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March 29

Striped clothes

Roughly what percentage of striped-patterned clothes have horizontal stripes, and what percentage have vertical? I'm thinking mainly of Western fashions but information on any fashion tendencies worldwide would be helpful. 2001:8003:A04E:3500:180B:A449:A822:6A0E (talk) 05:55, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt anyone has counted them, but to begin with, are you including Pajamas?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:26, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do jailbirds still wear striped outfits, or did that go out with Laurel and Hardy? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:00, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What about stripes at an angle? And more naturalistic "tiger stripes"? Do they count? And in which category? --Khajidha (talk) 09:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Anything! Any information will be useful. 2001:8003:A04E:3500:E953:8C93:7CD0:4BC5 (talk) 10:22, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Western-style business suits may have pinstripes; these run invariably vertically. A cursory examination strongly suggests that among striped T-shirts for men and women alike horizontal stripes dominate.^[1][2][3][4] For striped dress shirts, typically more formal manwear, the pattern is vertical.^[5][6] There is a a common belief that if you want to appear slimmer than you actually are, you should wear clothes with vertical stripes; however, this appears not to be based on facts; the opposite may be true.^[7] --Lambiam 10:50, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baU4cyQ3A5U --Khajidha (talk) 11:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Limiting ourselves to professional teams' football jerseys, I'd say hooped tops are 1 to every 5 striped top. But that's just a guess. Here's a fascinating page? with examples inspired by the famed green and white Celtic (aka "The Hoops") hoops. Hoops are of course much more common in both codes of rugby, where stripes are hardly ever worn. I would speculate that the massive growth in popularity of football tops for leisure wear over the last twenty years has seen a corresponding increase in the number of teams (or their marketing branches) electing to use a hooped design for their second or third strips, as hoops go better with jeans etc than stripes. Ericoides (talk) 07:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For a humorous example in the third season episode of M*A*S*H (TV series) titled "Officer of the Day Wayne Roger's character Trapper John is having a pinstripe suit custom made. When we finally see it the stripes are horizontal. MarnetteD|Talk 07:15, 30 March 2021 (UTC) [reply]