I’m visiting San Francisco for the first time and it’s even nicer than I’d expected. Although it’s much more chilly than I thought it would be I had a blast in this Californian city. I paid a visit to the world famous Alcatraz prison, cycled through the cities enormous park & over the Golden Gate Bridge and I enjoyed a bay cruise, which allowed me to take some cool sunset images. These images are from my first day in San Francisco, taken on Pier 39. Since it’s the coldest city I’m visiting during my holiday I decided to rock this fall look (There might not be another chance for it). Mixing prints in San Francisco goes a little something like this…

Look
Pants, blouse, sweater: H&M
Scarf: Kenzo
Shoes: Topshop
Belt: Zara

Paisley, animal and floral prints, polka dots, stripes and checks; mixing different prints in one look is one of the biggest trends of this season. We already spotted the multi-print look last season at Dries van Noten and Marni. Yet for spring/summer 2012 many more fashion designers dared to show these clashing prints in their runway looks.

For instance Blugirl, Erdem and Sportmax mixed diverse floral prints in the looks. Loewe, Burberry and Marni opted for prints that were a bit more graphical. Moschino mixed animal with floral, Prada combined polka dots with cars and Dries van Noten showed florals in the mix with some other nature-inspired prints.

It seems with this trend there are no boundaries or rules. Just pick your favorite prints and start mixing. And remember you don’t need all designer prints. Mixing your H&M printed pants with your Zara top can be just as charming, prints charming that is.

I originally wrote this trend for TPS.
See more of this trend here.

Photos: Moschino, Sportmax, Dries van Noten
Source: Fashion Gone Rogue