----- I Love Stripes Shirts -----
Here's a random post: I've realized my closet is filled with copious amount of striped shirts, after, of course, adding another one to it. Is there something synonymous about designers and stripes, like Jean-Paul Gautier's work? I just naturally love the look of lines, in all widths and lengths. Maybe it's the spacing between the lines? Like leading in typography? Can this be a good way to justify my shopaholic tendencies? Lines are geometric, balanced, and are always harmonized—straight, indefinite, and perfect. In life, they can give directions (maps), set rules (on roads), make boundaries (sport courts). On bodies, stripes take off extra pounds or even add curves to small frames. Stripes carry many connotations and are used, or were used in different context throughout history. See: American flag, prison uniform (note: nazi concentration camps), sailors. The topic of stripes is a very appealing one and i am keen on reading more about it because there is an enigmatic magic that consistently draws us to them— well for me. Speaking of which ----> The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes ----> future coffee table book.
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