Clockwise from top left:J. Crew Sasha maxi dress – on sale $69.99 (buy) / Sonia by Sonia Rykiel striped cotton-jersey dress – $290 (buy here or here) / Splendid racerback stripe maxi dress – $158 (buy) / Sonia by Sonia Rykiel striped knitted cotton-blend dress – $295 (buy) / ASOS striped knitted dress – on sale $33.53 (buy) / Scarlet Club 55 stripe top – $176 (buy)
I am crazy about stripes. I have amassed a little collection of striped clothing lately and I couldn’t be happier. While we are on the topic of things I’m crazy about, let’s talk about maxi dresses. Ever since I bought my first maxi dress (the J. Crew maxi dress shown on the top lefthand side) I decided that I want to wear maxi dresses all the time. They require no thought whatsoever because I can just put it on, tie a belt around it, and go out. I don’t need to “layer” or “pair” it with anything. Excuse me for a minute while I roll my eyes at the amount of layering necessary in women’s fashion. No wonder I love dresses so much. Long dresses are more practical than short dresses because sometimes, despite practically living in pencil skirts, my legs get cold and covering them with a long dress feels great. The most surprising thing about my maxi dress was how comfortable it was. I wear it all the time and I wore it while making this collage. I’m sure I’ll wear it to bed one of these days. Anyway, stripes: wear them!
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Yea, it seems like a must have stuff for early spring….am also thinking bacon strips, irregular strips… I heard strips could make an illusion to enlarge some part of our body, is it true?
Hi Matilda! I think stripes are slimming! Irregular stripes are definitely interesting, like this skirt here: http://bit.ly/KAGq58. The stripes go from wide to narrow to wide. Horizontal stripes get a bad rep but I think that as long as the clothing fits properly, stripes won’t make the body look larger. Thanks for commenting!