The Spike

  • About
  • Style
  • Life
  • Books
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Shop
  • Contact

Ask the Spike

Send your Question

Stripes

In my darkest days of Who-Am-I post-baby dressing, I found myself with one outfit and one outfit only: grey skinny jeans, grubby white Converse and a breton top. And that’s what I wore because that was the only thing I had to wear. Not only was I uncomfortable I felt dowdy – and the result was I had a *thing* about tops with stripes for years.

But the fact is that a striped top has a place in every wardrobe. Not fifty striped tops, you understand? Just one.

Buy 16 if you like – I can’t stop you – but you only need 1 that fits properly and is in good condition.

If you don’t have one, or if the one you have is looking a little raggedy, get a new one but please, I know there are some major stripe addicts out there and that you will buy a striped top just because you want something new and you know that a stripe top is always handy.

STOP. Wait. Don’t. Save your money or wait until another post in this series, which may reveal a gimme classic you can’t live without, which will rejuvenate your wardrobe more effectively than yet. Another. Breton.

Make sure whichever you buy is a classic navy stripe on white background. Nothing with colours or ribbons or a “twist”.

Here are some good ones.

Fat Face

Screen Shot 2018-02-05 at 10.41.13

John Lewis

Screen Shot 2018-02-05 at 10.41.53

I particularly like this one above with the 3/4 sleeves

Uniqlo

Screen Shot 2018-02-05 at 10.42.57

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

« Capsule re-stock
Pea Coat »

Comments

  1. Cindy says

    February 6, 2018 at 7:56 am

    I’m not ready to go back there yet. I went too heavy and ruined it for myself. I saw myself in the background of an old kids party photo the other day and had an involuntary shudder at the top I had on, the feeling of that awful sleepless time came rushing back in stripes.

    Reply
  2. Lorna says

    February 6, 2018 at 11:31 am

    My mother is addicted to a striped top. So, anytime I attempt to wear one my kids say ‘oh you look like grandma’… Needless to say it comes off pretty darn quick…

    Reply
  3. Mama says

    February 6, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    I have conservatively 24 of the bastard things. And they make me look 5ft wide. Darn it!

    Reply
  4. Lou says

    February 6, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    Ooh, as per everyone yesterday I’m very excited the capsule chat is back. Now to resist buying unnecessary Bretons… (although mine are in fact a bit tatty…)

    Reply
    • esthermcoren says

      February 7, 2018 at 11:51 am

      Get a nice fresh one then… BUT ONLY ONE

      Reply
  5. Linda1746 says

    February 7, 2018 at 6:56 am

    I’ve been in this confessional before ….haven’t got a Uniqlo one though …

    Reply
  6. Sophie says

    February 7, 2018 at 12:25 pm

    I have three – but they are my first ones ever – and two have the 3/4 length sleeves which are brilliant (no grubby cuffs). Also, I find stripes minimise my massive tits. Winner.

    Reply
  7. Karen says

    February 7, 2018 at 12:42 pm

    2 for £12 at New Look, and they’re organic cotton, and they are fitted, and they’re long enough to tuck in without leaving a horrible gap, and they don’t make big tits look like 2 little boys having a fight under a blanket, and they’re the first ones I’ve worn since 1994, and they are ace. Just sayin’.

    Reply
    • esthermcoren says

      February 7, 2018 at 12:57 pm

      2 little boys having a fight under a blanket LOL

      Reply
  8. dex says

    February 7, 2018 at 7:42 pm

    Are Fatface actually as generous in length as that looks or is it a giant lie?

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Copyright © 2023 · Design by Gatto

  • About
  • Style
  • Life
  • Books
  • Food
  • Beauty
  • Shop
  • Contact
 

Loading Comments...