Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s something about striped clothing that screams summer. The classic horizontal ones aren’t always super flattering, though, ...

Unless you have had your eyes shut during the latest fashion runway shows, you’ll know you have to make vertical stripes your best friend this season. Dresses, tops, pants or even scarves — just about ...

Q. I have what may be a simple question, but one that confuses me. Why do polo shirts come in horizontal stripes and not vertical stripes? A. This is not 100 percent true, but it is pretty close. You ...

Previous research showed an opposite slimming effect for horizontal stripes Wearing vertical stripes makes you seem taller and in horizontal hoops, you'll look wider. But black is still the most ...

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Want to look slimmer always? Then, don’t wear horizontal stripes as they make you look fatter, a new study has found. Watham’s research challenges the past findings of her scientific mentor Dr Peter ...

The first rule of fashion – that vertical stripes flatter the figure – is a myth, according to a study conducted by scientists at York University. Women who avoid wearing clothes with horizontal ...

For years mothers have told their daughters that horizontal stripes do the female figure no favours and that vertical ones are more flattering. As a result, many women have spent their lives avoiding ...

Stripes going around will always add pounds... is a fashion dictate that women have adhered to for generations. Vertical stripes were always thought to make the wearer look taller and thinner. Now, a ...

Wearing vertical stripes makes you seem taller and in horizontal hoops, you'll look wider. But black is still the most slimming choice for clothing. Those findings ...

Fashion experts vary on whether wearing horizontal lines can have a widening effect, but they also say it depends a lot on the body type and the cloth material For years mothers have told their ...

Women who avoid wearing clothes with horizontal stripes in the belief that it makes their bum look larger should be reassured by a scientific study showing quite the opposite. It found that horizontal ...