Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist by Giovanni Bellini | 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

In an effort to choose something much different from many of our previous art inspirations, Marsha chose this week’s work for our style challenge. It is very different due to its religiosity but I think sometimes we all need a little church!

The Artwork

Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist by Giovanni Bellini

I am not entirely sure how I will begin creating an outfit inspired by this religious work, but the colors are beautiful and Mary’s garments do offer some interesting sartorial details that I can definitely work with. All I have to do is let the closet magic manifest!

If you are feeling creative and want to style your own outfit inspired by this painting to be featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. 

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee