Camouflage pants are the G.O.A.T. because no matter how you define your style, you can easily rock them. According to fashion history books, the print began its invasion of popular culture and street style around the second half of the twentieth century. Andy Warhol led the charge in making it a daily fad.
These days it serves as a neutral similar to the snakeskin print with its natural properties. To help a sis out, we have curated a handful looks to help you maximize this style staple. We think you'll love these fresh takes on the true to form pattern.
Mix Prints
Mixing prints is one of my favorite things to do because the visual layering gives my outfits edge. One of the keys in achieving this high-level styling trick is matching colors and not actual prints. Also, by choosing a shoe that is in the same color family as the cardigan, I pulled off an outright uniform.
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Monochrome
If simplicity is more your speed, try styling a look with similar colors. Camo pants are quite versatile but you can keep it classic by just pulling from the colors in the print. The goal is to look effortless. And you do that by pairing neutral shades together. This is one of the best ways to let the pants do the talking.
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Set it a-blazer!
Elevate your casual bottoms with a blazer. Fun fact: blazers make everything better. I made that up but it's so true. I wanted to create a sporty chic getup so I coupled a bandeau top with some layering necklaces to urbanize the blazer. The closed toe, strappy pumps assist in leaning towards a chic ensemble.
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ADIDAS
All I want in this life of sin is for Tupac to come out of hiding and to wear this shirt everyday. Make the pants the focal point with a black and white graphic tee and classic Adidas. The leather hat, big ass earrings and sunglasses computes cool girl vibes so whether you're headed to a concert or running errands, you have a casual look that will slay all the onlookers.
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Bring sexy back!
I really don't need an excuse to wear this gorgeous custom kimono but I loved adding it to this sexy look. The bodysuit has my girls sitting while the kimono presents a sensual form, making this outfit perfect for date night or a night spent trying to get cuffed. A lewk if we've ever seen one.
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The pair often says they’re two sides of the same coin. Skylar is an Aquarius. She attended art school, paints, and loves poetry. She’s more than happy to let the couple’s management firm and agency, Kensington Grey, handle their admin work. And, she loves to sleep in. Temi, on the other hand, wakes up early. He’s a Virgo. He loves a to-do list and regularly checks in on the couple’s brand partnerships spreadsheet to make sure everything is on track.
Because his storytelling was steeped in his love of technology, he didn’t always think of himself as a creative person. “Where I [am] the dreamer who wants to pluck things out of the sky and spend all day with my head in the clouds, Temi [is] so good at grounding me and helping me figure out how to make things make sense on paper. We just work together in such a complimentary way,” Skylar says.
It’s been more than six years since Brooklyn-based couple Temi and Skylar started dating, and nearly four since they cemented their working relationship. On TikTok and Instagram, the couple’s travel, fashion, and home content regularly rack up hundreds of thousands of views. They’ve worked with brands such as Coach, Aesop, Away, and Liquid IV, bringing their vibrant perspectives to every campaign they execute. Still, nearly two years since both Temi and Skylar committed to full-time content creation and creative directing, the couple says their romantic connection remains their priority.
“We told each other we would much rather go back to full-time jobs and preserve our relationship than to be full-time freelancers, barely getting a night's rest [and] barely kissing each other because we're so busy shooting,” Skylar says.
Working from home can make it hard to separate work from personal life for any entrepreneur. It can be even more challenging when your business partner is also your lover. Temi and Skylar had already used couples therapy as a tool to help them effectively communicate with one another. When they ran into challenges while working together, their therapist helped them set physical boundaries to help combat the issues.
"We told each other we would much rather go back to full-time jobs and preserve our relationship than to be full-time freelancers, barely getting a night's rest [and] barely kissing each other because we're so busy shooting."
“It actually took us doing very specific physical things to create boundaries between work and play in our relationship,” Skylar says. “So, for instance, we will only have conversations about work when we're out of bed or we're at the table or in the office. Initially, when we started, we had to light a candle to say that, 'Okay, this is a space where we're connecting, we’re not talking about work.' We needed really hard boundaries at the top. And then it became a little bit more organic.”
The boundaries have been crucial to implement, especially because the couple began working together so naturally. When the pair first met, Skylar was NY-based a social strategist for BuzzFeed and was using content creation to drive business to her lingerie company. She was shooting her own content. Temi was working for Microsoft in D.C. He’d recently traded in his DJing equipment for a camera. “I've always loved taking pictures,” he says. “Even when I was a kid, my African mother would wake me up at 3:00 a.m. [during a] party, and be like, 'Come take the family picture.'”
Growing up, Temi says he watched his parents support each other and be the true definition of partners. He knew he wanted the same for his own relationship. But, the couple also wanted to make sure they were being financially responsible. The pair didn’t quit their traditional jobs until they’d saved up two years' worth of their cost of living. And, Temi received his Master of Business Administration from New York University with the knowledge that it could either help him advance in his corporate career or be applicable to his business with Skylar.
Temi and SkylarCj Hart @hartbreakToday, they say their working relationship is more of a “quiet dance.” They still implement some of the boundaries they learned in therapy, but they also lean into their natural strengths and deep love for one another. When we speak, Temi has planned a date for the couple to see Princess Mononoke in 4K IMAX and added it to their Notion so they can factor it into their busy schedules. “I fully plan to date for the rest of my life,” he says.
Skylar says the couple doesn’t just wait for date nights to check in with one another, though. This often happens in the mornings, after Temi has made her peppermint tea and poured himself a cup of coffee. When they ask each other how they slept, she says, it’s not just a “nicety.” It’s a genuine question meant to foster connection.
“A lot of it happens during the day in the midst of work. We'll stop and we'll hug. Or we’ll slow dance in the kitchen,” she says. “Sometimes it's hard to set a whole date night when you have 7,000 things going on. So, we must grasp these moments and check in when we can. And I think it's become so organic to us that I actually didn't even realize how often we do it. But all day long, we're like, 'Are you good? I felt like your energy shifted,' because we're best friends, we just know. We just feel it happen.”
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Featured image by Cj Hart @hartbreak