at shirt to the beach, usually- same as I wear to my local beach in NY (not Hamptons) and when I'm visiting family in Florida, and last time I was on a beach in Spain. Sometimes I wear an old soft H&M sundress, sometimes a longer cotton dress I got from jcrew. In other words, the same three or four outfits I wear to every single beach I've been to in the past 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vineyard vines and Lily Pulitzer.

No.

[Anonymous]

I always accessorize with a jar of Grey Poupon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always accessorize with a jar of Grey Poupon.

+1!

Maybe someone makes a Grey Poupon purse. That would be perfect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tassels and assless chaps.

That’s my usual go-to when I am there.

Or this type of thing. Don’t forget the lightship bag.

https://www.coveringbases.com/2021/06/everything-i-wore-in-nantucket.html

Isn’t it ironic that Jane Birken carried a basket and the bag she inspired sells for $$$$$$.

[Anonymous]

You’re planning an outfit for a wedding as a guest 7 months in advance?