Yikes! Mixing prints! So easy to get very very wrong… Now (confession) I am feeling a leetle out of my comfort zone here with the mixing of prints this morning; well on choosing the python print top I did plan to then play it safe with plain black tights but then a little bout of craziness came over me, I threw caution to the winds and grabbed instead these tartan tights that I bought several years ago and that were still folded perfectly crisp and new in their cellophane packet… I had originally bought these tights with the view of wearing them with a (hypothetical) little black dress but never did. This is a different look for me for sure, but I reckon these two prints still work together in the one outfit because the colours in the prints are all alike and furthermore in the safe and sombre neutral tones of charcoal, light grey, beige (greige?) and brown, and black. Plus the very plain little charcoal skirt is a haven of simple, unadorned and unpatterned in the middle to keep apart and help define and showcase the two clashing prints on either side. So I’m OK with it. Pushing oneself out of the comfort zone once in a while is good for the soul…
And we are now halfway through Self-Stitched September! I am really enjoying this challenge of going all self-stitched! (although ahem, the taking of a photo every day is, dare I say it, a bigger one…!)
Details:
Top; Burda 8497 with fold-back cuffs and button cufflinks added, python print satin
Skirt; my own design, charcoal jersey knit
Tights; Tutuanna, some little shop in Melbourne
Booties; Django and Juliette, from Zomp shoes
Hat; op shop
It totally works. You are so smart. You look so awesome.
Trudy
http://www.sewingwithrudy.blogspot.com
Hi Carolyn, I think you look fab, I LOVE those tights!
I just added a page to my blog about each of the magazine subscriptions I have/had, I included LMB which you liked so much on Sunday 🙂
http://thecuriouskiwi.wordpress.com/magazines/
Mel xx
You're so brave to try pattern mixing. I'm not ready for that yet!!!
But yes, being out of your comfort zone is a good thing. 🙂
http://www.modelmumma.blogspot.com
You look edgey and very cool – the hat, the tights, the little boots – rockin'!
You are definitely a more adventurous dresser than me. I hate to stand out.
oooooh, I would have trouble with patterned tights. I always pass them by. Bold solid color, on the other hand …. can't wait for it to get cool enough to do that. I can see that the charcoal skirt is a great wardrobe staple. This is a fun outfit!
I love to see people take this fashion high dive into mixing prints. It always looks so -creative- and -edgy-. If I did it, I would look as though I needed help dressing. Really. Okay, I'll try it once for you Carolyn. It should be cool enough tomorrow for my wool/linen pants which are striped. I'll wear them with a patterned tee in the same color family. Shoes? flip flops I'm thinking.
I think this works here because a) both prints are subtle and similar tones (as you said), and b) they are separated by the skirt. It would be a much more boring (though still stylish) outfit with plain tights 🙂
I loved patterned tights… I need some.