“Allegory of Astronomy” by Joseph Fratrel | Style Imitating Art

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Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw fashion inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that will be shared by all three of us on our blogs. The following Monday, each host will share 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 #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

Wanting to return to something a bit classical, Salazar chose this week’s art inspiration. She really loves anything with celestial references and we will be posting our outfit interpretations of this work on May 4th which is Star Wars Day, making a star-themed painting very appropriate!

The Artwork

“Allegory of Astronomy” by Joseph Fratrel

I also love a good celestial themed style prompt and I am excited to get to work on this challenge! Since I began participating in SIA challenges nearly 6 years ago, we have featured 5 different celestial themed artworks…The Nebra Sky Disk, Frederic Edwin Church’s Aurora Borealis, the Solar System Quilt by Ellen Harding Baker, and Susan Musgrove’s “Race for the Moon” all chosen by Salazar and the Eise Eisinga Planetarium chosen by me. You will probably see some pieces from those previous outfits restyled for this round.

If you would like to join us with your own outfit inspired by this 18th century painting and have it featured in Salazar’s review post on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, please be sure to send your photos to 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Happy styling!  

Shelbee