Print Mix Up

I am not the best at mixing prints... I wish I were better. Some of my blog friends are so good at it, I am jelly of them, and I look at their pics with such admiration, hoping to be inspired. But, since most of my clothes are solid black, there really isn't a lot to mix. So wtf. And when I say wtf, you all must know that I am saying wt freak, ok, I do knot use the eff word. =) ANYway, This weekend I have been taking pics of people who also have trouble mixing their prints. There is a very fine line between Print Mix Pretty and Print Mix Poopy. K? Beware.

See below Hat Lady. While I love her hat, the rest of the ensemble is not working out. Skirt= cute, and I understand what she was shooting for, but the stripe + the texture in the ruffle is too much for the busy print of the skirt. Also the sky blue in her top is not a match. She needs a solid or a flat-non texture to tone down the look. When mixing prints we need to mix colors of the same shade or complimentary shades. Am I right? I can imagine this look working if her top had been a solid white, off white or even soft pink. Can you see it? What do you think?

Next: Yellow Geo. I'm curious what you all think. Maybe if the print of the skirt was a larger scale it would work, and if the skirt were A LOT shorter. There is just too much skirt coverage. She almost had it!



And finally, a look that really works! Sorry you can't see it well, but the colors work well together and the proportions are all right. Pale yellow stripes combined with soft blue-grey, with vintage shades together in a floral print... Love the shoes too. The dark belt really completes the look, don't you think?


So glad we end on a positive note right? AND get ready for Man-day Monday tomorrow! I have pics of some very nicely dressed MEN for you!! Look forward to it.

Runway to RTW

I found this pic from a runway show and loved it. But, how many times have you watched a runway show and said to yourself or your friend "Ok, who actually dresses like that?" Like 100, right? I KNOW! Nobody dresses like that. That is why they created Ready-To-Wear. We love RTW because we are normal girls who wear normal clothes, not runway clothes. In our dreams and fantasies we can imagine ourselves wearing runway clothes, but they are really only appropriate on the runway, and most of us actually have to go to our jobs and the store and the bank and stuff....

Some girls are drunk and high when they are getting dressed and still try to look like they got ready back stage of a runway show, which is stupid. Oh, I dunno, how about putting in effort, but still looking natural?! Weirdos. If you tell someone that you got your dress at a Costume shop, that is your first problem, ok?

RTW is clothing from the runway altered so that real people can wear it. OBviously my tutu skirt is NOT off the runway, its from Urban Outfitters. I was just inspired to wear it and style it and write this blog from the runway shot of this tutu dress!

Get it?