Street Feet: Meow Mix

Street Style SACRAMENTO, 2010-2012. Photo Credits: Bella Q

REMINDER: Shoe Shine, our Rosebud community group event is scheduled for this coming Wednesday! Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, the Citizen hosts SHOE SHINE: SHARE THE SHOES THAT MAKE YOU A STAR, and Wednesday, November 13th, the spotlight is on you and your shoes! Be sure to bring your stellar self to the party and post you in your favorite kicks of the season. See you then! 

The Catwalk: Animal prints as kicks make you Queen/King of the jungle. It's a bit silly to call it a "trend," when it's been going strong since, well, forever. But animal prints, namely leopard and cheetah show your call of the wild, any time, any year. The pictures above were gleaned from the Sacramento street style blog, Street Style SACRAMENTO, from my days as an aspiring style hunter, when I, along with a friend, started the ambitious street style website, in the determination to capture the diverse and colorful character of our fellow Sacramento denizens. As you can see, the "trending" spots of the jungle were hot back in 2010, 2011, 2012, and I venture to say, are still be "spotted" on the streets even today. 

Street Feet: SACRAMENTO. My feet, 2010, still kicking it animal style.

I never thought of myself as a fan of the leopard print, but I seem to wear it quite a bit. For me, it's a fun and classic pattern, something that is easy to play with, and adds a toasty bit of glam, rock-n-roll, and retro style to whatever you're mixing it up with. In short: adding meow to your mix = insta-awesome. 

Fall, with it's crisp light, and colorful leaves, makes the perfect foil for an animal enhanced wardrobe. 

Here's the primer:

• SPRING: polka dots
• SUMMER: florals
• FALL: animal prints
• WINTER: plaid
  

Please note that you can wear all these prints year 'round. But, in my opinion, one feels particularly more apt in a particular season. Also note that you should/could wear whatever-the-fuck-you-want whenever you want. I'm not telling you what or when you can wear things, just sharing an personal observation on some of my favorite classic prints. You can polka dot it all year, if you ask me.

Right now, I'm going a little bit crazy on the kitteh-kittehs. And looking over my old street style photography portfolio, I see that this is nothing new to me. As Shakes-the-Spear once said: there's nothing new under the sun.

So meow-meow, my friends, and have fun!