Fine Lines: 15 Women Who Killed It in Pinstripes

A model strikes a pose in one of Yves Saint Laurent's three-piece suits, 1967. Photo: Reg Lancaster / Getty Images

Julia Roberts may look every bit the doe-eyed ingenue at the 1991 Golden Globes, but it's not difficult to tell that even then, she meant business when it came to acting. Photo: Jim Smeal / Getty Images

Tom Ford's tenor-setting Fall 1996 collection for Gucci was rakish, sleek, and very, very sexy (it yielded Gwyneth's iconic suit in cherry red velvet), as were the Mario Testino-lensed campaign images starring Georgina Grenville. Photo: Courtesy of Gucci

The print was one of the foundations for Stella McCartney's elegant Fall '13 outing. Photo: Yannis Vlamos / InDigital / GoRunway

One of our favorite new runway androgynes, Mica Arganaraz, makes it look easy while running between shows. Photo: Tommy Ton

Spice up your life: Posh, Ginger, Scary, Baby, and Sporty opt to go identical at the London premiere of Spice World. Photo: Scan Room / Getty Images

Michael Kors lays it on the line with this ensemble from his Fall 1997 collection. Photo: Thomas Iannaccone / Corbis

Diana Ross suits up to do press in 1977. Photo: Karlin Lynn / WWD

For her 1990 Blond Ambition world tour, Madge famously donned a Gaultier-designed pinstripe suit with slits that exposed her cone bra. The designer riffed on the look again when it came time to create costumes for the MDNA outing more than two decades later. Photo: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images

Gisele shows her stripes (or Karl's, bien sûr) in the Spring '15 Chanel campaign. Photo: Courtesy of Chanel

Ever a staple of the Jean Paul Gaultier vernacular, pinstripes turned up on the designer's Fall '10 Couture runway in the form of this sleek tailleur. Photo: Monica Feudi / GoRunway.com

The nation's most recent recession got Ralph Lauren thinking about resiliency of the Grapes of Wrath sort, hence the Depression-era aesthetics of his Spring 2010 outing. Photo: Marcio Madeira

Long before celeb vanity brands were ubiquitous, Twiggy struck a pose in this perfectly boxy ensemble from the Twiggy Dresses collection she served as the face of. Photo: Getty Images

Slouch and stripes make for an arty, winning combo in Martin Margiela's Fall 2000 collection. Photo: firstVIEW.com

Even big, wide-brimmed toppers couldn't overshadow the immaculate tailoring Hedi Slimane served up with his womenswear debut at Saint Laurent for Spring '13. Photo: Gianni Pucci / InDigital