Striped Cashmere Top & Mix-Stripe Shantung Skirt

Trina Turk Flagimi Multi-Stripe Dress. Neiman Marcus, $368

Adjust Your Vertical Setting

Wherever we look around shops these days we're seeing double... triple...quadruple...lines. It can't be disputed. Stripes -- despite the oft-repeated adage of horizontal stripes adding girth -- are solidly in the fashion mainstream

French Connection's current line appears to consist only of stripes, with Jones New York and Michael Kors not far behind. That must mean most people aren't like me (immediately scanning past horizontal stripes).

Michael Kors striped shift dress. Neiman Marcus, $995

ALICE + OLIVIA Hoffman Motorcycle Jacket & Dee Stripe Fitted Dress Neiman Marcus, $297