Wild animal prints are a stylish perennial in designer fashion.

You’ll find it everywhere in all sorts of accessories and separates, so that if you wanted you could dress top to toe in leopard and scare more than the wild animals! However wild you are about this current trend, we urge you to resist the temptation of going over the top with it. Here are a few of my do’s and don’ts of how to wear your leopard print with style.

DO choose just one power piece from your wardrobe and build your outfit from there. It might be a silk shirt in leopard, a statement handbag or a scarf. Once you’ve chosen that piece, select others that complement it rather than vie for attention with it. Sofia Vergara is doing it right with her stunning leopard print purse.

DON’T mix other animal print pieces. Leopard and python, or leopard and zebra will just make you look like you’re heading out on safari…. as one of the four legged attractions! Even mixing two different leopard pieces is probably too much in one outfit. Nicki Minaj…please take note!

DO keep it simple. There is a lot going on in a leopard print, so the rest of your outfit should be in simple neutrals that pick out the leopard colours and work as a frame or background to the main print. Charlize Theron’s gown is given extra va-va-voom thanks to the leopard print heels.

DO have fun with all the new accessories and animal prints out there this season. Just because I suggest you limit yourself to one leopard print at a time, doesn’t mean that you can’t have a different piece for each day of the week. Think leopard silk blouse over plain jeans one day, leopard jeans with a simple white tee another, that stunning leopard scarf the next day and so on. Think more Kardashian and less Jerseyshore.

Article courtesy of Karla Bosch – Ka-La-La Fashion.