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Striped Suits - Gestreepte pakken

Of all men’s suiting, none has ever matched the glamour and popularity of the striped suit. At one time or another in the thirties, the striped suit probably graced every pair of male shoulders, from the humble to the most famous., from the unemployed to the chairman of the board.

Although its stripes had to be positioned perfectly for maximum effect, this pattern innate appeal derived from its vertical line. Elongating any physique, the striped worsted quickly established itself as the patriarch of all patterned dress suits.

The variety and scale of classy stripes are endless. They can be in single, double, or triple tracks, against plain or fancy backgrounds. Lines can be faint or bold, from subtle shadows to hair lines to pins, up to pencils or chalks, in spacing ranging from narrow to wide.

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