To hate any clothing described as 'ditsy'

[Saddlesore]

Sprigged, floral fabric best suitable for a 3-year-old being sold to grown women. Also, the word to me conjures up images of someone not in total control of their faculties (too much like 'dippy' IMO).

Hmm,

I agree mainly when it is little flowers, but I quite ditsy dots…
(or floral when they are tiny and very spaced out if on dark background)

I hadn't thought about it like that. I saw a ditsy blouse yesterday and was tempted, but didn't buy it because I recalled a character in a book (I think), whose daughters told her she needed to dress less ditsy

Ditsy is the actual name of the pattern though.

yabu.

they're two different words that just happen to sound the same.

Ditsy is the small flower print.

Ditzy is the one meaning silly woman.

Me too! I learned on a recent mumsnet thread what @ArtixLynx has said - that ditsy actually is just the name of the print - but I just can't separate the two in my head

I don't generally like frumpy florals. The ditsy print usually looks fussy. There are some nice floral prints but it can be a minefield.

I loved animal print and camo as an escape from floral and stripes but it's become totally overdone.

Yeah, l was going to say it’s a technical word that describes small scattered flowers. I wouldn’t say it looks fussy though. The scale is too small.

I quite like ditsy floral prints, particularly with a dark (black or navy) background. The flowers have to bee teeny tiny though.

I hear you OP. I can't stand it when a skirt is described as 'flippy'.

I just see it as a term like gingham, never really put it together with ditzy for some reason.

I agree about 'ditsy'. I'm allergic to the word and its implications (dizzy, dopey, helpless, easily confused, super-feminine etc).

Having said that, I get tired of people who talk about 'frumpy florals' as if all designs incorporating them were exactly the same. I haven't got an axe to grind here - if you open my wardrobe you'll see plain, striped, spotted and checked, some abstract etc etc, so I'm not big on floral fabrics. But I do have some, and they are absolutely gorgeous - some vintage designs - on silk and rayon from the 1930s, and some more recent things. You can't just sweepingly hate all floral designs...surely?

I admit to having some fashion prejudices too - but there's always a spectrum.

CulturePigeon

Floral can be beautiful. I tend toward plain dressing, but I've got a floral blouse in the most beautiful shades of blue and I'll never part with it. I'd love a big flowery coat, but know I'd feel way too conspicuous wearing it

There is literally nothing about a pattern of small flowers that is only for 3 year old.
Maybe you should lighten up?