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Pattern Challenge Two: Show us your stripes/chevrons/geometric patterns

Sal

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Thanks to all who shared on the last challenge - spots and dots.

Here is the original challenge thread:
https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....r-patterns

Here is Challenge One:
https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....ka-dot-wiw

This time it is stripes and chevrons and geometric patterns. The next challenge is plaid/tartan/checks so leave those ones a few days...

Stripes are not well represented in my closet right now. I have two tees and one sweater, and a few scarves. I will add pics of my three pieces up front - I might wear the scarves later in the week.

Pic 1. Worn a couple of weeks ago - an asymmetric striped sweater. Sort of sporty, sort of arty. Definitely a statement and fun to wear but not the most versatile or conventionally flattering (Pic shown before)

Pic 2. Worn to work last week. A new striped tee purchased to add some light/white tops to my closet. A conventional look I hope made more interesting by the shoes, pendant and crazy sleeved jacket.

Pic 3. Worn to a High School production of Dracula yesterday. A Gap tee purchased in 2014. I think the red of the tee and the jacket are different tones but I don't think it really mattered. Straight jeans, the slightly unloved leather jacket and the same shoes.

I don't have any chevrons or geometrics in my winter wardrobe so over to you all now. I will keep checking in though to get some inspiration!!

(ETA- Note the garbage bag ready to go out on pic 2. Keeping it real.....)

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rachylou

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While you're adding pics... I profess to hate stripes (the Gucci stripe doesn't count ), and yet I always have some. Lol.

I don't think I have any chevrons, except on my hated laundry hampers. It's cause of living in Hipsterville. I overdosed.

ETA: Dang, should have screen snapped my WIW with my garbage bag accessory from way back! Lol. Next challenge...

Jenn

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I still love that orange sweater. You should wear it all the time, versatility-shmersatility. Also really like the sporty/casual look for the school play. It's hard to see the stripes in #2, but I trust you that they're there.

Here are most of my stripes, pulled from various pics in my 2017 WIW folder. Mostly tees, but one woven dress. Boy, these photograph kind of terribly!

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Sal

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Rachy - I thought you would be all over stripes given your preppy preference? I overdosed on them 3-5 years ago but am slowly coming back.

Thanks Jenn. I like all of these especially 3 and 4. I think dresses like 3 look great in the reality but are hard to photograph. 4 is cool - I like the scarf which makes it Jenn style. Nice pattern mixing.

rachylou

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It's the prepster in me why probably I do always have stripes. But I look really bad when I do the full-on Preppy Handbook. My cousins look good in it. I don't understand. Wah! Lol.

kkards

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Ha-- I finally get to play...stripes are My preferred pattern

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Although there are no polka dots in my wardrobe, I do have some stripes. I adore stripes. Imagine my surprise when I could only find two stripes: one horizontal and one very light vertical.

I love KKard's Number 5; Jenn's and your number 3's.

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The Cat

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Just counted the striped items in my present (summer) wardrobe:
3 longsleeved pullovers
2 shortsleeved jumpers
1 T-shirt
1 tank top
3 long T-shirts
1 blazer
1 long cardigan
1 poncho
2 shawls
2 pairs of socks
= 17 striped items

1 shirt with a geometric pattern.
(No chevrons.)

The majority of these items contains white (and black or grey). - Stripes & white always look summery to me.

Will try to take some pics later.

The Cat

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kkards, you wear stripes so well! No wonder they are your favourite pattern. And what a fab collection of shoes!

Barbara Diane

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My worn all last winter black infinity scarf with thin, spaced out gray stripes.
Talbot spring colors 3/4 length sleeve multicolor top-again not a uniform stripe.
Almost matching Kate Spade bangle bought several years before.
Almost matching but not worn in a long time barrette.

Several pairs of socks.

Striped underwear.

Why am I now double-spaced?

Joy

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Stripes are very well represented in my wardrobe. I have the same favorites as Sterling. Here is one from last week ( new sale EF casual stripe dress) and this afternoon ( old AT striped tee and Munro striped flats)

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JAileen

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I guess I have a few striped things. Some look better than others.

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Joy

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You have a wonderful collection of stripes, JAileen. My favorite is 5, with the great pattern mixing and unusual stripe of the shirt.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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I'm browsing through the challenge, and I realized I'm wearing stripes today.
Joy, I love that striped dress on you! What a beautiful drape, and the style and color are so flattering on you. The shoes you chose are terrific with it.
Sal, I'm another big fan of that orange striped top on you. It's dramatic and sporty, and it suits you so well.

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The Cat

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Joy, what a lovely, feminine dress with sporty vibes!

JAileen, wow, great collection! My favourites are 2, 8 and 11.

Firecracker, fun and extraordinary pattern mixing within one item!

Stagiaire Fash

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Aw, I knew this was coming but didn't think to take a picture when I wore this outfit "for real" the other day. The reason for wearing it was test-driving my red sandals after Jenn's excellent advice to reality check if all my shoes were as wearable as I thought they were. They didn't even make it through the night! But here it is again,sans shoes, with an added "bonus"--striped bathroom towels The fancy belt is a timid step towards pattern mixing. Am I doing it right? Rachylou has a long way to go to unleash the bold dresser inside me, lol.

I was planning to wear a striped skirt today, just so I could post it here, but the way it fits is a no-go.

I've also attached a pic that is clearly not me, of a shirt that gave me sales goggles a few months ago. "Under $15? Awesome! I can toss that on with so many things" So much for my claims to being a careful consumer! I haven't "tossed it on" because it's hotter than Hades here, and will be for a couple more months, but I'm trying to think if it actually will be as useful as it seems. I'd love to get suggestions.So far I can see wearing it with solid red or purple.

Sal, that orange top looks great on you. I didn't notice the trash bag in #2 until you mentioned it, because I was too distracted by how great your hair looks in that shot.

Jenn, if you're going to take Sal's word for it that there are stripes there, then we'll have to believe you that there are also stripes in #1. They're hard to see too. I like the look in #2, and in #4 I see you're showing me how pattern mixing works.

Kkards, I like the crispness in #1. The interplay of pink horizontal stripes and the vertical created by the cardi in #3 is a fun effect.

Joy, down here in fashion pre-k, I'm still afraid to wear a topper that's shorter than the under, even though my head knows it's a way to add structure. You give me courage, because you look absolutely great in #2.

Firecracker and JAileen, cool top/dress combining stripes with lots of other things!

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Sal

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Kkards - lovely collection of stripes here. My favourites are 5 7 and 8. Stripes and a jacket are a great combination.

Sterling, I like your stripes too, both subtle (my top is striped but the black stripes blend in the photo). I love grey and white as a combination.

The Cat - that is a nice collection and I agree white is very fresh in summer stripes. I am also happy to wear it in winter too. And thanks for your support of others.

Barbara Diane - mostly striped accessories. They can help pull pieces together can't they:) And I forgot that I have striped socks too.

Joy - these are all lovely as well. I really like the dress, it does have a great shape and I bet it is super on a hot day.

JAileen, you have quite the collection too. I like your ombre striped tee a lot and as with Jenn, the stripes with the scarf are really good. The striped twinset is also fun.

Firecracker - I saw that dress on your other thread, it just shows how stripes do not have to be sporty or nautical or preppy. It is a great dress.

Fashiontern - I love the colour of your shirt here, it really suits you. I think you suit those mid range colours very well. The rubbish bag I forgot was there haha....I do sometimes crop my pics. And thanks for the comment on my hair - some days it works and some days it does not,

Off to bed now, will see if there are some more stripes in the morning.

Brooklyn

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Fun seeing everyone's stripes and how differently we wear them. I thought kkards would be the winner for most stripes until I saw JAileen's collection Special shout out to Joy for striped shoes. (I have chevron shoes, he he!)
I have a love/hate relationship with stripes but we are in a good place at the moment. I have quite a few striped items. Mostly black and white. I am particularly fond of angled and irregular stripes like in these past pics. I think that's why I like the Bailey 44 dress we share Sally and also why I like chevron (it's just an angled stripe!)
I love black and white geometric patterns too but at the moment only have the geometric skirt in the pics.

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I'm not a fan of stripes except maybe vertical stripes. Whenever I purchase something with stripes it sits in my closet, mostly unworn. I am trying to avoid purchasing more.. I decided against the VB vertcal stripe shirt from this years NAS for this reason. I own 2-3 low contrast horizontal stripe tees that I use as a base layer under cardigans and Jackets. I have a Tracy Reese sweater dress with wide stripes that I like sometimes. I don't think I have anything with chevrons now. I had the same Missoni shoes Brooklyn has in her finds but they hurt my feet so I gave them away.

kkards

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brooklyn---fab fab fab pattern mixing in #4!

skylurker

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Yeah, lots of stripes! I'll just pick one in every batch :
Sal : sporty and happy look #3. (So, what's wrong with this leather jacket - maybe you don't like to wear leather jackets? Or you'd prefer a moto style?)
Jenn : #1, love the round neck, cap sleeves and cropped shape on you (great jeans, too)
Kkards : #5, love the neckline and texture.
Joy : #1, fabulous dress, I love, love how you've styled it.
Jaileen : #8, it's rare to see you in navy or saturated colours, no?
Brooklyn : #2 is so flattering

I have 13 - 12 stripes and 1 chevron. Will post soon.

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I have my new red striped blouse that is casual and not appropriate for work. I also have two striped jackets that I don't wear that often. One is a casual soft blue and off white seersucker jacket and the other is a very work-appropriate navy and off white striped blazer.

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I like subtle stripes and have a few in my closet - some of them in the Finds below. The dress is the newest addition and the tee and blouse have both been worn quite often. The blouse is very light weight gauze like cotton. The tee is whisper cotton. The dress has more "weight" so it drapes nicely. I always feel sporty in stripes but maybe because I gravitate to those styles anyway. I notices some of the stripes others have posted have a very different feel (not sporty I mean).

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Joy

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It is so much fun to see all the stripes. Here is what I am wearing today but will need a topper, a rain jacket. The striped tee is thrifted but I like the tie dye like stripes. The second photo includes a bracelet with stripes. It feels like fall this morning, cool and rainy. The high is to be 63F and lows in the low 50's all week.

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skylurker

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Joy : stripes with red always work!

Ok, I'm not re-posting all my summer stripes, you've seen them all.
For F/W, I have a wool striped pullover and a vintage silk chevron shirt (shirt is only worn layered, pic #4 is just to show you the...peculiar...military design, better).

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Barbara Diane

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I just flashed on my striped Vans and a too large fab. bangle.

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Sara L.

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So fun! I love seeing everyone's stripes. I have one tee with chevrons that I'm wearing today, but I have plenty of striped options. Hmm, I didn't realize I have 3 striped summer dresses until putting them together for this challenge.

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The Cat

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Tonight's at home outfit: stripes with stars.

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Astrid

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There are some striped pieces in my wardrobe, but not as many as I used to have. I tried to take a full length picture of myself wearing my current favourite, a dark red and cream striped breton shirt, but I couldn't manage to get the focus quite right. I think I need to keep on looking for a better place to take pics...

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New attempt. Black/grey/white striped joggers and grey on black patterned empire top. I've been fiddling with it all day long, moving the chain from necklace to bracelet because it was fighting with the purse strap, folding the hem of the top up an inch to be more flattering, lining up the stones on the chain (it's magnetic) so they are sort of extremely short stripes themselves. I'm still not sure I got the shoes right.

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