“Autumn” by Giuseppe Arcimboldo | Style Imitating Art

Autumn has definitely arrived making this a perfectly appropriate artwork for the season.

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

It was my turn to pick our inspiration artwork. I have chosen “Autumn”, a 1573 oil on canvas by Italian Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He is known for creating heads made out of random objects like fruits, vegetables, flowers, and even books. The “heads” are so clever and really crack me up. A Google image search for “Giuseppe Arcimboldo heads” shows a bunch of different ones. I chose “Autumn” for the obvious reason that we are really truly in autumn now. 

The Artwork

“Autumn” by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

I have absolutely no idea what I am going to wear for this one, but I am definitely up for the challenge! If you want to join us with your own outfit inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Autumn head, go on and get creative in your closet, snap a photo of your outfit, and send it to me at shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, and I will feature your photo in my gallery post on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. We would love to see more creative folks join our artsy challenges so feel free to share the inspiration and an invitation with your friends. 

Happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee