{"id":3042,"date":"2017-03-23T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2017-03-23T18:55:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T22:55:01","slug":"dino-mite-how-to-make-playful-prints-office-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/2017\/03\/23\/dino-mite-how-to-make-playful-prints-office-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Dino-Mite! How to Make Playful Prints Office-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" I hear it time and time again. “Don’t you think that’s a little loud for the office?” Simple answer is no. Prints scare people. However as scary as a funky frock might feel,\u00a0 never before has it been more acceptable for a woman to have fun with her work day wardrobe. Professionals in television and media are even regularly\u00a0 shown sporting bold, colorful prints. Take for example, Mindy Kahling<\/a>, in her show “The Mindy Project”.\"\"I love this dinosaur shirt from Modcloth<\/a>, because it has just the right amount of whimsy while still offering the sophisticated details of a collared blouse. Paired with a simple and amazingly comfortable skort <\/a>(yes, you read right- skort) from Avenue, the look is as office appropriate as it is comfortable. Given it’s my life ambition to look as much like a Harajuku girl as possible at all times, I upped the ante with some fun tassel sandals from JustFab<\/a>, large 70s style earrings from Eloquii<\/a>, an old bauble necklace from my collection, and a basic coordinating disc ring in the same green jewel tone. I finished off the look with an adorable rainbow computer bag from Dots and Bows<\/a>.The key to rocking a good print in the office comes down to 2 things…\"\"<\/p>\n

Work Acceptable\u00a0 Styles<\/h2>\n

The key to rocking a good print in the office comes down to 2 things. First, make sure the cut of the shirt is work appropriate. Think about it this way- would this top be appropriate to wear to work in a solid color? If\u00a0 yes, then you should totally be able to rock the same shirt in a print. This is of course assuming the print is not of something wildly inappropriate. That kind of rock and roll will probably never fit the bill for office attire. Side note: now I really want a printed blouse with tiny “hot damn” printed all over it.<\/p>\n

\"\"Simple Neutral Color Pairings<\/h2>\n

Second, keep it simple. When trying to make a bold print work appropriate, it really is all about how you style it. While, I am ALWAYS a fan of a print power clash, that’s usually more than the office can handle.\u00a0 Instead I rely on low detail, stream-lined neutral items to wear with my sassy printed frock. That way the prints can be in your face, but demure enough to be boss lady approved.\"\"<\/p>\n

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I hear it time and time again. “Don’t you think that’s a little loud for the office?” Simple answer is no. Prints scare people. However as scary as a funky frock might feel,\u00a0 never before has it been more acceptable for a woman to have fun with her work day wardrobe. Professionals in television and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40,481],"tags":[640,582,495,641,639],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion","category-ootd","tag-avenue","tag-justfab","tag-modcloth","tag-print","tag-spring"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3052,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions\/3052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glitterandlazers.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}