California Beachwear Drifts Into A Very Strange Yacht Club
Dig out ERL’s latest “Sailing” looks, where Eli Russell Linnetz takes nautical dressing somewhere far less polished than the marina gift shop.
The collection works through familiar maritime codes—oversized layers, coastal color, relaxed proportions and clothing that appears ready for wind, water or a particularly theatrical dockside entrance.
As always with ERL, the references arrive filtered through Linnetz’s Venice Beach imagination. The result is not traditional sailing gear so much as a hazy California fantasy of what sailors, surfers and eccentric yacht-club members might wear in the same alternate universe.
ERL SAILING
Take Coastal Dressing Off Its Best Behavior
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The Proportions Feel More Shipwreck Fantasy Than Yacht Uniform
The standout silhouettes are deliberately loose and slightly unruly. Layers bunch, drape and overlap instead of sitting with military precision, giving the clothes the feeling of pieces grabbed quickly from a shared beach house wardrobe.
That looseness is central to the collection’s charm. Linnetz does not simply borrow sailor references; he stretches them until they become costume, memory and California mythology all at once.
ERL Keeps The Maritime References Playful Rather Than Precious
The styling avoids the usual crisp navy-blazer approach to coastal fashion. Instead, the looks feel sun-faded, oversized and lived-in, with the polished language of sailing pushed toward something stranger and more personal.
That contrast—nautical familiarity against ERL’s skewed proportions—is what gives the collection its identity. The pieces look recognizable from a distance and increasingly odd the closer one gets.
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Gallery: ERL’s latest “Sailing” collection by Eli Russell Linnetz. Courtesy of ERL.
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