Key fashion trends of the season: Stripes

Dress, £1,100 King of the catwalk stripe for summer were Prada's bright and bold combinations. Trimmed with clashing Rio carnival frills these stripes set our hearts racing and our feet tapping From prada.com Photographer: Kevin Foord Fashion editors: Jo Jones and Helen Seamons Photographer's assistant: Roger Bool Model: Rachel Joy at premiermodelmanagement.com Shot on location at The Historic Dockyard Chatham , Kent, a unique maritime heritage destination with galleries, attractions, iconic buildings and historic ships to explore – open every day from 10am Photograph: PR Top, £34.99 We love this top, great fabric, great price, looks good on all ages. Wear with a tapered black trouser and a bright shoe in a contrasting colour From zara.com Photograph: PR Top, £410 Cashmere is always pricey but we think this is worth the money. The perfect weekend look, the stripe has a geometric 3D feel and the contrasting colours are bang on trend. Perfect worn with jeans and pumps By Marni from thecorner.com Photograph: PR Sweater dress, £65 The brighter and bolder your choice of stripe the better. We love this easy jumper dress in vibrant orange. It's perfect for the first days of spring without tights. Wear it with flat pumps and a fake tan From kookai.co.uk Photograph: PR Jumper, £95 Not a shape that everyone can wear but if you layer over jersey this redefines the proportions on the body and gives a longer silhouette. The mix of colours is playful and works two trends, stripe and colour blocking. Wear with a maxi skirt and wedges or simply throw on with a boyish cut white trouser From whistles.co.uk Photograph: PR Vest, £40 A favourite of First Lady Michelle Obama, J.Crew is stil relatively unknown on U.K shores. They offer luxury takes on everyday basics. This linen vest will see you through many summers to come By J.Crew from net-a-porter.com Photograph: PR Culottes playsuit, £175 If your thighs can't cut it in a playsuit try a pair of culottes for size. Culottes have been absent from the fashion scene since the early nineties but they are experiencing a bit of a revival this season. Wear them with a classic cork wedge From whistle.co.uk Photograph: PR Dress, £190 There is something very wholesome and 'bake sale' about this crisp cotton frock. Perfect for summer picnics or courtside at Wimbledon From karenmillen.com Photograph: PR Dress, £180 The perfect summer dress, The shorter length gives a cooler look to the prom style silhouette and we love the bold stripe, wear with pumps or a bright pink wedge and bold sunglasses for an ultra chic look Boutique by Jaeger from jaeger.co.uk Photograph: PR Maxi dress, £220 This ladder stripe has more of a slimming effect then you might think. It's a great holiday dress, sightseeing with a sunhat and dressed up with an armful of gold bangles or oversized cocktail earrings for the evening By Twenty 8 Twelve from matchesfashion.com Photograph: PR iPad case, £50 If your iPad is still knocking around your handbag unprotected then firstly, shame on you, and secondly, make amends with this case from Marc by Marc in a very on trend holiday stripe Marc by Marc Jacobs from net-a-porter.com Photograph: PR Pouch, £15.99 You can never have too many zippy pouches in our experience. Buy this for someone today and spread the stripe love From zara.com Photograph: PE Bag, £494 The Parisienne Queen of Stripe, Sonia Rykiel, is a must have for this trend. This cotton jersey clutch is just enough stripe to brighten any look. In one of our favourite colour combos, red and pink, we think this is a winner From Sonia Rykiel 020 7493 5255 Photograph: PR