These outfits showcase three easy ways to mix patterns with classics like plaids, stripes and animal print. Tees, sweatshirts, sweaters, and hoodies with graphic slogans count as a kind of pattern too.
Outfits 1 and 2 showcase a graphic tee and sweater with a plaid topper. One is a shacket and the other is a cropped tweed jacket. The colours of the graphic under layer are repeated in the plaids, which creates visual harmony.
Outfit 3 layers a graphic hoodie over a plaid shirt, which turns the formula above inside-out. The teddy bear on the hoodie is wearing a green plaid hat, which cleverly matches the green plaid of the shirt. This creates visual harmony. That said, the black in both patterns would have been enough to pull them together too.
Outfit 4 combines a red and white striped top with classic earth toned animal print loafers. Interestingly, the patterns don’t match in any way, nor do they share at least one colour. What pulls the look together is how well the model’s auburn hair matches the cinnamon loafers. That colour repetition creates the outfit’s visual harmony, thereby allowing the mismatched patterns to work together.
Who likes to pattern mix in similar ways to these?
