Mixing Prints The Michelle Obama Way (PHOTOS, POLL)

Mixing prints and patterns may seem like a recipe for sartorial disaster, but Michelle Obama has what it takes to make this tough trend work. Choosing one pattern in a more neutral color allows the other to drive the style statement. If you're feeling really bold, opt for opposing prints in similar color schemes for a winning combination.

We love the first lady's red and white striped lace dress and floral print embroidered cardigan, but we're also smitten with her gold-toned prints-a-plenty J.Crew get-up, featuring polka dots, a geometric print and colorblocking. Take a look below and let us know which mix and matched outfit you love the most:

Comments

[Patriot28]

08:21 AM on 07/20/2011

Never, Never, Never mix prints or stripes. What a disaster. And wear clothes that fit and belts around the waist where they are supposed to be.

[Truley]

08:40 PM on 07/20/2011

I agree.

[Mary Ellen Armstrong]

05:38 PM on 07/19/2011

I have been mixing prints for years... Michelle looks beautiful and I hope she keeps mixing!!!!

[butchcliff]

08:14 AM on 07/19/2011

Having to be on camera every day of her life must be trying for her to remain stylish. She pulls it off with grace, class and elegance without having to wear super designer togs. Wonderful

[pgurlatl]

11:46 PM on 07/17/2011

I don't like all of the outfits but she looks really good in gold hues, and jewel tones, and even that beige number.

Very nice.

[MarieB]

09:24 PM on 07/17/2011

I like how she reinvents and uses items again with something else for a different look. Just like the rest of us do. She's so down to earth.

[ActionLady]

07:37 PM on 07/17/2011

What a lovely woman! She looks great in just about anything! The key to it all is her wearing what SHE likes, which, most of us do with our own wardrobes.

[OhioIsHome]

07:14 PM on 07/17/2011

Slide 11 is my fave, then 8 and 3.

[OhioIsHome]

07:02 PM on 07/17/2011

The First Lady looks stunning in everything she wears. She has class, style and grace.

[SkreetGil1]

03:55 PM on 07/17/2011

Wow, she is beautiful!

So proud of our First Lady!

[lifepanels]

02:28 PM on 07/17/2011

I think she wears slacks more than any other first lady has. She looks fabulous in either.

[Liberalibrarian]

02:22 PM on 07/17/2011

Come on Huffpost-- your full page launch hasn't worked in months.

Get with the IT please.

[Margo Arrowsmith]

01:50 PM on 07/17/2011

Would someone teach the author what prints are.  Hint" strips are not prints, neither are checks.  etc,

[pamiety]

01:30 PM on 07/17/2011

When I was a teen I started mixing prints. In my 40s still mixing but not as bold. I mixed prints on my daughter and now she is a teen and she's doing it big. Sometimes I do a double take but hey "she got it from her mama".

[Carolyn LeBeauf]

12:32 PM on 07/17/2011

Our First Lady is beautiful, brilliant and compassionate and this is what the right wings hates.

[Margo Arrowsmith]

01:50 PM on 07/17/2011

Exactly.

[patriciacaldwell]

06:02 PM on 07/17/2011

They seem to flock here to post mean comments. They must not care about fashion.

[lizmckenzie55]

09:47 AM on 07/17/2011

I absolutely love her style sense and I love the fact that she wears items more than once! Not only a classy lady but "fiscally conservative" ... you would think that would win her some points with the G.O.P. ... lol!!!