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Horizontal stripes have a bad reputation—they’re basically synonymous with the dreaded fashion “don’t." Rumor has it that stripes are unflattering—that they might emphasize wide hips or make a petite ...

Fashionistas have long claimed that vertical lines flatter but horizontal stripes make people look fatter. However, scientists have discovered that dark horizontal lines are actually more slimming ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Stripes are always in style, but never ...

We've always been told that horizontal stripes are the *least *flattering way to go, but don't believe everything that you hear. I'm a stripes girl through and through (and totally not ashamed to ...