patchwork prints are cleverly and creatively created as one piece, by means of stitching several pieces of print fabric together. At a glance, it might appear as unmatched pieces of fabric, but in reality a lot of thought goes into assembling different pieces of fabric and turning them into an elegant garb, which is styled to look that way.
Wherever you wear vertical lines, that area appears elongated and more narrow. Wear them if your goal is to look taller and/or slimmer. Consider a pinstripe pant to lengthen your leg line or a vertical stripe blouse to make a short torso look longer.