Bold, Striking and oh so savy stripes are back in town, even though they never left. However we do see a different side to our modern stripes instead of being more of the nautical style of previous years they are setting a different tone for summer. Designers using them on everything from socks to bags, dresses to hats. For me they have toned down from the seaside and gone more 1960’s with a modern twist using bold patterns and colours do give more of a ecentric twist.
Stripes can be so easily worn by just wearing a striped t-shirt with denim shorts or striped dresses with coloured socks and brouges and still give a timeless effect.
Stripes are being given a fresh approach from retro 70’s glamour to 60’s mods to strong geometric prints, all giving a new lease of life on the Breton stripe.
I’m inspired by Jil Sanders choice of candy coloured striped skirts with a hard edged black striped top totally leaping out of the comfort zone for any striped style lover by mixing the two together and it works perfectly. I’m also a big fan of the skinny stripe pirate style, for that tougher look.
Jil Sanders 2011, Jaeger Boutique 2011, Sonia Rykiel 2011.
This is not the first time stripes have been on the catwalk and it won’t be the last that we see of these iconic classic streaks, the mariners and Coco Chanel done it centuries ago and here it is again on the runways of 2011, stripes will never date as shown by new inspiring designers that mix horizontal with vertical and breaking the boundaries of the iconic navy and white Breton stripe by adding new leases of life with rainbow colours keeping up to date with the fast paced fashion savy. Seeing as stripes are so easy to mix and still look classic it’s no wonder there a safe bet with any fashionista.
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