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My gf loves me wearing striped shirts, as I'm not a skinny person (Japanese
standard skinny, stateside I'm skin and bone) they naturally make me look fat!

She always says "ボーダーが好き" and I always think "No, I hate the the
(Mexican/Canadian/Any border! ...Tijuana is dope though!)

Why ボーダー？ Why not ストライプ or something?
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english-to-japanese connotation
「ボーダー」... What border?
ストライプ vs. ボーダー

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Vertical Stripes vs. Horizontal Stripes

[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o5ReH.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o5ReH.jpg)

Until about two decades ago, both were called 「ストライプ」. Then, the fashion
industry people invented the name 「ボーダー」 to refer to "horizontal stripes" as a
buzzword to make it popular and did they ever succeed!
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[ボーダー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E6%9F%84)
is a strange word used for a _trend_ fashion among of jevenile, young and
middle age generations.

And I have no idea why this is also a border dress... [![enter image
description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pa3RD.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pa3RD.jpg)
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