A vertical stripe wrap dress does two useful things at once which is emphasize the waist through the wrap silhouette while the vertical stripes create a lengthening effect. The wrap ties at the waist and creates definition while the vertical stripes guide the eye up and down the entire silhouette. This combination means the dress works for multiple body types because you’re getting both shape and the optical lengthening effect. Wrap dresses in vertical stripe work in cotton and lighter knit blends because the wrap silhouette requires some flow. The stripes often run in a diagonal or vertical direction which maintains the lengthening effect. A wrap dress in vertical stripe adjusts to fit your actual waist which means the lengthening stripes work with rather than against the silhouette. These are the vertical stripe wrap dresses that create both definition and length.