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"There&amp;#x27;s not a spring in recent memory that I didn&amp;#x27;t break out my classic striped sailor top, and now that it&amp;#x27;s warming up again, I&amp;#x27;ve decided to come up with a few new ways to wear it. Get inspired to shop your closet, after the jump. In the latest issue of her online newsletter, GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow suggests going to St. James for the classic French sailor stripe T. They&amp;#x27;re definitely authentic and very chic, but I scored the one above at Old Navy for ten bucks, and you can easily do the same. Here are a few new ways to wear it that you might not have thought of yet: -Add an unexpected color. My tiny east coast college was filled with true preppies who grew up driving Jeep Wranglers, wearing beat up white baseball caps, and making pearls somehow seem perfectly appropriate for football games. I definitely learned a lesson or two from them in preppy dressing, and color is the biggest one. Wear your nautical striped top with a pair of bright coral capri pants, a yellow cotton skirt, or some short red shorts. If you&amp;#x27;re a matchy-matchy type, it&amp;#x27;s time to let go--navy looks good with practically everything. -Mix things up. You guys already know that pattern mixing is a major trend this spring, and starting with stripes is a super easy formula. Since the stripes have a very graphic feel, balance them with something a little more feminine, like a floral. Make sure your other pattern has blue somewhere in the mix (a well-established color palette will keep you from looking silly), but also that there&amp;#x27;s another bright color that helps the whole look pop. -Take it to the beach. One of my favorite things about the classic striped nautical top is that it evokes feelings of sailing, summertime, and the ocean. So where better to wear it than the beach? I don&amp;#x27;t think there&amp;#x27;s a cuter beach look than a bikini bottom with one of these shirts on top. I love it with a white swimsuit, but if that&amp;#x27;s not your thing, it will go equally well with any of the colors above (red, coral, yellow, even bright kelly green) or, in keeping with the pattern mixing theme, a polka dot or floral. What do you think, girls? Do you already own a nautical striped top? Are you inspired to shop your closet and try out new styling tricks? What are some of your favorite ways to wear it? Share! PLUS: * Three new ways to wear your old floral skirt AND * The case for bringing back your jean jacket Add glamour.com to your Google homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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