Hey curvy girls all over the world,
Lately you guys have been sending in some of your shopping and styling questions and I haven’t gotten back to you. First let me say that I am soooooooooo sorry and I will work on doing better. So, please resend your questions to chicstyleedit@gmail.com. In the spirit of doing better, I am going to answer this email that we received from Chic Style Edit reader Lauren,
” I recently purchased this skirt (http://www.wetseal.com/catalog/product.jsp?categoryId=739&productId=52032) from Wet Seal. I’m ready to pair it with a solid top and some colored pumps, but I was hoping you could help me out with some other outfit ideas. I am interested in dipping my toe into the world of pattern mixing, but I don’t know how. Thanks in advance.”
Thanks for your question Lauren!
Mixing prints can be quite tricky, frustrating, and gutsy. It’s one of those trends that seem to look good on everyone else but you. We see it done on the runways and we see celebrities pull it off effortlessly on the red carpet, but trying to mix prints in the real world can be flat out scary. I myself am not a print mixer. However, I do understand and by reading some of my favorite magazines have learned how to do it the right way.
For everyday girls like reader Lauren and myself, I’ve found that the best and error proof ways to mix prints is by doing the following:
– Keep everything in the same color family
-Mix large prints with small prints
-Use contrasting colors
-Pair mixed prints with solid color shoes and handbags to pull the look to together
*Popular prints to mix are Stripes and florals and Stripes with polka-dots
I do understand that for many, mixing prints is just a big don’t, but for those of you who are looking to test the waters and try, I think the tips above will be helpful and for those of you who are visual learners, below is an example of print mixing by using reader Lauren’s striped skirt.
As you can see, I kept the look within the same color scheme of black and white. I chose a polka-dot top that wasn’t too busy. I didn’t want it to compete with the stripes. I pulled the look together with a wide belt, black slingbacks, and to break up all the black, a color clutch did the trick.
Now, checkout a few more doable examples from celebrities on how to mix prints:
Solange mixes stripes with florals
Rihanna mixes contrasting colors of leopard print
Whitney Port mixes polka dots with lace
Photo Credit-Stylebakery Teen
and designer Carolina Herrera mixed polka dots with stripes for one of her resort collection dresses.
Photo Credit: Of Dots & Things
Hope this helps Lauren.
Great ideas! You know I loves me some mixing of prints and Solange is the queen of it!
The striped skirt your reader purchased is perfect for remixing so many different ways!
I love mixing prints. Need to do it more often.
I’m trying to get with mixing prints, so this was a great post for me. Thanks!!
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Great advice! I have stepped out there a couple of times. First with dots and strips and then I went a little further out there. All in all I seemed to like it.
~Tavia
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I am dying to try this look. Love your ideas.
-Shakiyla
Wow! I love this post! I haven’t really mixed prints before, but this definitely gives me inspiration. In fact, I may try it tomorrow!
Also, I didn’t know that Wet Seal had expanded their plus sizes. Good deal!
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What GFS said. Welll I’m not good at mixing prints but I’m always stalking blogs getting ideas.
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