Denotes a fabric whose inter-woven threads have light, oblique stripes.
Pin stripes / Tennis stripes
“Tennis stripes” in France and “pin stripes” in England where they notably streaked Winston Churchill’s suits during the Second World War, these longitudinal stripes sit spaced a few centimetres apart. Effectively whether they were used by sailors or by English bankers of the 19th century, it was on the shirts of tennis pioneers that they had their first taste of glory, before gradually being adopted off the court by all men of good taste.