https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:47:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-661247 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:18:03 +0000 jayne 661247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So much great inspiration here.</p> <p>I am loving the Moschino zigzags and Ikat prints this year.<br /> and flowers are on most of my blouses. Big flowers. not ditzy</p> <p>vertical pinstripes are always fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660988 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:04:05 +0000 christieanne 660988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all the prints Aida posted.<br /> Have added a bunch of prints to my closet recently - several variations on Ikat, polka dots, two stripes and some abstracts. I like graphic prints as opposed to watercolors I think in general although I did pick up two sweaters that have vaguely Claude Monet Waterlilies influence.<br /> It helps me to think of patterns in terms of Art and then I can consider what I know I like. I think if I would hang it on my wall or display in home (ikat = tribal rug) then I could wear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660977 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:52:55 +0000 JulieJohn 660977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, that racecar print is grrrrreat!</p> <p>I often reminisce about a pair of white pants I used to have with black sketched dinosaurs all over. Triceratops, T-Rex, and I believe Stegosaurus. I used to wear it with a trio of bright t-shirts (not all at once, just individually) in aqua, purple, or hot pink. It was dynamite. I always felt brainy wearing those pants! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660956 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:38:15 +0000 Tanya 660956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have developed a huge crush on the prints this season. I have always loved stripes and polka dots, but now I really like animal patterns a lot too. I have just got my first leopard blouse, and would really love a bird and a cat print too. I am swooning over this Chloe cat/tree blouse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660950 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:34:39 +0000 Isabel 660950@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Abie, what a FABULOUS dress. I too an a stripes girl. I am jut starting to wear polka dots.<br /> And I LOVED Vicki's post the other day with the Pucci-like dress. Aida's number 5 is great too.</p> <p>For me, the big thing is trying new colors and combos.</p> <p>ETA : Vicki's Maggie London Dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660937 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:24:45 +0000 Anonymous 660937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aside from stripes and animal prints, I am loving paisley and other patterns with curved, undulating lines. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660855 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:17:27 +0000 Jamie 660855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto Inge for me, too! I'm not so much into conversational prints, but if it's the right one in the right colors, I might change my mind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660841 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:05:48 +0000 Angie 660841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Inge said - although I've been wearing animal print accessories forever. </p> <p>I hope you find the perfect cat print, Rae. The Mui Mui one is brilliant. If you come across a Yorkie print, let me know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660839 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:03:24 +0000 lyn67 660839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't recall exactly, but Nancy had a simillar thread on prefferate patterns somewhere in May/June? Love to see your faves Rae, Aida, and others. will try to edit with mines, when I get home:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660693 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:00:02 +0000 ManidipaM 660693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>'Current' loves<br /> - Scarf prints<br /> - Oriental-style prints that might have been inspired by a kimono or a Chinese watercolour<br /> - Oversized brushstrokes in inky hues<br /> - Ikat-like abstract/geometrics<br /> - Animal/bird/butterfly conversational prints, of which I like best the ones that resemble detailed guidebook/naturalists' notebook illustrations (ie, hyper-realistic) and the simplest silhouettes; though I rather like the Miu Miu too, I usually don't enjoy more 'animated' renditions<br /> - speaking of silhouettes, I saw a couple of cameo-inspired prints I liked<br /> - soft florals (and I usually hate those, but right now there are some great interpretations, and I especially veer to the more oriental ones)<br /> - chalky white or inky 'scribbles' and 'naive art' or doodles such a child might make<br /> - chevrons and nested diamonds and Missoni-like zigzag stripes that recall old-fashioned Florentine embroidery</p> <p>Polka dots with florals a la Cath Kidston and stripes are things I've always loved, as well as tweedy checks and houndstooth, ginghams (especially pink, red and yellow), plaids both tartan and madras-style. Those are perennials to me, as are the traditional 'figured' ikats of India --- the ones where the pattern draws a set of flowers, or fish, or temple spires, or trees, or an elephant, a doll, a chariot... I love the evocative nature of it, using a technique where the outlines are always blurred and abstract.</p> <p>Hmm, I love pattern, don't I? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660680 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:06:37 +0000 Deborah 660680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only pattern I am wishing for at the moment would be this one! I love the black and cream and the butterflys. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660668 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:48:56 +0000 catgirl 660668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My dropwaist dress has that floral riot gradation going on, but it's very abstract and I love it! </p> <p>Haven't been eying many patterns lately, but I need to get into them more... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660585 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:23:34 +0000 Aida 660585@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Had to think about this one. There's the perennial favorites (geometric anything but especially stripes, checks, chevron; and abstracts), but this season I seem to be really drawn to "slightly abstract" prints. I haven't seen a lot of them, which is probably I didn't add as much print to my wardrobe this season as I'd hoped. Some of my current faves from my wardrobe:</p> <p>1/2 - slightly abstract ikat prints<br /> 3 - slightly abstract chevron print<br /> 4 - slightly abstract check<br /> 5 - slightly abstract floral</p> <p>EDIT: I also reeeaaaallyyyy want some cosmic prints!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660564 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:54:16 +0000 Kari 660564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Polka dots, ikat, diagonal stripes, organic patterns that resemble coral, water ripples, or grass/leaves (like the patterns in <a href="http://youlookfab.com/upload/images/391095e7950e686a47574a7c68483412450_image.jpg">these</a> <a>dresses</a>, also small-scale patterns that are arranged <a href="http://cdn2.youlookfab.com/upload/images/78976478d6b3a3c754ba433d8bed7874467_image.jpg">like diagonal stripes</a>, tweed <a href="http://cdn0.youlookfab.com/upload/images/89da1d66163061c149a83fe6f1cbd860485_image.jpg">a la these shoes</a>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660550 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:11:41 +0000 Abie 660550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love patterns and have new favorites every day. Today I've been oohing over this Igigi maxi dress. I have no good occasion to wear a dress like this but It's sooooo pretty! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660546 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:04:53 +0000 Amy 660546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Paint splatters!</p> <p><a href="http://cdn3.diyfashion.com/sites/diyfashion.com/files/imagecache/story_header/images/adiysplatterclutch-main01.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://cdn3.diyfashion.com/sit.....main01.jpg</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660542 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:56:25 +0000 Sveta 660542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, stripes, dots and animal print goes without saying! Other than that I really like my schizophrenic Pucci-like dress LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660376 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:01:54 +0000 Anonymous 660376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite types of prints just now are the kind that looks like a modern art painting and not repeated:<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/alice-olivia-ruched-stretch-silk-dress/3315057?origin=category&#038;fashionColor=&#038;resultback=8079" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/al.....tback=8079</a><br /> or an oriental motif:<br /> <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/citron-asymmetrical-silk-tunic/3325056?origin=related-3325056-0-0-1-2" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/ci.....56-0-0-1-2</a><br /> Neither of these examples are the best of the type but all I could find quickly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660350 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:32:25 +0000 fern 660350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooh, you guys made me google Mary Katrantzou - wow.<br /> I still have my retro love for Art Nouveau prints and I guess the Liberty satchel is Arts &amp; Crafts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660344 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:24:11 +0000 Keix 660344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love color and pattern, but </p> <p>1. I coveted this black-and-white floral print when I first saw it at Anthropologie last spring, and then again when they used the same fabric for a different dress this spring. I finally ended up tracking down my size in the original dress, from an online seller, and am SO excited to get it.</p> <p>2. I can't afford this dress even at 40% off, and the shape is impractical for my petite 32A bust--but oh, the pattern is just gorgeous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660338 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:00:33 +0000 MsMary 660338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stripes and dots!</p> <p>And I loved the Stella McCartney fruit print! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660333 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:49:14 +0000 rae 660333@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mary Katrantzou has been bringing down the house, I agree! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660324 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:35:14 +0000 annagybe 660324@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tropical, Stella McCartney, Mary Katrantzou (I have to look up her name every time to spell it), Dries Van Noten. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660323 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:31:59 +0000 Mo 660323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been moving backwards of the trend. I had lots of patterns 3 to 5 years ago and very few now. I like geometric and swirly patterns the most. The whimsical patterns intrigue me but not sure I could wear one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660321 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:29:03 +0000 rae 660321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Print lust, volume 2! Repeated racecar image. I die.</p> <p><a href="http://www.farfetch.com/shopping/women/akris-carstripe-dress-item-10204024.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.farfetch.com/shoppi.....04024.aspx</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660267 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:17:48 +0000 Inge 660267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I like them all (or just about)!-) Stripes, polka dots, strong graphic patterns, abstract floral prints, chevron, animal prints (that's fairly new for me)... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660260 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:15:28 +0000 Lisa 660260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no patterns to attach but I've never met a butterfly print I didn't like. I always enjoy stripes and polka dots too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660175 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:19:24 +0000 Meredith1953 660175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never met a stripe I didn't like. Even the horizontal ones that have a "broadening" effect on me. Oh...and I really like polka dots too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-are-your-favorite-patterns-so-far#post-660147 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:08:08 +0000 rae 660147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In light of Angie's post today, I thought it would be fun to share pictures of our favorite patterns! </p> <p>I've been enamoured with the Miu Miu cat print since it came out way back when. Something about the cat's stance and expression is much more charming than any cat print that's come after. I'm also digging riots of color and placed florals. </p> <p>How about you? I'd love to see what you've been ogling! </p>