Promenade by August Macke

Who wants to play a dress up game with us? Here is the next art inspiration.

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. It 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 #StyleImitatingArt we know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge this week!

This Week’s Presenter

Marsha chose this week’s artwork. Not knowing a lot about Expressionism, she went searching for something to inspire and educate, settling on this 1913 painting by German Expressionist painter August Macke. Although it is similar to Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, which we previously featured as our art inspiration in August 2024, Marsha really liked the colors and lines in this work. As do I!

The Artwork

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I have already created an outfit for this art but it’s a bit wild and crazy even for me. I might try to create a different, more wearable look to share next week, but I also might just stick with my first creation. I’ll guess we will just have to wait and see what I decide. We don’t always have to share just the outfits that are hits. It’s okay to show the misses, too, sometimes. Because it’s all just for fun anyway!

If you would like to join us for this round of dress up and have your outfit featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Until then, happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee