The Fashion House of Oakland University meets weekly and picks a different trend every meeting. Their latest trend is stripes.

The Resort 2014 trend reports stripes are in. The Nautical by Nature explores designs from: Marc Jacobs, Chloé, Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Marni, according to Style.com. Through these cruise inspired styles designers are showcasing sizzling stripes.

“A lot of people are now starting to mix stripes with other patterns, it’s an upcoming trend,” Ane Taylor, blogger for the Fashion House said. “Stripes are fun to play around with and to mix-and-match.”

The fashion house encourages students from Oakland University to support their weekly trends by sporting their weekly trend pick, which is decided at their meetings.

“I think stripes are a fun way to express yourself. You have to be careful what you pair them with,” Nandina Wahi, senior and member of the House of Fashion said.

The Fashion House meets in the Heritage Rooms at Oakland University Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. The organization was developed in September 2013 by Cortney Hopkins.

Each meeting the group discusses their pick for trends and the trend is decided through a vote. They also discuss upcoming events that they are planning, which is normally a fashion show. They discuss together the planning process. They also do icebreakers at the meeting and focus on the latest trends.

“It feels like we’re more than just a student organization it feels so real,” Taylor said. It feels like we’re at fashion week because we are so stressed and eager to get it done. I really enjoy the planning aspect and seeing it come together as a whole.”

The stripe trend peaked in New York Fashion Week this year when Marc Jacobs’ designs featured 1960’s style striped outfits, according to Fashion Magazine. Jacobs used all types of stripes: horizontal, vertical and zig-zag.

“Some women like to stay away from horizontal stripes because they make them appear larger. If you have the confidence you can rock it,” Taylor said.

The House of Fashion has a Facebook site for anyone interested in more details.