Earning Your Stripes - Dresses

The most perfect pattern strikes again - but then in dresses it is a bit tougher to wear, asking for a higher level of sartorial rank, if you will.

Ground Rules:

- If you have an hourglass figure stay away from too many horizntal stripes over your wider parts - hips and boobs. Look for diagonal stripes - a universally flattering pattern.

- If you have wide shoulders stay away from a stark neckline (boatneck or off-the-shoulder) - a maxim that always applies - that would be further accentuated by a horizontal stripe.

- No matter what your shape, avoid maxi dersses with an unchanging horizontal OR vertical stripe pattern. There is no way a prisoner's nightie will look good on anyone.

Here are some web-wide offerings on the theme ladies, for daytime wear only, from Dream to Wish to Want:

Dream:

1) Barneys

2) Neiman Marcus:

3) Farfetch:

4) Thakoon:

5) Alice+Olivia:

Wish:

1) Bloomingdales: 

2) Nordstrom:

3) NM Last Call:

4) Petit Bateau:

5) Shopbop

Want:
1)ASOS a:

2) ASOS b: 

3) ASOS c: