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Even More About the Big Striped Trend for Spring

It will be very hard in the future to avoid the big striped trend in the Spring and Summer because just about every designer was showing it off on the runways.

 

Temperly London, known for it’s sportswear was featuring beautiful orange sundresses striped laterally with blocks of navy blue and white. For interest a stripe of flesh colored fabric ran vertically down the front of the dress and it was cinched with one tiny gold button. The look is simple, cool and very sophisticated.

 

Versace showed beautiful low waisted pencil thin pants with stripes paired with a beautiful see through lace top with an almost mandarin cut.

Fitting right in with the boxy tops with stripes that are in was a big top in black and white bars by Acne. This top is flared with a flared hem and flared sleeves.  The skirt was made out of ballooning silk.   The shoes worn with this very boxy top were purple platform send up the legs were ten circlets of shiny purple leather that served as additional accents to the boxy striped top.

 

Chloe also showed stripes.  Blousy pants made in maroon and white fabric were paired with a black-cropped top and very pointy shiny shoes with thin anklet straps. Chloe also showed a blousy striped wrapped cotton top with a slouchy black skirt and gold shoes.

 

Christian Dior had a lot of fun with the stripes theme this season offering up a pink and black striped party dress. The stripes were lateral off of the top fringed with black. An interesting sheer underskirt in orange and pink topped of the whole look.

 

Christian Dior also made an A shape flared shift in pink and white satin that is cut on the bias and worn with very pointy shoes.

 

Marc Jacobs showed off dresses that looked like long coats. They could be worn as dresses or overcoats. They were made of a fabric with long vertical stripes. The jacket and skirt were made of the same.

 

Stripes were also seen in the more subtle designs of Altuzarra. Thin gold stripes on a cream background were showcased in tailored suits and skirts and paired with dark brown thin belts with brass buckles.

 

Pinstripes are going to be as popular as big stripes as was displayed in the elegantly tailored suits of Oscar de la Renta.  This designer preferred fabric with thin puckered vertical lines in a single breasted flared jacket with a slight shawl collar and very narrow capri pants.

 

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More About the Beautiful Striped Looks

Just about every designer showing made a beautiful striped garment of one kind or another for this Spring.

 

Designer Jonathan Saunders mad a beautiful knee length cocktail dress out of a shiny mylar fabric that was ribboned with green teal stripes.  This is a simple dress that is so shiny that you do not need to wear accessories with it except for very plain white shoes.  He also showed a green and black suit with lateral and diagonal stripes in a glistening sexy vinyl worn with nothing but a black sheer bra.

 

Dolce & Gabbana was part of the Stripes game creating very boxy cut clothing with three quarter length sleeves and short shorts.  This jail like ensemble is worn with very colorful accessories in red, baby blue and canary yellow opt jazz it up.  He also created as similar dress in cinnamon and red stripes and paired it with a big beaded red and white checked bag.

 

Some of the looks shown by this designer actually looked like old style jail outfits. One skirt and top combination by Dolce & Gabbana was made of lateral black and white stripes. The designer Moschino had a similar look. Patch pockets on a shirtdress with big patch pockets were worn with a bowling bag, white driving gloves and a round hat that looked like a motorcycle helmet from the sixties.  Moschino also showed a two-piece outfit that consisted of a double-breasted top paired with a mini-skirt: the whole thing was done in orange and red stripes and accented with big white buttons.

 

A more feminine take on the striped trend was the frilly Laura Ashley style summer gowns created by Luisa Beccaria. These boasted an off shoulder ruffle and segmented ruffles with lace fringe.  A polka dot ribbon was tied at the waist and complimented by a similar turban.  A more daring look by the same designer was simply a pair of hot pants with a lace ruffle.

 

Ralph Lauren got  into the stripes game with a knit top that criss crossed off shoulder and was very tight at the waist. The stripes in the top were bright green, blue, black and orange.  This was worn with a beret and black flared yoga pants.  A signature look in his collection is a cheer striped chiffon fabric cut on the bias in the same blue, orange and green colors.  This was paired with a Spanish bowler and black jacket.

 

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