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The thin stripy bits on the collars and cuffs and the piping around the shoulder redeem things slightly, but not enough.
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Their seeds entwined in neat galactic sequence, not quite black yet, but stripy grey, soft and slightly wet, nature’s treat for small children as well as birds.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
The exhibition kicks off with the original doll from 1959 in a stripy black-and-white swimsuit and places her evolution within the wider world of design.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 July 2024
After seeing the segment on TV, Kyle went to the basement, opened the Plexiglas case that entombed the stripy thing and saw something written on the back of the canvas: Totem.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
West coast pears; pale yellow apples from Esmolfe and stripy red ones from Palmela; Elvas plums; loquats heralding the spring; juicy peaches; passion fruit from the islands.
—Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Asparagus is grilled to stripy blackness, bathed in olive oil, given a grating of parmesan, then topped with breadcrumbs — and a sunnyside-up fried egg.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2023
Along with stripy highlights, high-shine lipgloss and spray tans, the side fringe was a major beauty theme in the late aughts.
—Kerry McDermott, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2022
Conceptually, the capsule collection was designed to provide all the necessary, no-fuss building blocks for summer beach days—shorts to pair with tees that pair with relaxed trousers or a casual stripy tank dress for after the beach.
—Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 20 June 2022
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Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Their seeds entwined in neat galactic sequence, not quite black yet, but stripy grey, soft and slightly wet, nature’s treat for small children as well as birds.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
The exhibition kicks off with the original doll from 1959 in a stripy black-and-white swimsuit and places her evolution within the wider world of design.
—Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 July 2024
After seeing the segment on TV, Kyle went to the basement, opened the Plexiglas case that entombed the stripy thing and saw something written on the back of the canvas: Totem.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
West coast pears; pale yellow apples from Esmolfe and stripy red ones from Palmela; Elvas plums; loquats heralding the spring; juicy peaches; passion fruit from the islands.
—Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Asparagus is grilled to stripy blackness, bathed in olive oil, given a grating of parmesan, then topped with breadcrumbs — and a sunnyside-up fried egg.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2023
Along with stripy highlights, high-shine lipgloss and spray tans, the side fringe was a major beauty theme in the late aughts.
—Kerry McDermott, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2022
Conceptually, the capsule collection was designed to provide all the necessary, no-fuss building blocks for summer beach days—shorts to pair with tees that pair with relaxed trousers or a casual stripy tank dress for after the beach.
—Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 20 June 2022
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“Stripy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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