OUTFIT DETAILS: Libertine Coat, Comme Si Shirt (more sizes here), ALC Shorts, Hermes Bag (similar here), Chanel Sandals, Retrosuperfuture Sunglasses (old, similar here), Sherman Field Necklaces

It might sound like it shouldn’t work, but my go-to pattern to mix with stripes is more stripes. The one trick I find works best is finding a common thread through color, one shade that runs through both palettes, so that even completely different stripe scales still feel cohesive.

Stripes on stripes feels right at home in summer, when getting dressed is a little less serious and a little more joyful. A striped shirt with striped shorts, a colorful cover-up over a striped swimsuit, or a striped tote thrown into the mix somehow feels more interesting than relying on a single print alone.

The most memorable outfits, I find, are the ones you look at and your first thought is “that shouldn’t work,” but somehow it does. And more often than not, a stripes on stripes look is exactly how you get there.