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Jo Jones and Helen Seamons

How to wear stripes: spring 2022’s cheerful fashion trend

This season’s rulers. From left: Emporio Armani; Kenneth Ize; Chloé; Jil Sander; Brandon Maxwell
This season’s rulers. From left: Emporio Armani; Kenneth Ize; Chloé; Jil Sander; Brandon Maxwell Photograph: pr
Model wearing Paul Smith colourful bright striped dress spring summer 2022 fashion trend
Paul Smith SS22 Photograph: PR

For SS22, designers played with different colours, textures and stripe sizes to create an impact, from bold, bright stripes at Brandon Maxwell, Emporio Armani and Christian Siriano, to a fringed woven striped dress at Chloé. And you can’t talk stripes and not mention Paul Smith (above): multicoloured stripes have been at the heart of the brand from the start. This season they were mixed with sunflower prints and contrasted with a palette of sun-bleached lemon and rich terracotta.

Lashana Lynch all-in Stripe at the Charles Finch and Chanel 2022 Pre-BAFTA Party
Lashana Lynch all-in Stripe at the Charles Finch and Chanel 2022 Pre-Baftas Party Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Images

Successful stripe-wearing is all in the styling. Take one striped piece as a focal point. The shirt is a great starting point: Kitri’s frilled shirt (1 below), or La Redoute’s long-sleeved version (8 below), are both perfect to style with denim from wide-leg jeans to a mini skirt, finished with chunky loafers.

A diagonal wraparound stripe can be easier to wear. Stine Goya’s Scharla jumper (7 below) in pastel hues looks great with crisp white wide-leg trousers. We Are Thought’s pink and white Breton (£39.95) is a fresh take on the nautical trend, as is Boden’s contrast sleeve in pink and red (£35). Or go all-in like Lashana Lynch (left) in a fully striped ensemble for maximum wow factor. Asos’s yellow and white striped seersucker mini dress with puff sleeves and a high neck (£85) is the perfect sundress and can be dressed up for an event with gold accessories. Meanwhile the quickest way to cheer up an outfit is a colourful striped bag. Oxfam’s roomy shopper (£4.99), and Oklahoma’s market bags make the supermarket run joyful and will double as beach or picnic bags.

Kitri blue striped shirt spring summer 2022 fashion trend

1. Shirt £125, kitristudio.com

Clements Ribeiro multicoloured striped skirt from net-a-porter spring summer 2022 fashion trend

2. Skirt £560, Clements Ribeiro at net-a-porter.com

French Connection wide leg trousers with pink and orange side stripe from John Lewis spring summer 2022 fashion trend

3. Trousers £65, French Connection at johnlewis.com

Miu Miu hair bobble with blue striped bead from Matchesfashion spring summer 2022 fashion trend

4. Hair bobble £225, Miu Miu at matchesfashion. com

Essentiel Antwerp brown and white striped lightweight track jacket spring summer 2022 fashion trend

5. Jacket £160, essentiel-antwerp.com

Rokh striped colourful crop top from The Outnet spring summer 2022 fashion trend

6. Crop top £50, Rokh at theoutnet.com

Stine Goya brown pastel colour purple orange cream striped jumper spring summer 2022 fashion trend

7. Jumper, £230 stinegoya.com

La Redoute striped women’s oxford shirt spring summer 2022 fashion trend

8. Shirt, £28, laredoute.co.uk

Arket red and white striped socks spring summer 2022 fashion trend

9. Socks, £35, arket.com

Ganni green purple orange striped knitted T-shirt spring summer 2022 fashion trend

10. Top, £45, Ganni at theoutnet.com

Mint Velvet striped shirt dress spring summer 2022 fashion trend

11. Shirt dress, £119, mintvelvet.co.uk

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