{"id":857,"date":"2011-07-26T21:26:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.com\/blog\/?p=857"},"modified":"2011-07-26T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T22:15:13","slug":"stripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/stripes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stripes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/andre1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-858\" title=\"andre\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/andre1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/andre1.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/andre1-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My obsession with stripes may have just become unmanageable. I have always had stripe envy. Whenever I see anyone in the stripe of the Breton variety, they seem inimitably cooler than everyone else. This covetousness has spanned decades and despite being the proud owner of many striped garments myself, none seem to offer me that elusive sense of cool that I so crave.<\/p>\n<p>My washing line last week resembled a Brittany fisherman\u2019s uniform parade (In my head, all fisherman in Brittany wear striped tops \u2026oh and have parades weekly.) I have passed this love of stripes on to little Monsieur Miro, whether he likes it or not. Many say that horizontal stripes do not flatter the little man\u2019s more rotund physique but Q.I. (my own personal televisual encyclopaedia) confirmed that scientifically this is not true. Doctor Peter Thomson, of York university, carried out a multitude of tests on the visual effect of both horizontal and vertical striped clothing. Each test proved that those of the horizontal variety make you look taller and thinner, contrary to popular belief\u2026it must be true; it was on Q.I. and Stephen Fry said so.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I digress, enough about Dr. Peter! I\u2019m currently resisting the urge to purchase yet another nautical wardrobe staple, this time from <a title=\"Colette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colette.fr\/#\/home\/en\/cover_left\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colette<\/a>. French graffiti artist, Monsieur Andr\u00e9 (a.k.a. Andr\u00e9 Saraiva) has his spray painted fingers in many pies. His latest collaboration sees him working with French heritage brand St. James, to create <a title=\"St James Monsieur Andre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colette.fr\/#\/eshop\/article\/30755070\/saint-james-x-andre-long-sleeve-tee-naval-ii\/165\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breton tops<\/a> that are embellished with his distinctive, pink neon, signature character. The only thing preventing me from purchasing the aforementioned tees is the sobering acknowledgment of my growing, albeit trivial addiction.<\/p>\n<p>So if I spot you wearing stripes, well, expect an evil stare as I continue to covet your coolness!<\/p>\n<p>(Images from <a title=\"Monsieur A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monsieura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monsieur A<\/a>, <a title=\"Colette\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colette.fr\/#\/home\/en\/cover_left\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colette<\/a> and unknown sources)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My obsession with stripes may have just become unmanageable. I have always had stripe envy. Whenever I see anyone in the stripe of the Breton variety, they seem inimitably cooler than everyone else. This covetousness has spanned decades and despite being the proud owner of many striped garments myself, none seem to offer me that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randomfashioncoolness.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}