https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:44:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813797 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:31:53 +0000 ManidipaM 813797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you need the non-traditional stripes, unless it is inspired via menswear (pinstripe suit elements, but non-classic cut; vertical-striped tomboy shirt; bold striped tie but not school stripes). Otherwise, it may be too classic or 'even-tempered' for you.</p> <p>Mostly maybe graduated or broken or shifted stripes (chevrons). Suggesting technology/technical inspiration or fabrication, I guess --- bar codes, digital prints and knits that call for a cleverly programmed machine (a la Missoni, or the dress Caro linked to), 'brushed steel' textures, speed or sporty stripe, mixed-media stripes with at least one non-traditional material (leather, reflective strips, plastic, wire coating)...</p> <p>ETA: I wondered how you feel about the almost-stripe (I consider them broken stripes) patterns on the two tops at the end of Angie's blog post today... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813683 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:15:33 +0000 rae 813683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I'm on it. I've pinned Johnny Depp, and I suddenly want to wear that shirt with some shorts and the bronze Fryes I posted about. </p> <p>Whimsical morbidity. Now there's a style descriptor that would make my mom cringe! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813672 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:07:47 +0000 catgirl 813672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Beetlejuice - the whimsical side of stripes is appealing. Or the Tim Burton-esque possibilities. A little morbidness or something. Great inspiration pix! Do you think you'll try something similar? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813668 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:04:30 +0000 rae 813668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, the Zara blazer made something click. Try channelling a little Tim Burton. Beetlejuice. Sleepy Hollow. Sweeney Todd. </p> <p>No, really. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813660 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:59:07 +0000 catgirl 813660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Caro, that dress is fantastic in green! I am holding in my guts just looking at it. But the cut of the shoulders is IT perfection, and the stripes are indeed non-traditional... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-813653 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:51:36 +0000 Caro in Oz 813653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a href="http://www.shopbop.com/mirage-sleeveless-knit-dress-milly/vp/v=1/845524441962454.htm?folderID=2534374302050290&#038;fm=other-shopbysize-viewall&#038;colorId=35750#" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopbop.com/mirage-.....rId=35750#</a></p> <p>Sorry I couldn't get the photo to size correctly - not the dress but does this kind of stripe look more you? The green one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812195 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:05:14 +0000 Tina.b 812195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know... I try to convince myself to love stripes as they look fabulous on so many people. But when I put them on myself, I don't know, it's just not me. And they make me look SO wide. I have wide shoulders and I think that may be part of the problem.</p> <p>I have only three horizontally striped tops which comprises on a small % in my wardrobe. Funnily enough I am wearing one today. It is kind of oversized and asymmetrical when it drapes though and that helps it a bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812178 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:48:41 +0000 Angie 812178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There you go again, Una - loving a crisp look - the Zara outfit. </p> <p>I don't think it's an ALGO thing. I think it's a dressy thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812173 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:43:39 +0000 catgirl 812173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I have that j crew top and the B44 dress, both stripes. But I haven't mastered the stripe pattern mix that so many here do. Maybe it's too ALGO for me. I don't NEED to wear them but I feel like I'm missing out on some delicious treat that everyone else is enjoying! </p> <p>I will have to pursue a couple of options - CAREFULLY - I can see some androgynous looks with stripes, and i LOVE this Zara jacket, which is so 80s to my eye!</p> <p><a href="http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/us/en/zara-us-W2012-s/329011/1081506/STRIPED%20BLAZER" rel="nofollow">http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs.....D%20BLAZER</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812152 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:30:48 +0000 Angie 812152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stripes are indeed a classic, but at the same time SOOOOO on trend and fashionable. They come is a billion trillion incarnations. I love stripes. Graphic, controlled, very crisp, modern and clean. </p> <p>It does not surprise me that Mo and Dana do not like stripes, but it *does* surprise me that you don't Una - Rae for that matter too. You wear graphic combinations, and have a crisp element to your look. Rae has a preppy component to her look. Stripes work well with those vibes.</p> <p>AND, you have an emerald and navy striped blouse. I rest my case. You do not need to be UWP all the time. It's okay to mix it up </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812108 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:38:19 +0000 texstyle 812108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>one more for Una to look at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.garnethill.com/striped-short-sleeve-tee-by-la-made/sale-clearance/womens-fashion/knit-tops-tees/248417?defattrib=&#038;defattribvalue=&#038;listIndex=69" rel="nofollow">http://www.garnethill.com/stri.....stIndex=69</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812088 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:19:29 +0000 Anonymous 812088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do have some stripes but I am not a super fan. I like wide stripes the best. Why? I guess they are conventionally widening or too neat for RATE? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-812059 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:49:09 +0000 Caro in Oz 812059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one striped top - it's a x-over so the stripes look diagonal.<br /> Inge you ARE amazing I love that ASOS top too - if it came in blue I'd buy two:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811959 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:17:26 +0000 Inge 811959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>And it's a stripe, see;-) Happy to hear you're getting some inspiration here.</p> <p>(Thank you Suz and Shannon!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811950 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:13:22 +0000 catgirl 811950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, you may be right! Mo and others, glad I'm not alone here... </p> <p>Inge, you are AMAZING! I am checking those out and getting some ideas. Love the boxy ASOS shirt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811944 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:09:47 +0000 kellygirl 811944@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good question! IDK why you and stripes aren't friends. I'm in love with them (still.) I'm on a stripe diet these days! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811941 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:06:39 +0000 rae 811941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, i agree that they perhaps feel too classic for you - at least in most of the striped stylings and garments that have been popular lately. However, i do like stripes a lot in summer. My trick is to stay away from the more classic combos and go for more of a dirty pirate / shipwrecked french sailor look. The androgyny helps a lot, as do dingy colours, draping, and pairings with really rate items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811934 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:56:33 +0000 fern 811934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like stripes either. I agree with Mo - too classic.<br /> I like organic, abstract patterns - the only stripes that catch my eye are organic-y.<br /> Scarf is from Peruvian Connection - ah, grown up boho. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811907 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:15:29 +0000 Mo 811907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a similar 'deal' with stripes, Una, although I did pick up a jailbird stripe top a year or so ago. I wear it infrequently, but at $5, it was a good way to try on the look and see if I could get into it. I'm lukewarm, neither here nor there, on it honestly. I do wonder if they are too classic for us? EDIT: as for a substitute, maybe chevron stripes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811897 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:01:07 +0000 Transcona Shannon 811897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inge you make me laugh with your "hm, we need to get to the bottom of this" - lol! Those are some fabulous links you've provided for Una to mull over.</p> <p>I also think it has something to do with the "classic ala Ralph Lauren" vibe you may get from stripes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811888 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:43:31 +0000 Suz 811888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inge is amazing.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811878 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:34:18 +0000 rachylou 811878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find stripes very very casual, with the exception of the pin stripe. I personally *relax* more often than I *go casual.* I don't wear stripes that much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811840 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:58:11 +0000 Inge 811840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm, we need to get to the bottom of this:-)<br /> Sveta is right, I am crazy for stripes, always have been, always will be. So perhaps I'm the wrong person to ask:-) But I definitely think you can toughen them up to fit your style, Una. A dark-coloured pinstripe blazer or pair of trousers for starters e.g.</p> <p>Also, there are so many different stripe possibilities, so perhaps it's just a matter of finding the right ones? E.g. Do you think it's just the traditional black/navy and white stripe that's hard to work with?</p> <p>Other ideas:<br /> - purple and black stripe (or green and black, red and ink blue...) or a tonal stripe:<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/2462974767997742/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/2462974767997742/</a></p> <p>- a neon stripe<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/39547302947336868/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/39547302947336868/</a></p> <p>- colourful wavy stripes<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/66850375690522043/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/66850375690522043/</a></p> <p>- vertical stripes<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/421086633878946426/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/421086633878946426/</a><br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/181621797444519954/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/181621797444519954/</a></p> <p>- partially striped jumper<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/183451384793029423/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/183451384793029423/</a></p> <p>- rugby striped sweater coat over leather pants<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/416653402995639663/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/416653402995639663/</a></p> <p>- a striped tie with a shirt?<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/68187381829631519/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/68187381829631519/</a></p> <p>- variegated stripe?<br /> <a href="http://us.asos.com/People-Tree-Organic-Cotton-Stripe-Wide-T-Shirt/zdtr1/?iid=2677226&#038;SearchQuery=stripe&#038;Rf-700=1000&#038;sh=0&#038;pge=0&#038;pgesize=200&#038;sort=-1&#038;clr=Black&#038;mporgp=L1Blb3BsZS1UcmVlL1Blb3BsZS1UcmVlLU9yZ2FuaWMtQ290dG9uLVN0cmlwZS1XaWRlLVQtU2hpcnQvUHJvZC8" rel="nofollow">http://us.asos.com/People-Tree.....nQvUHJvZC8</a>.</p> <p>- narrow striped jacket paired with a tough belt<br /> <a href="http://us.asos.com/ASOS-Jacket-In-Stripe-Boucle/zdai4/?iid=2672571&#038;SearchQuery=stripe&#038;Rf-700=1000&#038;sh=0&#038;pge=0&#038;pgesize=200&#038;sort=-1&#038;clr=Multi&#038;mporgp=L0FTT1MvQVNPUy1KYWNrZXQtSW4tU3RyaXBlLUJvdWNsZS9Qcm9kLw" rel="nofollow">http://us.asos.com/ASOS-Jacket.....ZS9Qcm9kLw</a>..</p> <p>- or perhaps you need striped pants?<br /> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/94294185918049764/" rel="nofollow">http://pinterest.com/pin/94294185918049764/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811827 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:48:20 +0000 Sveta 811827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I did not own a single striped garment until 2 years ago - just could not imagine them on me. Now like Inge I cannot get enough.<br /> Can you just give them a try and se if they work for you? Sometimes all we need to do just try... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811825 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:46:34 +0000 ironkurtin 811825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't like stripes. I don't know why. I just don't wear them. And TBH I don't miss them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811824 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:46:10 +0000 texstyle 811824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am really picky about stripes. I do not like black/white stripes unless they are in varying distances from one another for example (hate the every other one even stripe thing as it reads "jailhouse" to me). I usually prefer a very narrow stripe on a dark background or maybe a narrower stripe or something like this (I have two of these I like it so much).<br /> <a href="http://factory.jcrew.com/womens-clothing/knits_tees/long_sleeve_tees/PRDOVR~92030/99102745000/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+216~15~~216+17+4294962048~15~~~~~~~/92030.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://factory.jcrew.com/women...../92030.jsp</a></p> <p>Maybe it's the "kind" of stripe and variation in distance? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811810 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:30:58 +0000 Mochi 811810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, this Ines outfit is perhaps a bit preppy for you, but I could see you RATE-ing it up:</p> <p><a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-ines-outfit-that-works-for-me" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....rks-for-me</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811803 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:25:12 +0000 modgrl 811803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don't know, they are a neutral for me... I wear them with everything. Perhaps horizontal stripes challenge you because you are an inverted triangle? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811800 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:23:20 +0000 Anonymous 811800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting question. I think stripes might be too classic for an UWP, but there must be a way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-is-my-issue-with-stripes#post-811798 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:19:06 +0000 catgirl 811798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love them on other people, but I can't figure out how to incorporate them into my wardrobe! I much prefer abstract pattern... but I see so many cute outfits that seem to require stripes. Is there a substitute? Or a way to make them work for UWP styles? </p>