Irises Screen by Ogata Kōrin | 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

Salazar chose this week’s art inspiration by Japanese artist Ogata Kōrin. The painted screen was made in the early 18th century and is now a National Treasure of Japan. She chose this work because its influence on Van Gogh’s iris paintings is clear. Van Gogh’s Still Life with Irises was the art inspiration for a previous SIA challenge way back in January 2019 (before I began participating). Since that first iris painting was featured during the winter season and irises are summer flowers, Salazar wanted to give this image of irises a try for the summer season as well.

The Artwork

Irises screen by Ogata Kōrin

I really love the deep shades of blue and the bold shades of green used for the irises. But the vibrant gold background has me a little stumped for styling ideas! I definitely need some closet room magic for this challenge.

If you would like to join us with your own outfit inspired by this 18th century Irises screen and have it featured in Salazar’s review post on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, please be sure to send your photos to 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Until then, happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,  

Shelbee