We just got back from an 18 day vacation in Europe. I will be blogging about all of our stops and experiences but first I had to share a fashion observation.

The summer months are not the time to see what is happening in fashion in Europe.  Everyone is on vacation too and in most places it is very warm. But I have to share the summer of 2017 phenomenon…BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES.

On the cruise ship we were on the top four countries represented were USA, Australia, Germany, and Great Britain. Every time I turned around someone was wearing black and white stripes. I shared my observation with my friend Rose and once I said it out loud it was as if people were only wearing black and white stripes!  You would see them around the same table dining in their black and white stripes. You would see a couple at another table where the man and the woman were wearing black and white stripes. There were tops, shirts, dresses and pants in stripes. Vertical and horizontal and diagonal versions were all on display.  We wished we had kept a list on how many people we saw because it was phenomenal.

At least it was a statement that looks good on everyone and is classic and fresh no matter what the year.

By the way, this writer traveled from JFK to Lisbon in a black and white stripe dress.

 

We just got back from an 18 day vacation in Europe. I will be blogging about all of our stops and experiences but first I had to share a fashion observation.

The summer months are not the time to see what is happening in fashion in Europe.  Everyone is on vacation too and in most places it is very warm. But I have to share the summer of 2017 phenomenon…BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES.

On the cruise ship we were on the top four countries represented were USA, Australia, Germany, and Great Britain. Every time I turned around someone was wearing black and white stripes. I shared my observation with my friend Rose and once I said it out loud it was as if people were only wearing black and white stripes!  You would see them around the same table dining in their black and white stripes. You would see a couple at another table where the man and the woman were wearing black and white stripes. There were tops, shirts, dresses and pants in stripes. Vertical and horizontal and diagonal versions were all on display.  We wished we had kept a list on how many people we saw because it was phenomenal.

At least it was a statement that looks good on everyone and is classic and fresh no matter what the year.

By the way, this writer traveled from JFK to Lisbon in a black and white stripe dress.