Animal print never goes out of fashion. In fact, every season and every year, people parrot, “Animal print is on trend!”. Every fashionista must own at least a piece of this print be it a dress, a top, a pair of shoes, a scarf or a bag. The question therefore is – how do you make it right?
Don't match if it's large
Matching colors and prints is very common in styling. However, not only does going too matchy creates a trying hard kind’a obsolete way of styling, it’s considered a big NAY when it comes to animal prints. Choose only one large part of your outfit that’s wild. For instance, if your top is a leopard/tiger/zebra print, let the tights/skirt/pants be non-animal. If it’s your dress that has the print, then let your shoes be plain black or nude. A touch of the same print on your footwear only works when the black, beige or white shade is dominant.
Tone it down
If your outfit is too wild, tone it down. If you wear an animal print mini dress, you can tone it down by wearing a single-colored-cardigan over your dress in color that blends well with your wild print. If you wear a leopard print tights, for example, you can tone it down by wearing a knee-length boots in color palette that blends but suppresses the strongest shade of your animal print. You can also decide for the color of your boots by taking a non-dominant shade from your other accessories. Again. in shades that complement your animal print.
Also you would never go wrong if you take only a single item of animal print, either for your top, bag, shoes or scarf, while the rest of your outfit is entirely neutrals.
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