Live with JOYIA - The JOYIA LIVING Blog — stripe

At JOYIA LIVING we love a good stripe!  But where did the mighty stripe for decoration originate?  Stripes occur quite widely in the natural world – think majestic tigers, zebras, striped hyenas, gloriously crested hoopoe birds and a multitude of tropical reef fish.  And it is not just animals. The plant world is filled with variegated foliage.  So it’s not difficult to imagine our cavemen ancestors sporting a variety of striped animal pelts as clothing and potentially also using them for rugs, bedding and so on. Neanderthal Chic anyone?  These bold stripey pelts offered probably one of the earliest forms of human...