dotty, young prints, and boots

[wearing]
dress: zara (exactly)
jacket: gap (similar)
tights: target
boots: vintage (similar)


creative: floral print dress and some broken-in boots.
young: i know florals are big right now, but they always either seem super young or super old to me. 
professional: there's a jacket and black tights in the mix to try and make this seem a bit more serious.


catch up on the whole creative young professional series of outfits over yonder.

dotty, stripes, and jammies

[wearing]
dress as skirt: old navy (similar)
sweater: american eagle holdout from high school
belt: forever21
whistle necklace: forever21 (similar)
flats: cole haan
sunnies: ray-ban


pajama-like qualities of this dress/skirt: numerous

dotty, a new favorite shirts, and birds

[wearing]
bird-print shirt: zara
jeans: old navy (exactly)
jacket: michael kors (exactly)
flats: cole haan
bag: banana republic
sunnies: ray-ban (exactly)


days per week that i want to wear this shirt: 7

dotty, houndstooth, and a boring outfit

[wearing]
jacket: forever21 (similar)
shirt underneath: club monaco
scarf: forever21
pants: target
houndstooth nails: gift from my sister
flats: cole haan (similar)


number of times today that male co-workers asked me how this happened to my nails: 4

dotty, put a bird on it, and glitter

[wearing]
bird-print shirt: zara (exactly)

skirt: thrifted
tights: simply vera (similar)
boots: target+some sparkle paint(similar)


number of bird species on this shirt that i can identify: 0


creative: this shirt is actually fairly colorful and whimsical.  and i'm totes wearing olive green tights with it.  
young: these boots are definitely more casual and therefore feel younger to me for some reason.  maybe it's because i painted the heels with silver glitter craft paint.  oh yeah, that must be it.  
professional: check.  (gray pencil skirts are almost always professional.)


catch up on the whole creative young professional series of outfits over yonder.

dotty, weekends, and borrowed shirts

[wearing]
shirt: borrowed from the boy, club monaco
jeans: bdg (similar)
bracelets: forever21 and gifts


probability of me matching our living room on the weekends: very high

friday five: pattern poll

everybody's read the standard tips for pattern mixing: stay in the same color family, combine different scales of patterns, stripes go with everything, and such.  this "cloud print" dress (they look more like badges to me, but maybe other places have perfectly geometric clouds and i'm just missing out) has been hanging around in my closet trying to befriend other patterns.  i've been trying to figure out what to pair it with, and while the rules of pattern mixing provide some inspiration (see above), i want to attempt to be a little more creative with this. so, i need some help from any professional pattern mixers out there to help me decide which of these works and which is a little too anthro-catalog-explosion-ish.  there's even a vote box below!

which of these patterns works?
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
pollcode.com free polls