How to: Wear stripes, in association with StylePilot
By Will Stroude
It’s fair to say that stripes transcend the seasons. They usually crop up in one form or another – be it thick, thin, panelled, horizontal or vertical – but this season the rules have been cast out, leaving you free to paint your stripes however you choose.
This is a trend that works well with bold, bright colours: flashes and slices of bright tones with neutral accents help you show off a bit, but not too much…
1. Lived-in multi-stripe T-shirt by Gap, £5.99 at stylepilot.com 2. Buttermilk amalfi stripe T-shirt by Amalfi by Rangoni, £14.95 at stylepilot.com 3. Striped 3/4 sleeve T-shirt by ASOS, £9 at stylepilot.com
You can pair stripes with monochrome, another timeless style staple. You can’t go wrong with a lack of colour here.
1. Grey washed black and white by Topman, £8 at stylepilot.com 2. Nebraska 22 skater T-shirt by Topman, £6 at stylepilot.com
Panelling is popular at the moment, and presents a chance for you to go bolder with your outfit choice. Sometimes bigger and thicker can be better…
1. Men’s colour block T-shirt by Goodsouls, £10 at stylepilot.com 2. Harold engineered marl tee by Linea, £24 at stylepilot.com 3. Striped T-shirt by Brave Soul, £9 at stylepilot.com
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