Are you looking for something to freshen you wardrobe this spring? Spring is officially arriving this weekend. Longer days, and hopefully warmer ones to look forward to. Things are starting to look up after months of quarantines and lockdowns. Vaccines are making it into arms all over the country. We will be going out again safely, soon. If you want to add just a few pieces to your look in anticipation of living a normalish life, why not chose one of the new stripes? They come in many forms and materials. There is something wonderfully refreshing about the clean geometry of stripes. The new stripes can be simple or not so simple. In any case they look great. Why not come on a tour of some of the stores in the city. Let’s look at the new stripes. You will look striking this spring.
Here are two wonderful looks. The clean sweater on the left can be sporty with athletic shorts, or more citified when worn with some cool black jeans or pants. The Blue striped shirt dress on the right is the clean new look to wear for spring. The touch of preppiness is the way to go.
Blue and white stripes always look good. Monse takes a shirt and deconstructs it, and adds some long ties so you can get creative. There is nothing preppy here.
Blue pin stripes with a white tuxedo bib from Galiano for Margiela can work as a dress or as large shirt over a special pair of jeans. It’s how you make it work.
Another updated classic blue striped shirt is shirred at the waist for a new look. This one is from Baum und Pferdgarten. isvery new and will look terrific with all your high rise pants.
This blue Isabel Marant striped sleeveles shirt with the padded shoulder is being copied everywhere, The padding gives the shoulder a lift for spring and summer and the nip waist makes you look great. Try the red one too with some white jeans.
Chloe does a neat dress in mixed blue and white stripes. The white collar is outlined with a sweet embroidery. Clean, simple and chic. The way this spring should be.
If you want a bolder look, try Dries Van Noten’s cool printed placed stripe camp shirt and skirt. Crisp navy and white is picked up with small turquoise accents.
Mixing sizes of stripes is another design devise being used these season to great effect. This shirt is a classic with a twist will remain a wardrobe staple for years to come.
JW Anderson had his mixed stripes woven to order in delicious melange of pale green and lavender. To modernize a classic shirt, he added some stategic cut outs and some flying wings.
While there were many blue stripes, this cool shirt dress with a self wrap tie looks crisp and fresh in a mid level green.
Neutral stripes can look great too. This belt shirt dress goes funky with a Libertine plaid jacket.
Roise Assoulin’s statement dress and shirt use uniformly sized stripes and liven them with different colors. A perfectly simple way to look great and stand out.
Alice and Olivia loves to play with stripes too. Mixing super bright colors, and lots of them, with jacquard patterns, the designer offers a busy, buzzy look.
Dries Van Noten does busy stripes too. Printed stripes on silk are worked with a tailored white shirt. Pair the skirt with a slinky black top for a more relaxed look.
Stripes can relax too this year. Tie dye effect stripes from Alice and Olivia can be worn together as shown, or with solid pieces for less head to toe look.
These striped loungers and tops are even more relaxed. Tie dye is on trend this year, and tie dye stripes even more so.
Alexandre McQueen punches up some very cool leather pants with clean and clear stripe sweater. A very autoritative look for this season.
Stripes can be warm and sunny too. This season is actually offering wear now clothing. It’s still cold in most of the country. This season you can add some pieces that you can actually wear when you buy them.
This Loewe shirt/jacket is also a wear now look. The vertical stripes are tweaked by patches of leather.
Solid pieces with stripe trim look very sharp. Monse adds insets of clean stripe fabric to accent a wasp-wasted look.
Even stripe tee shirts are looking new. Veronica Beard color coordinates their tees so that work with their signature jackets, giving you a very “put together” look without even trying very hard.
Stirpes come in many forms. Color blocked or mulit-color these neutral looks are spot on.
Miu Miu plays with placed stripes. The pink “spring”coat with the placed stripes has a hand diamonte jeweled color. The juxtaposition of graphic and bling elevates the look. The sportif jacket on the right has nerd chic with the shorter sleeves.
And never forget pin stripes. This outfit’s suble beige on beige pin stripe offers a very relaxed striped look. It is relaxed, yet pulled together.
And never forget the classics. Ralph Lauren knows what he is doing. A perfect men’s pin striped suit cut for women looks very Spring 2021. For now and for years to come.
