If there is one thing I am obsessed with this season, and maybe all seasons, it would have to be STRIPES! Stripes add something special to any look – they are great layered and they are great on their own. They are classic but not in a stuffy, boring way – they are chic.

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With this obsession, I was pleased to find that the Quiksilver Women’s spring collection featured many options for me to choose from. Their take on the stripe has a bit of a tough-girl-edge that makes it all the more appealing.

I see the Evershlott and Wonderwall stripes mixed up with contrasting prints, maybe thrown on with a floral blazer, skinny jeans and wooden platform sandals.

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The St. Mary and Kerrington stripes get a more classic twist, wearing them with a trench coat, knee high socks and a pair of clogs.

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How will you be wearing your stripes this season?

We, the three musketeers of QSW design, are in a creative state of mind, just coming out of an intense period of designing for next spring’s collection.  Here’s what’s on our minds for right now:

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Legs, well, she’s a sucker for stripes — aren’t we all?  Something about her inner Parisienne …  and stripes + a unique details like the twisting stripes = true love:

Check out the QSW St. Mary’s dress, too :

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Blond is up to something … plotting the perfect thing to wear at the first sign of spring weather this year:  this sick pair of modern-and-70’s-at-the-same-time  platforms with dirty-and-destroyed denim bellbottoms like our Southbank jeans:

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And MB is feeling this:

out the scissors for a little rainy-day DIY.

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See ya next week!

Why not get excited about spring now ?! It is just a few months away and you should start building your new wardrobe, if for no other reason, than to give your wind-chapped body some hope.

Let’s start your spring day dreaming with some of our favorites from the Quiksilver Women’s Spring 2010 collection. Just think, if the weather turns warm and toasty – you will be ready with some sweet gingham or some tomboy-chic shredding.

The Looks: Sound Check Shirt; St. Mary Dress

It’s official! I am completely obsessed with stripes. I enter my closet and they take over – an entire section filled with stripes. When I saw the Quiksilver Women’s St. Mary Dress, I knew I would be adding it my collection. A perfect set of stripes in a perfect dress!

Jumping the gun on this spring-time dress, I had to think of ways to wear it now.. and then later. With the winter chill I will be pairing it a warm wooly knit cardigan, grey tights and platform lace-up booties. To mix in another color – I will pull on my cranberry colored hat and wrap on a scarf.

When the spring weather rolls around I will be pairing it with a grey boyfriend blazer and nude strappy heels. For a little unsuspecting spice I will pair it with a turquoise bow and cat-eye sunglasses.

I love the stripes both now and later.