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.