Stork Gather by Theo van Hoytema

Does anyone want to play our dress up game this week? It’s really easy and super fun!

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 art inspiration. This particular artist came onto her radar when a blogger from Amsterdam mentioned him. So Marsha looked for his art to use in this challenge and found that he leans toward Art Nouveau and was a lithographer, illustrator, and graphic designer. She chose this piece because she finds storks beautiful and the color palette really spoke to her. Although she was drawn to this artist’s depiction of irises, she passed it over since our last challenge involved irises.

The Artwork

It’s a beautiful piece of art but I have no idea what I am going to do with this one. Let the closet magic begin! 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, July 1, 2026, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

Until then, happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee