Mixed Prints- Friend or Foe?

I'd like to think of fashion as a multi-polar individual- soft, subtle, saintly yet screaming sexiness depending on what she wears. She is your friend or foe with a huge impact on your life. She makes you or breaks you and is used as a looking glass through which other view you. In short, your style speaks volumes about you, whether you're into it or not.

Mixed Prints is trending currently and it is simply an arrangement of different colour and shape schemes worn on separate items of clothing together. One rule of fashion that has been passed down over the years is never, ever, ever neveeerr mix prints or 'mix-match'. 'The classic Jamaican stripe and pretty-pretty, stripe and plaid.' This criminal fashion offence, gladly for some, has been amended and mixed prints have become a huge statement when done correctly. There are a few rules, I've observed, that must be followed when breaking-out in this trend.

1) According to People magazine, you must pay close attention to proportion and working within the same colour palette.

Amber Heard (left) is mindful of her tans and browns in her colour palette. Also, notice how the flower motif on her top is larger than the spot motif on her skirt. This makes the outfit easy on the eye instead of creating a dazzling effect it would have, ought they been the same size.
Kelly Osbourne (middle) ensures that white forms the background for both her skirt and top. She like Amber, balances out the look as her polka-dot is not overly 'polka-dotty' since her skirt is overly floral. (I hope I'm making sense)
Selita Ebanks (right) works with white and blue in her palette. She has probably run the biggest risk of them all but still manages to maintain the rule. The spots on her skirt, though numerous are smaller than the floral motif on her blouse and doesn't create that 'dazzly' effect.
* The accessories (jewelry, shoes,handbag etc) should be as mono-coloured as possible. This helps to maintain the balance.

2) When mixing prints you can pull off florals on florals, spots on spots BUT lines do not go well with lines! They just don't.

Look how these celebs work their lines.

Lines and florals- tres chic!

Ethnic prints, especially African prints, defy the rules mentioned above. Believe me. I just think they are too awesome to not look cooool:)

I find mixed prints to be especially rad on the beach....

And my very own mixed print to school (primarily because I've ran out of clean clothes)

Now you decide: Friend or foe?