17th Century Dragonfly Helmet | Style Imitating Art

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About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Shelbee, or Marsha or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

This Week’s Presenter

Salazar chose this week’s artwork. She has always associated dragonflies with softness and fragility, so she really likes seeing the dragonfly image used in a piece like this 17th century Japanese helmet (kawari kabuto). Salazar chose the work because it’s unique and will most certainly be fun to interpret into an outfit.

The Artwork

Helmet in dragonfly shape

If you would like to join us with your own outfit inspired by this fascinating helmet and have it featured in Salazar’s review post on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, please be sure to send your photos to 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee