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Perhaps it’s the fact that I’m so glad to be back in London where I can layer on a gazillion things.  Perhaps it’s the fact that I’ve returned to find Christmas festooning London already (I always get peeved off that it comes so early due to retailers gunning for extra sales but this year…it sort of feels quite nice to know that Christmas is ‘just’ around the corner…).  Perhaps it’s this ‘Kooky’ editorial shot by Jam and styled by Jo Schlenzka from the new 10 magazine? 

Take a combination of all the above and you get a lot of mixed checks and plaids.  There isn’t really a point of doing the mixed pattern thing half heartedly so you might as well just purposely wear as many as possible with no aim of matching the colours colours.  Though I think sticking to one type of pattern helps hammer the point of your outfit in so I’ve gone for the check/plaid.  If I had bigger plethora of checks/plaids to choose from, I’d go for a clash of BIG sized checks/plaids with smaller ones.

22 comments

  2. oh that editorial looks cool. ill have to check it out. i love the idea of wearing different patterns but i dont have enough patterned clothes for it to work well.
    that multi coloured dress is amazing.

  3. I wore gingham and tweed yesterday..I love clashing patterns , it’s like polka dot and stripes who says you can’ wear them together

  5. hi,love love love your style! i have questions coz i’m going to london this december: first, is it ok to but louis vuitton bag in london is it cheaper there than in u.s? second, where can i shop for cool clothes like yours that is not too expensive?:) thanks

  6. the last outfit is perfect. bit weird because it contains so many different garments, but they look like one and seem very quiet to me.

  7. Miami is NOT the place for fashion…hell, I can’t think of any place in Florida as being a fashion hub. HUH?
    Have you checked out Paris, yet? I’m curious as to what you think about the fashion here…

  8. I think it’s cool how you match patterns and clothes together to make a really interesting silhouette and outfit, but girl, the slouching! Please, think of your back in the future!

  12. Love this post! I’ve had to cut myself off buying plaid this season….my closet is kind of starting to look like a lumberjack lives here;)

  14. That skirt in the first picture reminds me of the stories of elmer elephant as well as the amazing patterned dresses in Klimt paintings. I love it!

  15. I must have that dress under the red beret! It’s beautiful and almost certainly beyond my budget.
    Also wanted to say I love your blog, it is one of the few I read regularly and I am not even any kind of fashionista, but you’re style is so interesting! Don’t ever let those Parisians make you think you’re too way out, this is not possible – go girl!
    (P.S. also agree with all above, that first skirt is so great!)

  16. Ahhhh.
    La la laaa, covering my ears to avoid talk of christmas. Whilst part of me is getting excited by the (shop window induced) buzz that starts with november) I know that this can only end in disappointment (at approx 8 o’clock on 26th december)..
    But I’m glad to see your colourful block print dress/skirt out again, I love it so much.

  18. i LOVE the second outfit, full marks! i love the first skirt too: i can’t remember if i commented on it before, but it really reminds me of the background to a cover of a childrens book. i can’t think which one though! babar? it’s driving me mad!

  20. I adore tartan. For me it screams Vivienne Westwood. I normally add just a touch of it to my outfit like a tartan shirt with jeans, but after seeing these pics I am going to go for it with some amazing all over tartan tights I found on the weekend at Tights Please online. Cant wait!

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