Category: print mix

Animal Instinct

For me animal print is fun all year round!! It just changes to each season.  The color pallet, multi prints and details change as the weather changes. So here are a few takes on how animal print will be seen from me this spring!

Adding a small print with a big print helps to create a great balanced look!! Simple neutral accessories pop!

How about keeping the print focused on the feet and legs. Adding a light pastel keeps the attention on the print!

Go BIG or go home!! Keeping everything large and in charge!! This kind of combo is not for the faint of heart!! It’s a whole mood…I say go for it!

Go the head to toe of the exact same print!! I love a literal take on animal print…like an actual picture of the animal..not the design of their fur!!

Layer your prints with light textures and colors!! A great take on classic meets print!

Neon comes together with tan and brown so well, so why not throw in an amazing easy and comfy kimono from www.Gibby.cc!! Remember no need to keep the kimono how it is advertised, I wore it upside down, tucked and crossed!

Love this silk skirt! Goes so well with all light pinks! The trick to having a great wardrobe is to be able to reinvent the way you style your pieces!

Loved this animal color block look!! Added some silver pops to show off my beautiful small Telfar shopper!! Silver is a definite basic to pretty much go with anything!

Pj look alert!! Ever get pj’s that you think to yourself I could rock these as an outfit?  These are from Hot Squash and I am OBSESSED!!  I split the set and loved how adding a bit of color in the accessories helped your eyes travel neck bow to purse!

Excited to see how you keep the wild in your prints this spring! Tag me @hinchology #getahinch #hinchology to connect with others in my stories!!

Until next style,

Xo,

Nicole

Spring prints into summer!

While everything around us in New York is coming back to life it jolts my fashion choices with prints! Love Spring for its Romantic vibes full of fun and whimsy! This is my spring roundups of prints!

If you don’t already know I am obsessed with French Macaroons! The shell, the chewy texture, the cream!!! They are just such amazing sweet treats! Spilt Milk macarons is my go to for French Macaroons!! So yummy tasting and looking!! They matched so well with my Alice and Olivia macaroon blouse!! Bringing in the whimsy with this print!!

My take on what Glamping would look like!! My Mom created so many memories with an R.V. that had a fire place in it…now that’s my kind of camping!! This is definitely more my speed than camping in a tent!! This dress may be one piece but creates shape by accentuating my waist. This dress is very similar.

Nothing like a spring vibe floral print and polka dot lace, dreaming in a cloud of pink flowered trees! This is at my son’s middle school! Frankie and I both agree that it’s such a gorgeous way to be greeted when you go to school! Remember life is what you make of it!! Appreciate what is around you!!

Take a spin on flowers with a water color vibe. These prints will make you look like you stepped out of a painting!!! This fascinator is a mini of the origional. Coming soon!!

Go black and white with a sprinkle of color, add a fascinator rose bud (also coming soon)!! It looks like it popped off the dress pattern and on to the top of my head!! Head turner!

As the warmer months approach less layers, bolder prints and sand filled flip flops will be the norm!

What styles are you excited to wear this summer season!?

Feel inspired, want to inspire together? #hinchology #getahinch @hinchology

Until next style,

Xo,

Nicole

Print mix

To say that I am excited to be writing this is an understatement! Today’s blog is a collaboration with two amazing stylists!! Jennifer Sattler from @closetcoreography and Audree kate Lopez Blog and creator of fashion fundamentals.

We all focused on print mixing coming from the views of a personal stylist, an industry stylist and myself. Being an art teacher has enabled me to dress like I am on a runway everyday inspiring my students and allowing my brand Hinchology to go from a dream to reality.

One mix that I love is organics like florals and animals prints! The fact that wild animals live IN the wild must be the reason they always looks so great together!! I adored the add of geometric houndstooth that worked so well because of like colors and created an amazing contrast!

Similar Prints are so super fun!!!! Even though they are different tie dye the color and type of tie dye worked well topped with a headband!

Find colors in one print and match it with another! Pulling pops of color from one print unifies the look. Here you see the geometric paired with the large animal print. (small print works well with big print)

Mixing large and smaller or thick and thin prints work well together! In layers it breaks up the print and brings balance.

Pop a colorful print with a muted one. Bring out the brights against neutrals. Use Black accessories to marry the two. When you add a solid it pulls your eye from head to toe.

Go for monochromatic or color combinations. Pairing colors in different patterns work so easily! A fun pick me up to ANY look!!

Pop white, cream with light pinks to accent a show stopping print or pattern!!! Pull those print mixes within the accessories to add unexpected details.

So grateful to have been able to mix it up with my friends Jennifer and Audree Kate. Collaborating, connecting, uplifting like minded fashionistas is exactly one of the reasons I started this journey!!

Feeling inspired #getahinch and #hinchology!

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Until next style,

xo,

Nicole