What to wear this weekend: FEMAIL picks out candy striped shirts

What to wear this weekend: FEMAIL picks out a selection of candy striped shirts

Dinah Van Tulleken shares advice on choosing and styling candy striped shirts
UK-based fashion editor suggests tucking them into pencil skirts for the office
She says once your get over the fear of looking like a deck chair you’ll wonder how you ever got on before without this wardrobe staple

CANDY STRIPE SHIRT

You probably own a simple, elegant shirt. I don’t need to list its sartorial selling points. But I am going to suggest that you buy another — this time with candy stripes. Once you get past the fear that you will look like a deck chair, you’ll wonder how you ever got by without one.

Dinah Van Tulleken (pictured) shares advice on choosing and styling candy striped shirts. UK-based fashion editor suggests tucking them into pencil skirts for the office. Shirt, £80, boden. co.uk; trousers, £109, mintvelvet.co.uk; sandals, £169, whistles.com

FROM BOARDROOM TO BEACH

Tucked into a pencil skirt for the office, worn with wide-leg trousers for an event and open, over swimwear on holiday. There’s nowhere your candy stripes can’t take you this summer.

BRAND TO KNOW

If shirts are your thing then With Nothing Underneath is a brand that should be on your radar. At £95, its striped boyfriend shirts aren’t cheap, but are well worth the investment.

You can find plenty of good quality styles on the High Street, too — and it’s a trend you can drop a small fortune on, should you wish. Victoria Beckham has a blue and white stripe for £550 (yes, you read that right), Acne has a pink one for £250, and there’s yellow at Max Mara for £165.

SMART SLEEVES

Keep your eyes peeled for classic cuts with a twist. The Boden design I’m wearing here has the added bonus of puff sleeves, which I love. It’s linen, which means it creases the second you look at it, but that’s sort of the point.

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