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 ...

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Then ditch your vertical stripes for some slimming horizontal ones. Popular fashion advice - often given by Trinny and Susannah - advices women with more curves to opt for stripes that run from top-to ...

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 ...

The most popular fashion advice - that vertical stripes flatter the figure - is a myth, according to a leading perception expert who says that wearing horizontal lines can actually If you’ve been ...

Fashion has few rules, but there are people who espouse the ''never wear horizontal stripes" maxim. My mother always warned me about horizontal stripes: ''They make you look wide and dumpy," she said.