MAMA STYLE | STRIPES

I wear a lot of stripes. I'm a sad, sorry cliché of myself, it's true, it's true. :) White tee shirts, stripes, things with triangles on them, more stripes. Bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils. I'm okay with it. I've made my peace with the gods of boring; they've assured me that I'm totally their favorite. In any case, I wear a lot of stripes, and I feel every now and then an urge to pass along my striped wisdom. (Two syllables, stri-ped. Makes you sound both obvious and pretensious, isn't that a delicious combination?) And so! Allow me to benefit ye masses, as it were! Partake all in my addictions! 

It is nice being boring. I think you should try it.

Here comes a post on my favorite stripes + where to find them. After the jump.

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But first, a note on this season's stripes, according to me + the my keen sense of observation: It seems this season's stripes are skewing ultra boyish + boxy. And cropped! Pair them with cross body bags or beat up canvas totes, wear them over cropped dark skinny jeans or ultra beat-up lighter-wash denim, or even the bafflingly trendy-again flared leg, but skip the red lips. Opt instead for really messy hair + a pair of caterpillar brows + a natural-looking, just-in-from-the-wind flush on the cheeks.

Onward!

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light on dark stripes // HERE, HERE, HERE

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short sleeve stripes // HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE

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dress stripes // HERE HERE HERE HERE

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dropped shoulder stripes // HERE HERE HERE

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boatneck stripes // HERE HERE HERE

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mariner's stripe: HERE HERE

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