Wait a Second, Can You Make Animal Print Outfits Work During the Summer?

There are two phrases that, if uttered in the same sentence, sound absolutely wrong. “Summer outfits” and “animal prints.” Styling animal prints is a delicate art—one that tends to work best during the calendar’s coldest months, when you can mellow out your animal print with a bunch of black layers. Summer animal print outfits, on the other hand, sound basically blasphemous. Animal prints are meant to be used sparingly, right? They’re supposed to be the pop of fun in an otherwise-neutral ensemble, right? They’d surely look incredibly tacky if paired with summer’s brightest, most saturated colors, right?!

But if my line of logic is sound, why are there so many animal print clothes on offer in some of our...

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