& MY SOMEWHAT SORRY FOR 2010 GOES TO........

DRIES VAN NOTEN!!!

During Paris Fashion Week back in October I placed Dries Van Noten's s/s'10 collection under my Ultimate Fashion Failure post: FASHION FAUX PAS!- totally disagreeing with all of the fashion sites & bashing the designer for mixing bold prints & sending it down the runway! To make it worse I placed the collection in the same category as Emanuel Ungaro's spring collection!- Now its bad enough to be under this post but to put the label in the company of a collection that made Lindsay Lohan creative director was just plain HARSH!




ESPECIALLY SINCE.......


My new favorite fashion trend for the spring is...you guessed it -PRINT ON PRINT! YEP! It's been popping up everywhere & I think it looks so cute together. I would love to be able to take the risk this spring to try it out! I can't believe I couldn't see what Dries saw back in the Fall, but hey I guess @ 22 I am still just as much a Fashion Rookie as 13 year old Tavi! Everyday that my blog grows, I grow and expand my fashion knowledge-which includes taste & style with it. I learned that Dries Van Noten is a style influencer & has been doing this whole print thing for a while! Sometimes he hits & sometimes he misses...However, this time he was on to something


SO I TAKE IT BACK.....kinda! I think some of the bulbs were still blown in your fashion house, but the lights were not COMPLETELY off in your head-creatively!

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Although I am considering this trend as a whole, I still stand behind my original thoughts that I'm not a big fan of this particular collection. Just the idea of it! Be mindful that you have to be sensible when mixing & matching so you don't look like a complete fool!


So if you want to try out this PRINT on PRINT action: Here are a few tips via SHOPBOP.COM!


1. Play with Complimentary Graphic Prints



2. Pair prints with similar sensibilities for a pulled together look



3. Stay in the same color family



4. Do variations of a theme in NEUTRALS & add a bright bag for a splash of color



5. Try 2 tones of the same print



6. Try a subdubbed color for a sophisticated look



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