SIA Inspiration: Camille Pissarro
Posted: April 29, 2024 Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art 3 CommentsWelcome 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 Filed under: Clothes, Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art 3 CommentsWelcome 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!
SIA Inspiration: Medieval Book Of Hours
Posted: April 15, 2024 Filed under: Style Imitating Art | Tags: style imitating art 2 CommentsWelcome 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!