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{Fashion Monday} Work the stripes 

Work the Stripes

If there is one thing I can not seem to grasp is how to work stripes, I usually stay away from them because I feel as though they don’t look good on me. I know fashion fits all, we are all unique and whether we put conscious effort into how we dress or not that is still our own unique way of styling, of embracing fashion. It is when we start copying others without any alteration to make it our own then we lose our uniqueness. Anyway I digress, today I am sharing how I ‘worked the stripes’ for my recent weekend getaway to Warsaw, Poland.

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Lately I have been traveling a lot and it is important for me to be comfortable but also to maintain some sort of style with my attires. I have always said I am not the most fashionable person but I never said I don’t like putting outfits together because I do and I enjoy it big time. Once doing my online shopping via Amazon, I decided to pick up a short sleeve striped shirt to add to my collection since I had none. A couple of days later I was contacted by Butterfly Twists to collaborate and I chose their Zebra Striped skater pumps called Jade for a perfect companion for my new shirt with stripes.

As mentioned I travel a lot and this time I was heading to Warsaw, Poland so I thought this would be the prefect opportunity to style the stripes and make them work for me. I felt my black new look skinny jeans, my fedora hat, Belkin’s backpack and new scarf (a pop of colour) from Amsterdam would be the prefect airport/ tourist mode outfit. As I shared in my 2 blacks and some colour post, I have too many black items in my closet and lately I am working them by adding some colour to make the outfit standout from the black norm and for me this has been achieved by adding a bold colored scarf. What I am loving (and loved) about this outfit was the fact that it was the perfect airport outfit, I was able to easily take off the Jacket (not shown), scarf, bag, hat and shoes and was able to put them back on quickly. I try not to wear jewelry when I am going to the airport as it just too many things to take off.

This is how I styled my stripes and made them work for me, I love dressing simple and slowly working into making my outfits a bit more stylish too.

What do you think of my outfit? How do you work your stripes?

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Comments

  2. Kiwi says

    I love stripes! If you do it right it can be so chic and minimalist! The older I get the more I am going for a chic and minimalist look!

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  3. Yona Williams says

    I really like stripes in shirts and skirts, especially when they are in a black and white color scheme. One of my favorite shirts is black and white striped, and I think it is incredibly flattering. I also like the type of hat featured in this post.

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  5. Kelly says

    I love stripes! Throwing on a stripe shirt with my black jeans and red lips has become almost like a daily wardrobe staple for me.

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  8. LaShawn says

    I really love the outfit. Strips typically don’t look great on me, but I really want to try this! The shoes are amazing though. I really need those in my life.

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  9. Cassie says

    I hope you really enjoyed your trip to Poland! It’s usually not a place that I list on my “dream vacations” list but I would love to visit there nonetheless. I love the striped shirt you picked out for this outfit and I love how the shoes match and provide contrast at the same time.

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  11. Elizabeth O says

    Striped tops always remind me of Paris and the Champs-Élysées. I love wearing stripes. Those shoes rock, I’d love a pair. 🙂

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  15. Miles L. says

    Ever since after giving to our first baby, I always love wearing anything with stripes. It is just so beautiful and effective in creating an optical illusion. I love your blog and the information you shared. Thank you!

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    • Miranda says

      Thanks so much Miles, I am glad to hear you love my blog and yes stripes gives an optical illusion and I think that’s why most of us are loving them

  17. Donna Ward says

    Very nice writing of style and information – thank you I enjoyed your post and as far as “we…still (have) our own unique way of styling, of embracing fashion’ – that is so true! If I wore your wonderful outfit, we’d both have different little quirks of change to be unique..

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    • Miranda says

      Hahaha lol I am sure you do it, I think as someone mentioned here try vertical stripes if horizontal don’t work or the other way round

  19. Georgina prince says

    I am the same as you and really need to add some coloir to my style i always go to black white and grey lol I just can’t find a colour that actually suits me other than my red lippy lol x

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  21. Ana says

    I loved your outfit.. Though I never wear horizontal stripes because I think that it makes me look broad. However, I do wear vertical stripes.

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  25. Joanna says

    I love the outfit. I wear stripes occasionally as they don’t really suit me. I love the pumps I’ve not seen any like that design before.

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  26. Tiffany says

    I think you put together a super cute outfit! I typically cannot wear black and white stripes… Actually it is when I wear strips made of only two different color that they don’t look good on me.

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