A summertime staple, the marinière has become a key part of many preppy wardrobes today. “ [It] is rooted in practicality, ...

J.Crew is teaming up with luxury e-tailer Net-a-Porter for a capsule collection celebrating and reimagining the Breton stripe, a staple the brand has returned to season after season.

Today, “Breton shirt” has become a catchall for any striped cotton T-shirt. Yet the design would never had leapt from sea to store if not for Coco Chanel.

Claudie Pierlot’s Breton T-shirt has a patch of Jean Toto – the founder’s adorable pet companion. Style it with a blazer and straight-cut trousers. 3.

Another designer making stripes cool again? London-based designer Talia Byre. “For us, the most flattering and modern way to work with stripes is on the bias,” she tells Vogue. “It guides the eye ...

If you've cracked open an issue of GQ or read this website once or twice before today, you know that we're on board with the Breton or mariner-stripe shirt; a French classic that dates back to the ...

9. The struggle to find the 'perfect' Breton t-shirt is SO real. When you're out shopping you might think you've found it, only to go home and realise there's something that isn't quite right. 10.

How did she do? Lively, 27, channeled her inner French fashionista in a Breton stripe T-shirt by Amour Vert, on sale for $135 on her lifestyle website, Preserve.us.

For over 100 years now, the Breton stripe has been a staple of women’s wardrobes, but of course it’s been given plenty of modern updates - including splashes of colour.

Enjoying a family day out at the polo the Duchess of Cambridge showed off her slim figure in a ME+EM Breton stripe t-shirt and skinny jeans just six weeks after giving birth to Princess Charlotte.