(BIRD's SOUND) That's the song of The Australian zebra finch is named for the black and white stripes on the male's throat - he's the one who does all the singing.
VOA: standard.2010.04.05
When black-and-white stripesand even bold checks popped up again, on Michael Kors's spring runway, albeit at a subtler, more accessible scale, I was prepared to acknowledge that Op Art mostly in black-and-white, though occasionally in bright colors and pale neutrals was going to be one of the season's big statements.
He stuck mostly with pant suits, wool shift or trapeze dresses and coats in solids, accented with a sprinkling of white-and-black stripesand large leaf prints in autumnal red, orange-red, green, purple and a rich deep blue.