Flower Hour

Flowers.

They’re everywhere for summer.

I kind of prefer the tiny dainty flower patterns over the huge eighties revival ones, but this does not change the fact that they are still everywhere.

There’s something so incredibly sweet about wearing flower prints. They’re infinitely girly and light, and they’re prefect for beaches picnics and every other activities where you have to be dressed decently so old people can look at you without disapproval.

One store that does a fantastic job with floral prints is Top shop http://www.topshop.com/ So if you’s a anti-thrifter there would be the best place to go. http://www.urbanoutfitters.com`and http://www.zara.com/ is also another place to find good floral prints.

For the rest of you guys, thrift stores have the biggest selection on floral prints out there. Since the eighties died (thank goodness) there are shops stocked with that sort of thing.
I think the best thing about floral prints is the versatility.

They look striking with black and leather, blend seamlessly with carmel browns and appear in every color combination under the sun.

As someone who lives in Chicago, I don’t really own that many summer clothes. Mostly because our winter lasts for almost 9 months and it’s pretty impractical to have a summer wardrobe. I mix my winter clothes with the scant amount of summer clothes I do own.

Last winter I got really into vintage army clothing and purchased this pea green army coat. I wore it every day since it was so freakishly warm (even for our negative 10 degree days). It looked absolutely smashing with a floral shirt I owned that had lots of tiny pink flowers on it. It was just wonderful contrast.

Since the pattern is so very frou frou and sweet, its striking to wear it with something that is traditionally masculine or tough like leather and Army and punk accessories.

A couple of interesting pieces:

1. http://us.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=20&viewAllFlag=false&catalogId=32051&storeId=13052&categoryId=151410&parent_category_rn=133427&productId=1713545&langId=-1

2.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18354944&parentid=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=35&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&popId=W_APP_DRESSES&prepushId=&selectedProductSize

3.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=17927435&parentid=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=35&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&popId=W_APP_DRESSES&prepushId=&selectedProductSize

4.

http://us.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=32051&storeId=13052&categoryId=160968&parent_category_rn=133427&productId=1762519&langId=-1

5.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18133264&parentid=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=35&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_APP_DRESSES_FLORAL&popId=W_APP_DRESSES&prepushId=&selectedProductSize

Good luck!

Love,
kayla