To be perfectly honest, I don’t like stripes. I find them jarring to the eye and I always feel like I should be on a boat when I’m wearing them. I have very few striped items in my wardrobe and at some point, when I entered a challenge for stripes I had a very tough time finding something to wear (here’s that post).

Never-the-less, stripes are in and I did see this little number at Kohls for less than thirty dollars and I thought…Why not? I’m at the age where I no longer wear shorts and, instead, wear easy dresses that I don’t have to worry about wrinkles or damage. It wasn’t a big investment and I can easily donate it after the season.

I also took this opportunity to wear my new Tiffany aviators. I’ve had trouble finding a pair because they are usually too big for my face. But like Goldilocks said, “I think these are just right!”.

Also, I love the little Tiffany lock on the arms of the frame.

Now I KNOW you’ve seen these shoes before. They are the ones that everyone scooped up last year from Zara. They were so cheap and we all loved the orange on the heel area. I was one of those people and I have certainly worn them a lot. You can find a lot of copies out there right now. Here, they add a bit of color to my otherwise conservative outfit.

I decided to throw in the orange-ish Coach purse to complement the color in the shoes.

BTW. I did actually wear this outfit in a nautical setting. While I wasn’t exactly on a boat, Tim and I lunched at Houston’s in Pompano Beach, Florida overlooking the intracoastal and some pretty nice boats.

How do you feel about stripes? Are they a “must have” or not?

[Outfit details: Dress is Kohl's; shoes are Zara; purse and scarf are Coach; sunglasses are Tiffany]