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stripey tops + big norks = a big nono?

30 replies

harpsichordcarrier · 15/03/2006 15:03

I really fancy one of those stripey tops that are everywhere
they look great I think
BUT it's no go isn't it if you have big norks?
I will look like the side of a house, non?

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 15/03/2006 15:04

stripes make you look bigger

georginarf · 15/03/2006 15:05

vertical or horizontal stripes (I've got no idea which are everywhere, or is it both/either?)

cece · 15/03/2006 15:05

I have big mosobs and to be honest all the pics in magazines the ladies have small ones. Just assumed they wouldn't suit me - like most else vaguely in fashion...

harpsichordcarrier · 15/03/2006 15:06

yes they do don't they
and frankly I need no optical illusion to make my norks look comedy sized
but those tops look so crisp and nautical and darn jaunty

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/03/2006 15:07

well the stripes are mostly horizontal
with boat necks
tres unflattering I think

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desperateSCOUSEwife · 15/03/2006 15:07

horizontal a defo no no if you are on large side or have big uns

georginarf · 15/03/2006 15:07

ah so horizontal and nautical then

I don't think big norks automatically rule those out, just you prob have to pick the top and what you wear it with carefully

MaloryMargotTowers · 15/03/2006 16:26

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cod · 16/03/2006 09:12

aha yes boat neck no ogood BUT to break my own rule i saw this in m and s an bought
i knwo it s not a long line one but i have htis ontoday

\link{http://www.marksandspencer.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=3467&Product_Id=1898400\top in bluie adn the boat neck is ok}
reagarding the long line stripey tops id not btoher wiht the stripes its SO of the moment its not worth the hassle
thinkt he long line totps ar greta for norkage and are so fallterin if htey have the stretchy band on the bottom

see new look

cod · 16/03/2006 09:13

yes 3/4 sleeves are annoying me already

have blue ju,per on top as it sfreezing but in sumemr woudl look great with jeans

hunkermunker · 16/03/2006 09:16

Greta Norkage.

That's an MN name if ever I heard one Grin

Harpsi (haven't called you that for a while - seems nicer than HC somehow), I too harbour visions of looking tres glam and slender but norks always get in the way and I end up having to buy tops two sizes bigger than the rest of me needs Sad

cod · 16/03/2006 13:11

no great norkage is a msall wlithsire village

MaloryMargotTowers · 16/03/2006 13:13

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harpsichordcarrier · 16/03/2006 13:13

Great Norkage just south of Lesser Norkage off the A324
twinned with Grande Les Tittes

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cod · 16/03/2006 13:13

me too are busy piussing me off today
ill push me own up thanks

MaloryMargotTowers · 16/03/2006 13:14

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podkin · 16/03/2006 13:14

no no no - stripes and sailor top thingys are too eighties I'm afraid, and with large bazonkas ? Noooo...

harpsichordcarrier · 16/03/2006 13:15

I pretty much only wear 3/4 length sleeves actually
will try some on oin New Look though I fear it may be depressing
dd2 is going through growth spurt at the mo so norks are getting bigger by the second

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NotQuiteCockney · 16/03/2006 13:17

A startlingly busty colleague (thin everywhere else!) used to wear stripey tops. It always looked like some sort of optical illusion.

There are some mountains in the US called the Grand Tetons.

No, I am no use.

cod · 16/03/2006 13:18

hc in new look i got hte fabbes stop ever for going out

only? £12 black, neck fornt and back, longline thicck stretchy band they did it in poster red too

NotQuiteCockney · 16/03/2006 13:19

(Cod are you always chatting on MSN? Please add me, I am [email protected].)

cod · 16/03/2006 13:20

not often but will

harpsichordcarrier · 16/03/2006 13:20

is that V neck cod? v neck is good
have massive New Look here

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harpsichordcarrier · 16/03/2006 13:20

thanks for trying NQC Smile

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noddyholder · 16/03/2006 13:22

I have big boobs and tried one and it looked awful I saw a lovely looking slim young girl wearing one in m and s the other day She was young gorgeous but had big boobs and it looked terrible

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