“Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc” by Alphonse Mucha

These challenges really are the only motivation I have for putting together complete outfits during the long, dreary winter months. If you are struggling with something similar, why not give this next challenge a try!

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

It was Marsha’s turn to choose the artwork. Although she is not very familiar with the Art Nouveau movement, she really likes the lines and soft colors that are present in many works from this genre. She chose a work by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha who worked in Paris during the Art Nouveau movement and was “widely known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters.”

The Artwork

I have found the artwork in two different colorways so I am sharing both. Marsha originally shared the one that has more brown tones, but the pink and blue one is how it appears at The Met.

If you are feeling creative and want to style your own outfit inspired by this painting of American actress Maude Adams as Joan of Arc to be featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

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