the ORDER of Stripes

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Photograph by  Jean Moral, 1946.

do you Love STRIPES?
after Checks- I do. Their regimented lines appeal to my natural desire to be organized to within an inch-of a Stripe.
Sadly it's not a strong suit of mine.

When they are mitered & biased like the Legroux Soeurs  summer hat- I find them a little more the real Me.
Perfect placement, regimented, yet Off.

The Duchess knew how to wear a STRIPE. Her sense of style was impeccable-meaning perfect for Her. That slat thin figure wore slat-like Stripes with panache.

She out striped them all- in Givenchy Stripes when seeing double at a party in Paris-

page from Suzy Menkes Windsor Style

No,
horizontal STRIPES while very IN- would never do for Me, not even in the now ubiquitous Breton stripes everywhere & once worn by Picasso, James Dean & Warhol,
Audrey, Seberg.
I love to see them worn by those suited for BOLD stripes-those BOLD HORIZONTAL STRIPES.

Dean Horizontal Stripe CooL

These guys Yes.


Everyone else, it's more complicated.

Michael O'Connor costume designs for Jane Eyre

In decorating- nothing can be more stylish than a Stripe & it's probably the most democratic of all fabrics.
One of the most stylish and elegant women today for Me- is Carolina Herrera.
She decorates with Stripes, not to mention wearing them well.


This Navy varied stripe is the ultimate-CooL, & we can all be CooL when we decorate with a Stripe in the Herrera Style.

This is CHIC w/ stripe-

 Buddha & Louis together with echos of the 5'2" Little General.

Legendary writer and editor Minn Hogg's elegant Navy Stripe curtain anchors  her uniquely eclectic collections. Her sense of style is evident in the mix of the two.
It is a Stripe making sense of it All. Min Hogg knows how.

The NAVY & White Stripe is the Ultimate color pairing as Stripes go-
It's been revered by every designer in fashion & possibly interior design.

It's Up,
Down,
Mitered,
Biased,
Thick,
Thin,
stick straight,
Gathered.

This fashion drawing of Lucien Lelong 's 1947 Courmont Evening Gowns stays in the back of my mind filed under CHIC w/Stripe whether I am decorating- or thinking about how fashion influences interior design.

Filed under CHIC w/Stripe- from  the 1973 June Vogue Anne Ford Uzielli in her New York apartment -  a  sensory Stripe experience with an assist from her decorator Charles Dear.

the more mitered-the merrier,
I say.


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