Leopard Love: Getting Frank With Fan Favorite Lisa

 

Skirt: XOXO, Macy's

Top: Grayson Threads, Kohl's

Bag: B&B

Skirt: Wild Fable, Target

Bag: Sleepyville Critters, Zulily

Top: Target

Big Pink Pompom Bow Barrette

Bag: Zulily

Desert Necklaces

Boots: Betsey Johnson, Macy's

There's something playful about colorful leopard.  Like somebody impishly swiped a highlighter across the earth-toned Serengeti.  And that somebody is Lisa Frank.  (If the title of this post implied that I'd be interviewing the icon, then 1) please accept my sincerest apologies, and 2) you should know better than that.  Still, Lisa Frank would most certainly be one of those three people, dead or alive, that I'd invite to dinner.  Right between Madame Curie and the guy who invented Cheetos.  (Just kidding.  Madame Curie would be too depressing.)  Of all the artists who've made their multi-hued mark on the animal kingdom, I think Lisa deserves the most credit.  Perhaps her most creative contribution of all is the rainbow leopard.  Well, the rainbow everything.  But one not-so-still-life at a time.  

No doubt about it, Lisa's the first lady of cute.  She was destined to make drab things fanciful, what with hailing from the desert.  She also has a heartwarming knack for turning ferocious beasts into cuddly critters.  (And no, I haven't forgotten about Teddy Ruxspin, or, for that matter, Furbies.  But are they wrapped in ROYGBIV?  I think not.  Also, there's no need for toys that come with their own commentary.  I'm talking to you, Cricket.)  

That said, these outfits are my humble homage to Ms. Frank's sassy safari.  I even managed to get a few cacti in there!  Not to mention Hello Kitty.  Which has nothing to do with Lisa Frank but remains firmly saved with her and her merch in my late-'80s-early-'90s childhood memory bank.  

A bank, of course, that's decked out with little pink hearts and fluorescent rainbows.  

P.S. Lisa Frank, if you're out there, I'd like to pitch you an idea:

Neon green, lightning bolt-ringed Marie Curie hugging a kitten clutching a lollipop growing an ear.

Can you say sticker book centerfold?