There is a version of the stripe top that belongs on a yacht in 1987 and a version that belongs in a well edited wardrobe right now. The difference is more subtle than people think. Weight, stripe width, how the collar sits, whether the fit is relaxed without being shapeless. Get those things wrong and it reads as a costume. Get them right and it becomes one of the most useful pieces you own, the kind of thing that works over swim shorts in summer and under an overshirt when the temperature drops.

We have been particularly focused on tops where the stripe does the work without announcing itself too loudly. No oversized branding. No awkward color combinations that only look good in product photography. Just well proportioned stripes on fabric that holds its shape. These are the ones that sit naturally in a wardrobe rather than demanding to be styled around. That is exactly what a stripe top should do.