SIA: Karin At The Shore
Posted: June 29, 2022 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art 3 CommentsWelcome to another week of SIA! Our inspiration this week is “Karin at the Shore” by Swedish artist Carl Larsson, and although the common theme seems to be floral, the looks are quite varied. Let’s check them out!
First up is my co-host, Shelbee, in a spot-on blue dress and black floral-printed kimono, and a spot-on pose too:
Up next is my other co-host, Terri, who went with the colors and featured flowers in her background instead:
Here is Kezzie, adorable as always:
Marsha found the perfect shirt for this challenge from her to-be-donate pile – talk about serendipity!
Sally also went with a layered look – I love the floral-on-gingham print:
Michelle went with floral too, but she featured green rather than blue in her outfit. Super summery!
Our Instagram participant, bu_terka, is also back with a minimalist outfit – unexpected, but I quite like it:
And finally, moi (or, considering the Swedish origin of this painting, I should say “mig”, which is Swedish for “me”):
Big thanks to everybody for participating! Don’t forget to come back next week for Terri’s pick – it’s the Fourth of July too, so I’m excited to see what she has in mind!
Salazar In The Garden
Posted: June 27, 2022 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: blue, brown, brown spectator shoes, floral waistcoat, navy wide-leg pants, style imitating art, white, white lace top 1 Comment
For this week’s SIA, inspired by Carl Larsson’s “Karin at the Shore“, I knew I’d wear this floral waistcoat, as it’s perfect for the flowers in the painting – in fact, I think it even features the same lilies as the painting! For the rest of the outfit, I didn’t want anything too dark and heavy (it is the summer, after all), but I did want to reference the woman’s dress in some way. In the end, I went with this white lace top and navy pants, because if you look closely, there are white lace trims on her dress. The shoes were, I admit, an afterthought, so I just picked what went well with the outfit rather than referencing the painting, but this pair is neutral enough so they’re all right. All in all, I’m quite pleased with how the outfit turned out.
If you haven’t send me your outfits, you still have until tomorrow, and don’t forget to come back on Wednesday to see how everybody did!
SIA Inspiration: Carl Larsson
Posted: June 20, 2022 Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art 3 CommentsIt’s my turn to host SIA, and we’ve had some challenging pieces lately, so I went with a conventionally “pretty” painting:
This is “Karin at the Shore” by Swedish artist Carl Larsson. I picked it because of the soft watercolor tones, delicate lines, and the contrast between the lady’s dark dress and the colorful flowers. I thought it was a nice, summery image, but apparently it was painted in late autumn, and the flowers froze the next day. Well, I think it still works for summer. Remember to send me your outfits by next Tuesday, June 28th, and have fun!
The Hallucinogenic Toreador
Posted: June 13, 2022 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: beige clogs, belt, brooch, brown, red, red plaid skirt, white, white cutout embroidered button-up 1 Comment
This is my outfit for this week’s SIA, inspired by Salvador Dali’s “The Hallucinogenic Toreador“. It’s pretty tame, but it’s the best I could do with what I have, and besides, I don’t want to go all-out just to fit the painting and forget my own personal style. Anyway, two things in the painting that stand out to me are one, the dots – there are polka dots and some sort of insect (flies?) that form a series of dots throughout and the painting, and two, the arches around the bullfighting ring. I put those together and came up with this shirt – the cutout embroideries are to reflect both the dots and the arches. I paired it with this plaid skirt, which has some of the colors in the painting, and my cameo brooch is a nod to the Venus de Milo, another stand-out motif in the painting. So all in all, not a bad outfit (if I do say so myself) and it does reflect the inspiration too.
SIA Inspiration: Salvador Dalí
Posted: June 6, 2022 Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art Leave a commentIt’s Shelbee’s turn to host SIA, and here is her artwork of choice:
This is “The Hallucinogenic Toreador” by Salvador Dali. Shelbee admits she doesn’t like Dali’s works because she finds them unsettling and uncomfortable, but she thinks the trippy effect could be fun, and there are a lot to work with in this painting. I agree – though I have no idea how to interpret it, I’m excited to experiment. Make sure to send your outfits to shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com by next Tuesday, June 14th. Have fun!
14 Shades Of Grey 