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T-shirts Complement Kids Mismatch Trend

Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 07:42:49 AM

The fashion world is teaching parents a lesson during this shopping season: “If you can’t beat them, join them.” It seems as though kids are going to wear their dots with their stripes and their plaids with their florals, no matter that their parents will claim they don’t match. So this year, many manufacturers are joining with the kids and offering coordinated mismatched looks.

What is a coordinated mismatched look? Try imagining a purple two tone dot T-Shirt with a multi-coloured zig-zag wrap and an aqua and purple plaid skirt for a girl. For a boy, try to think of a blue and green plaid shirt over a blue and white T-shirt.

Pilar Guzman, editor-in-chief of Cookie magazine said, "Parents should get on board and let kids express themselves. But at the same time you want them to look put together and not be embarrassed. I'm happy to see this looser sensibility right now. Letting them express themselves is the prevailing parenting wisdom right now and it's nice to see it echoed in fashion."

Andrea Harmon, director of colour and concept for The Children's Place says that the key to a busy outfit is the colour combination. In fact, she suggests going with one of two colour stories; the warm is reds, oranges and pinks and the cool is blues, greens and greys. Pick one of those palettes and stick with it throughout the outfit. "The clothes are co-ordinated from a colour perspective and that's a really important distinction," she says. "They're not 100 per cent matchy-matchy - that would be interesting enough for kids - but they're co-ordinated."

Keep in mind that whilst it takes a very strong personality to wear several bold prints and patterns in bold colours, it can be done and done well. However it's easier to use one neutral-coloured garment as a grounding point such as jeans or khaki pants.

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