Do you have an animal print garment or accessory? If not, you should get one. If yes, is it brown leopard? If not, you are set; if yes, it is about time you tune in to your animal instinct. Today we are going to review Fall /Winter 2014’s hottest animal print accessories and a few updates on how to sport them. 
Looking around, I see many top designers have changed their “big cats” game to kitten heels, or even sneakers and flats. If you were to rock a pair of booties with leopard prints, make them low-heel or no-heel. My personal favorite is this platform sneaker by No. 21; it has the right amount of leopard and the platform makes it more like boots than sneakers.
(Tabitha Simmons, Loeffler Randall, Valentino, Chloe, Miu Miu, Etoile Isabel Marant, Derek Lam,)
Even the traditional high heels gets an update as well. In are the abstract or larger scale leopard prints, even black and white zebra and cow prints, with a matching handbag nonetheless. Out are the plain, old, brown and black dots. A pocket-book friendly but equally gorgeous option would be this by Forever 21. Forever 21 Refined Animal Print Booties ($39.99 – image to the right)
( Saint Laurent, Tamer Mellon, Gianvito Rossi, Roger Vivier, Chloe, Charlotte Olympia )
(Gucci bag, Gucci Boots, Dior , Fendi, Tamera Mellon)
If you plan to add an animal-print handbag to your collection, make it python, because some of the biggest names in the design world said so. Diane von Furstenberg 440 Heritage Print Micro Mini Bag ($158.00)
( TOD’s, M2Malletier , Saint Laurent, Chloe )
The conventional wisdom was only one animal-print at a time, but now the rule has been broken. Major fashion houses like Givenchy, Gucci, and Roberto Cavalli have sent beautiful outfits with a mix of different prints down the runway. The key is to mix them as if they are reciprocating other prints, big with small, or colors that complement each other. Try with these pieces to create your own animal print mix.
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