Jungle Boogie

Welcome to the jungle! Spring style is taking a safari, donning African-inspired prints to exotic beast graphics. “I think the resurgence comes from the utilitarian trend being reinterpreted for kids,” opines Nicole Yee, trend editor at Fashion Snoops. “For Spring ’17, we definitely saw a lot of new camouflage prints that work different jungle animals into the camouflage pattern.” Yee foresees a rise in utility items like cargo pants and shorts to work shirts and army-inspired jackets, adorned with flap pockets, belt details and patches. And although animals are a perennial favorite in childrenswear, there’s a notable increase in the amount of safari creatures stampeding across spring collections, from screen-printed rhinos to embroidered elephants.