I spotted this cute J. Crew sweater at Value Village and couldn’t resist it. The collar is made from the same Liberty print fabric as an old blazer of mine, and I think it provides a nice contrast to the stripes. I added my fave Ferragamo heels to round out this rather preppy casual Friday outfit.
Speaking of stripes, does anyone else find them tricky? Unless they are a certain thickness and distance apart, I find them visually discomfitting; they give me a headache if I stare at them too long. I thought this was a weird personal tic (which has been getting worse as I get older) until I heard that a friend`s mom was also sensitive to certain patterns, including stripes. It is an unfortunate sort of affliction in my case, seeing as how a love of stripes is a style blogger convention; at last count, I have only 3 striped tops in my closet, which would probably get me kicked out of the blogging sisterhood if anyone knew about it. Err, oops.
I LOVE this! I could wear this to work (sans heels, of course). The humiliation of having to wear steel toed shoes…sigh😥
But just think … you could kick some serious ass if you had to, with those shoes 😉
1 more comment…if that sweater is giving you a headache, I’d be happy to take it off your hands 😉
Same! If stripes are too narrow, they seem to be moving to me. Like a fuzzy TV. Gives me a headache. I generally don’t like strongly contrasting colors (black/white) and can handle stripes better when it’s a softer color differentiation (pale grey/white).
For me, they have to be either super close together (so they kind of blend in) or quite far apart (like this sweater). But, yes, otherwise I feel like I’m looking at a fuzzy TV and I get very dizzy — like motion sickness, even though I’m stationary. I haven’t noticed this with any other patterns. It seems strange, but I’m oddly relieved that I’m not the only one who experiences this.
I had J Crew’s pants in that floral pattern! I didn’t know about Liberty of London before I bought them. I agree about stripes – they have to be very particular to work on me. I normally avoid them all together.
Yep, I have the same issue with most stripes. I’ve heard that it’s a fairly common problem among people who have migraines (which I definitely do!), so I also don’t have many stripes in my wardrobe. But I’d take a chance on a top as cute as this one!
Ah, I wondered if it might be something to do with migraines! I get them infrequently and have troubles with horizontal lines too.
I find also certain colours make me feel dizzy and sick too – certain shades of red and orange. Very strange.
Strangely, I don’t get migraines (at least not in the traditional sense) although I do have issues with unexplained dizzy spells and vertigo. I wonder if there is a connection there. Thanks for the info!
I am the opposite of you, I have SO many striped shirt, blouses and sweaters that I have to talk myself out of buying ALL THE STRIPES!! I do love a small floral print too, so this sweater is the ultimate.
Really cute outfit – and I love the shoes!
Ah maybe that’s why I loved this one so much when it came up on Instagram. It’s never occured to me that you never wear stripes!
I am rather partial to stripes it has to be said, although I tend to stick with Boden’s bretons as I prefer the size of their stripes to all others.