The Boulevard At Night

Posted: May 6, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, brooch, brown, brown and navy heeled oxfords, gray, gray wide-leg pants, navy button-up, style imitating art, tie | 3 Comments

Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by Camille Pissarro‘s “The Boulevard Montmarte At Night”. I have to admit, this one took me some thinking. If it was winter, I would have no problem, but it’s a little difficult with my warm-weather wardrobe to find pieces that could reflect the dark colors of the painting and the highlights of gold and yellow. In the end, I went with a simple blue and gray color combo and relied on my trusty tie to add some gold to the outfit. I also wore my pearl brooch as a nod to all the streetlamps (it’s not a tie pin but I wore it like one anyway.)

Don’t forget to drop by Marsha’s blog on Wednesday to see all the outfits inspired by this Impressionist masterpiece!

SIA Inspiration: Camille Pissarro

Posted: April 29, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art | 3 Comments

Welcome to another week of SIA! Marsha is our host this week, and here is her pick:

This is “The Boulevard Montmartre at Night” by French Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. Marsha wanted to pick something Impressionistic because the romantic in her finds them appealing (don’t we all), but she wanted to choose a lesser-known artist, hence Pissarro. It’s a lovely piece, and the darker colors and the accents of yellow and gold should make this a fun one to interpret. Remember to send your outfits to Marsha (mlrbanks57@gmail.com) by next Tuesday, May 7th. Have fun!

SIA: Book Of Hours

Posted: April 24, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art | 3 Comments

Welcome to this week’s SIA round-up! Our inspiration this week is a 14th-century Book of Hours with lace cut-outs along the borders. Naturally, lace is the main theme, but the rest of the outfits are as diverse as they come. Here we go:

First up is my co-host, Shelbee, who built her outfit around a lace sundress. She added those brown accessories to represent the brown tones of the book’s cover, topped it off with a kaftan to mimic the colorful scrollwork often found in these books, and she also wore her prayer beads and crystal necklaces to represent the spirituality behind the book. So well thought-out!

Sally also went with ivory lace for the pages of the book and a brown column for the cover. She then added hints of gold and bronze metals in her jewelry to represent the gold leaf on the drawings:

My other co-host, Marsha, leaned heavily into the idea of lace with a lace cover-up and a lace top, and some hints of metallic with her sandals and jewelry as well:

And here’s me:

And that’s it for this week’s SIA! Thank you to everybody for participating, and don’t forget to come back next week for a new work of art, chosen by Marsh!

Everything Is Illuminated

Posted: April 22, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Clothes | Tags: beige, beige linen button-up, blue, brooch, brown, brown spectator shoes, red, style imitating art, wrap skirt | 3 Comments

Here’s my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by this gorgeous 14th-century Book of Hours with the cutout borders. I knew that I’d wear this linen button-up – the lace details on the collar and the cuffs are perfect – but for the bottom, I was less sure. In the end, I went with this skirt because the navy and red combo and the colorful flowers remind me of the colorful illustrations of medieval illuminated manuscripts. I also added my gold scroll brooch to mimic the gold decorations often found in these manuscripts, and my shoes can be a nod to the leather covers as well. I’m quite happy with how it turned out!

Don’t forget to check back on Wednesday to see what everybody wears!

SIA Inspiration: Medieval Book Of Hours

Posted: April 15, 2024 | Author: Salazar | Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art | 2 Comments

Welcome to another week of SIA! It’s my turn to host, and since I’ve been on a medieval kick lately, here’s my pick:

This is a 14th-century Book of Hours made by unknown French artists. What really sets it apart from other medieval manuscripts, and the reason I chose it for SIA, is the “lace” cutouts along the page borders. Check out how they look when the pages are turned:

I mean, how intricate and awesome are those? So lace and crochet are definitely on the menu for this challenge, but you can also use the illustrations in the book as a source of inspiration as well. Remember to send me your outfits by Tuesday, April 23rd. I can’t wait to see what everybody comes up with!