Print Mixing

Every now and then I like to do a print mixing post, just to keep reminding people that it can be done. There is one very simple rule for print mixing and that is: All colors should be in the same palette . In this outfit for example, I started with this floral fabric and made a simple gathered skirt which has this lovely autumn palette of black, gray, dark brown, burnt orange, sienna, and white. Then I added a print which had two of those colors--burnt orange and white, and then followed with two solids that were also in the same palette--sienna and dark brown. Voila! The outfit has harmony even with all the prints because all the colors are tied together by the...