Next Level: Checkerboard MADNESS

Checkerboards are happening. Just ask Kerry Washington and Jessica Alba. Here, four ways to go that don’t require a step-and-repeat setting. —erica

LEVEL I: The gray-on-gray situation keeps this LnA top super-approachable.

LEVEL II: Want Les Essentiels makes is way-easy to add a (small-scale) take on the pattern to your arsenal.

LEVEL III: The classic shape—and skinny waistband—make this Kelly Wearstler dress more wearable than you’d think.

LEVEL IV: MSGM goes for it: Hey, crazy, neon flowers. On a sweatshirt.

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