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You're An Animal: Fashion Inspired By the Natural WorldSophia Elias

Feeling uninspired in the wardrobe department? Tired

of looking to impractical street-style bloggers for

guidance? Fear not, my friends. I have an easy solution,

and it may be lingering right outside your window. Even

if it isn’t right outside your window, you can always

enlist the help of Google.

Let me just preface this by letting you know I might be

nuts because I’ve never heard of anyone else comparing animals and fashion design. For whatever

reason, I look at animals and think: gosh – look at those color combinations, those textures, those

shapes. If animals were somehow interpreted into outfits, they’d be brilliant! Even pigeons got it goin’

on. Okay, I can already hear thoughts of protest on the pigeon thing, but imagine the perfect gray

outfit with a pop of coral colored shoes. Not so bad, eh?

With summer right around the corner, I put myself on a mission to find colorful designs that

resembled animals. Needless to say, I found tons of animal print, snakeskin patterns and images of

actual animals on clothing. All of these were great, but they were also very expected. And where’s the

inspiration in expectation? I’d rather we make some thought provoking and artsy comparisons!

Luckily, I managed to find some remarkable designs along with equally remarkable animal

counterparts.

Left: Western Meadowlark

Right: Zara

Was a Western Meadowlark used to inspire the designers at Zara to make this summer dress? My

guess is probably not. As a matter of fact, I have no idea if any of these designers were inspired by

animals. But that doesn’t mean you can’t! These clothing designs are undoubtedly a great example of

how nature can be interpreted.

The best part? Even if you despise the outfits, looking at the animals and their aesthetic can help you

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dream up outfits with clothes right out of your closet. There are so many incredible animals in this

world. They could use some credit!

Left: Roseate Spoonbill

Right: Acne

Left: Queen Triggerfish

Right: Josh Goot

Left: Giant Anteater

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Left: Lemon Butterflyfish

Right: Josh Goot

Left: Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish

Right: Ellery

Left: Blue Tang

Right: Diane Von Furstenberg


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Left: Lilac Breasted Roller

Right: Nasty Gal

Left: Coral Beauty

Right: McQ Alexander McQueen

Left: White Spotted Jellyfish

Right: Anthropologie

SOPHIA ELIAS v ie w a l l po s ts by Soph ia

Sophia is a rare breed from the valley portion of Los Angeles. She loves animals,

goofy people and remembering dreams. She’s also an actress. She posts strange

photos on her Tumblr from time to time. Twitter is where it's at, though.

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This is fantastic! Great read!

Sam Warren | 4/27/2013 07:04 am

I have thought about this (and sometimes put into practice) ever since I had pets.

For 16 years now. Great article, love the images aswell. Thanks for writing this, the

world needs to know how awesomely stylish and inspiring nature is.

Aili Täti | 4/26/2013 01:04 pm

Oh my God, this is seriously clever and cute. I may have to put together an outfit

co-ordinated by animal inspiration for an upcoming interview. This is genius!

Georgia Copley | 4/26/2013 12:04 pm

great article veery insightful definitely think we are inspired by nature and our

primal side. never really thought about that till now

Christopher Czajkowskyj | 4/26/2013 12:04 pm

These combinations are amazing!!! Love your writing too. Super cute!

Shelby Dash | 4/26/2013 10:04 am

This is remarkably insightful Sophia. Proud of you mang!! Charlie is too…

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