If the very phrase “floral prints” evokes images of Pamela Des Barres’ I’m With The Band (or maybe that’s just me), it’s time to reconsider your flower child-flower print conflation! Floral prints can be…well, incredibly boring, but I think that is mostly because budding fashionistas have failed to let their creativity blossom when it comes to them (*groan* I will stop with the flower puns. Soon.).
My theory is that floral prints on baggy, waist-less, loose flowing dresses are generally a recipe for “I look pregnant, but I am really not. I am just a flower child, not *with* child.” The solution, I find, is that to mix fabric media when it comes to florals and to make the dresses fit!
All of the below dresses were procured at my local Goodwill. Brands include XXI, Aerie, Forever 21, and Banana Republic.
This skirt is a brand called..wait for it…Hot Gal, of course. Perfect name, for a fabulous skirt! Notice how having more geometric patterns really moves them from Lane Bryant Land to chique, mod, and edgy. Ideal for posing in front of motorcycles with 🙂
The black lace top part of this rose top takes it from snooze fest to Stevie Nicks La Reina territory!
In conclusion, if you are going with floral prints, try to find more interesting (and tight) fits and mix different fabric media. Now put “Summer Breeze” on and get a shoppin’.
Florals are a staple in any fashionista’s closet! Do you have any floral dresses or items in general  that you cannot live without?
Teaching, writing, DIY-ing, sticking-it-to-the-manning, rabble rousing, music uncovering, vegan chefing…Toni is into all things creative and social justice-y. She likes verbal tomfoolery, DJing, yoga, Pilates, cookifyings, music, arts’n’crafts, crossword puzzles, and general subversiveness. Don’t challenge her to a hip hop lyric quoting contest because you *will* lose. Find out more at tonitileva.com or on Twitter @ToniTileva
