At the Edge of the Brook by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | 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

Marsha chose this week’s art inspiration because the artist is one of her favorites. She recently used one of this artist’s other paintings for her docent graduation tour at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

The Artwork

At the Edge of the Brook by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

I think this is a stunning portrait. The girl is strikingly beautiful and the colors are so rich and appealing to me. Once again, I have no clue what to wear to adequately represent this painting so I am praying to my closet muses to guide me in their magical way!

If you are feeling creative and want to style your own outfit inspired by this lovely portrait to be featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. 

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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