Mixing prints can make or break an outfit.  It can be fun and it can be challenging. It is a matter of your own style, your comfortability, your ability to take a fashion risk, your confidence, and your own taste.  Many years ago, mixing prints was taboo, it was considered atrocious but now you see it everywhere, even being done by the best designers on the runway.

Wearing mixed prints fashion is not for everyone, because you will draw attention to yourself; therefore, when you wear fashion that is made up of mixed prints – you must

 HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH AND WALK WITH CONFIDENCE.

In Home decor we mix patterns all the time, but for fashion it is a little more difficult.  In fashion you don’t have the large area to create a “breathing space” or “pause” between the prints, like you do in a room.

If you want to try mixing fabrics but don’t have the confidence, then start out slowly by mixing your accessories.  For example, carry a patterned purse with a striped dress.  Or animal print shoes with a pair of african print pants. Or like this picture, she has an animal print purse with a plaid skirt and a sweater wrapped around her waist, all in the same tones.

These are the guidelines that I have discovered by playing around with fabrics.

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