Shop The Street Style Look: Stripes Are Always Chic

There’s a reason stripes are a style staple. From the classic marinière pullover, which was quickly co-opted by Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel and soon taken up by the bright young things in the south of France (Brigitte Bardot among them) down to the New Wave nymphets (Jean Seberg à la Breathless, oh my!) and most recently spotted on the streets of London Fashion Week, horizontal stripes are a perennial fashion favorite, at once purveying a sense of Gallic cool and understated, easy chic. (They came from sailors, after all.) Here’s how to get the look.