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Soft Stripes Are The Season’s Essential Pattern

Arguably the most wearable of all Spring 2025 fashion trends, here are 10 ways we’re making stripes a staple this season.

Date March 5, 2025

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Whether we’re swinging the way of buttoned up and business-like or embracing a more boho approach to style, you can always count on one pattern to transcend the trend cycles: stripes. Drawing from a pastel palette, this season’s iterations were decidedly softer, but don’t mistake them for overly sweet. Here, we share our pack-a-punch picks one of our favourite Spring 2025 fashion trends.

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Homme Plissé Issey Miyake

Investing in an Issey Miyake piece is an ambition for any fashion-inclined person. With this shapely coat, finished with a standing collar and mind-bending stripe, we’ve found our forever piece.

COS

Standard issue bomber jackets tend to come in predictable shades of olive or black. Break free from what’s expected with COS’ barely perceptible blue-and-white striped version that matches spring’s airy energy.

Marni

With this beachy canvas bag on your shoulder, the insouciant lifestyle comes with you, whether you’re escaping to somewhere warm or wishing away winter’s last moments.

Proenza Schouler

A double hit of seasonal trends—stripes and fringe—come together in this statement skirt with plenty of real-life dressing applications: with a cropped white tee for weekend wear or a crisp blouse for more elevated occasions.

Anthropologie

Picture this: slow, sunny afternoons in a white-washed beach house, this Anthropologie rug gathering grains of sand from a seaside outing. Okay, so it’s a far cry from your city apartment, but rolling out this rustic rug will get you that same feeling in a downtown setting.

Henry Holland

Newsflash: imperfect zebra stripes are still stripes. Get yourself a set of these high- gloss, wildly printed dinner plates as a mood-boosting alternative to the minimalist tableware trend that just won’t quit.

Missoni

Step away from the standard black swimsuit: this Missoni maillot teeters the line between OTT and totally classic with its one-shoulder silhouette, tie-up halter neckline and that irresistible gradient of soft stripes.

Rabanne

Bloomers, really? Yes, really. This striped pair comes cut in a crisp cotton poplin and is punctuated by a dramatic bow to do away with any Victorian era comparisons.

Chanel

The Chanel Tweed Flap Bag is a real add-to-wishlist kind of piece. But in this soft, butter-yellow colourway that’s promised to be more rare than its more neutral counterparts? An instant purchase.

Polo Ralph Lauren

Prepare your camera roll to be entirely sick of this Polo Ralph Lauren cap. The seersucker accessory, which comes in a muted blue and white stripe, will no doubt have a starring role in all your summer happenings.

This article first appeared in FASHION’s March 2025 issue. Find out more here.

Jillian Vieira

Jillian Vieira is a Toronto-based writer and wardrobe stylist. The former Style Director at The Kit, her work can now be seen in FASHION, ELLE Canada, the Toronto Star and Toronto Life among others.

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