Landscape by Huang Binhong

Dressing up is one of my favorite hobbies…so here we ago with another style challenge!

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, a landscape by Chinese literati painter Huang Binhong. She saw his statue at West Lake in Hangzhou and wanted something to commemorate her recent China trip. The ink wash painting really reminded Salazar of how West Lake looked when she was there – “all washed out in shades of gray and blue but there was a stark beauty to it as well.”

The Artwork

Although we just featured a neutral colored work for our last SIA challenge, this one is a different neutral colored palette…more black and white than the creams and browns found in Sila Gur’s thread painting. I have no idea what’s hiding in my magic closet room for this challenge, but I’m sure I’ll find something perfectly relevant! There is a lot of stuff in there, after all.

If you would like to join us with your own outfit inspired by this ink wash painting and have it featured in Salazar’s review post on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, please be sure to send your photos to 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Until then, happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee