How To Wear Stripes. Fashion Crimes

Horizontal stripes are in all the shops, but the truth is that they can really only be worn by the super skinny, or over the parts of your body that you want to make look bigger.  So if you are small on top then go for it, but if you have a large tummy or big boobs avoid stripes over these parts of your body at all costs!

Tops with stripes worn under a short top or cardie can be a good look, but not if the stripes emerge from under the top and circle right around the widest part of your hips and butt.  Tiered skirts can do the same thing, the "stripe" is where the fabric is joined together.

Stripes circuling the circumference of bigger arms and legs is probably an even worse crime because it is really easy to just skim and cover these problem areas rather than risk making them into a "feature".  Avoid stockings with horizontal stripes, only the skinnies tof pins or those under twelve years of age can carry that look off.

If you love stripes, go for vertical ones instead.  You have been warned...stripes have the ability to make you look like the Michelin Man if you aren't careful.

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