How to Sport Animalier Prints

Hat: Subdued
Leather jacket: Balenciaga Perfecto
Leopard Print Dress: Liu JO
Leggings: Wolford
Leopard scarf: Louis Vuitton
Tote: Chanel Shopping

Photo by YLS

I'm technically a sucker for animal prints... it seems I just can get enough about these prints, which are an evergreen in Fashion* and really fashionable in the current seasons. Many women love animalier prints, some others think they are a bit "too much". Actually there are many ways to use leopard and animalier prints with style, balancing their inner sensuality and sexiness:

1. Toning it down in colder shades, such as the gray leopard print I'm wearing in this pic, which I find pretty modern and easy.
2. Matching it with "less aggressive" accessories, for instance black leggings/jeans instead of nylons.
3. Another trick is avoiding super short and tight dresses or covering your top, if you are showing your legs, or vice versa, as many stylists suggest.
4. Limiting this print to one/two pieces for outfit (like the dress and scarf in my outfit)
5. Matching the leopard print with blacks or whites, also red and electric blue; another really fashionable way to sport leopard prints is to mix them with other prints (i.e. stripes, another fashion basic).

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Spikey V.

* It was Christian Dior in 1947 that first used leopard as a print.

Gray: A Great Foundation For Your Fall Outfits

A seventeen century courtyard, in the heart of Via Cattaneo, in the very center of Varese.

Street graffiti in Via Cavallotti - The Little Brera (in Varese)

Filigree Earrings: Yvone Christa
Sunnies: Chanel
Blazer: Liu Jo

Tank: Lauren Moshi (similar here)

Motorbike jeans: Nicola by J Brand - on sale (similar here)

Lace-ups: Zara (last season, you can find some sizes on Amazon)

Handbag: Bottega Veneta

Who said gray is boring? Light gray mixed up with some bright colors/accessories can actually be a great foundation for your Fall outfits... 
Here the details of the look I wore last Sunday, strolling along Varese... I built it on these gray 'motorbike' jeans by J Brand (currently my favorite jeans brand) and on this gray tank by Lauren Moshi, added my Zara lace-ups, a black blazer and my dark gray Bottega Veneta bag and I was ready to enjoy my Sunday morning walk in Varese's Little Brera. 
If you like my lace-ups, pls note they are from last season*, you can still find some sizes on Amazon (just take care they run at least half a size smaller and their retail price in Europe was 69.95 EUR). Well, I liked this outfit, the tank print is really "street-style", you can also go for something less bold if you want to keep your look a little less grungy...

Chi ha detto che il grigio e' un colore noioso? Giocato con qualche dettaglio/colore più' acceso può essere un'ottima base per i vostri look dell'autunno... Ho costruito questo look casual per la mia passeggiata di domenica mattina nella "Piccola Brera" di Varese basandomi sui jeans grigi che ho preso quest'estate in saldo nel sito di J Brand (ce ne sono ancora in svendita) e sulla mia canotta grigia di Lauren Moshi. Ho aggiunto un blazer nero, i miei sandali di Zara (sono davvero un modello cult, mi piace moltissimo, li ho presi la scorsa stagione**, se ne trovano ancora alcuni su Ebay, fate attenzione che vestono almeno mezzo numero in meno - il loro prezzo di vendita era di 69.95 EUR) e per finire la mia borsa intrecciata grigio scuro di Bottega Veneta. Ecco la canotta e' davvero molto "street", se preferite potete usare una stampa un po' meno grunge..

*They were actually my first Zara heels, as you can read in my previous post, and so far, so good, I found Zara heels to be a really nice option for a shoe-aholic like me. :-)
** Sono stati il mio primo paio di scarpe Zara, come nel mio post precedente, e devo dire che ne sono davvero soddisfatta, le "zarate" come molte chiamano le scarpe di Zara, sono davvero una grande opzione per una malata di scarpe come me. :-)

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Spikey V.