Crew, Juicy Couture and Stella McCartney are showcasing stripes, while navy-and-white striped Breton tops ... at vertical stripes on a waistline, it has to take in the constant contrast of black ...

Previous research showed an opposite slimming effect for horizontal stripes Wearing vertical stripes ... in which a black rectangle surrounded by white looks smaller than the same rectangle ...

We've seen Kate rock her striped tops with skinnies in either black or navy ... we love Kate's full-on nautical look with a blue and white Breton top, cropped wide-leg sailor trousers with ...

Wearing vertical ... in which a black rectangle surrounded by white looks smaller than the same rectangle in white surrounded by black. But the reason why Helmholtz's stripe illusion doesn't ...