Lines of all types are the new season's fashion trend, whether sailor-style or pirate-style, colored, pastel, thick, thin, horizontal or vertical - this spring's wardrobe is full of stripes.
Every period in history traced its own style of lines, as the stripes themselves transformed while worn by celebrated personalities who made the style their own.
Classic stripes are a solid basis of the maritime style, derived from fishermen and Breton sailors, with their horizontal-striped shirts, generally blue and white, black and white or red and white.
The "Chemise Breton", or Breton shirt, was designed for men, but the young Gabrielle Coco Chanel intuited its fashion possibilities and transformed it into an iconic top.
In 1958 the French Navy made the Breton jersey into a uniform, with 21 lines symbolising each of Napoleon's victories.
Colored stripes were worn by 1950s Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, who inspired Salvatore Ferragamo to design wedges named after her.
Striped suits remain classic choices for men, but in 1966 Yves Saint Laurent dressed a female model in a chalk-stripe tuxedo in what became an iconic black and white image shot by Helmut Newton.
In the Seventies, Op art turned lines into geometric abstraction and optical illusion.
In the Nineties Jean Paul Gaultier made the blue-and-white stripe a distinctive symbol of his style, while Kurt Cobain brought stripes to grunge.
Nowadays, stripes are a perennial choice for Max Mara, who this season offers up styles based on maritime motifs.
Simona Barbieri chose black and white stripes for a sophisticated style in her Twin Set collection.
Blumarine has a romantic version of stripes in flowing blouses and dresses made of pastel-colored organza with floral embroidery.
Missoni mixes horizontal, vertical, and zig-zag lines to give movement to its light jerseys.
Ferragamo bares the shoulders in its dresses and mixes lines of different sizes for effect, and dimension is also part of Dolce & Gabbana's collection with blue and white or green and white stripes.
Prada's stripes are on a buttoned-to-the-collar shirt, while Miu Miu's stripes are irrational and rebellious, like a counter-culture revolution.
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