Thanksgiving by Doris Lee

If you need some inspiration for a holiday outfit, why not join us for this Style Imitating Art 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

It’s my turn to choose our inspiration artwork. With Halloween behind us now, Thanksgiving is the next big holiday in the United States so I thought it would be fun to pick a painting that reflects the hustle and bustle of the food preparations necessary for our super fat celebrations of gratitude. Sometimes my refrigerator gets annoyingly stuffed with food and at those times I always take a moment to reflect on how grateful I am to have a refrigerator and enough money to pack it full of deliciousness. It looks like Doris Lee maybe had the same refrigerator experience as me!

The Artwork

This painting has a lot of activity, colors, patterns, and outfits to offer endless sartorial inspiration for this style challenge. I’ve no idea what kind of magic this painting will inspire in my closet room, but I’m looking forward to finding out!

If you want to join us with your own outfit inspired by this portrayal of an American Thanksgiving, go get creative in your closet, snap a photo of your outfit, and send it to me at shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, and I will feature your photo in my gallery post on Wednesday, November 18, 2026. We would love to see more creative friends join our artsy challenges so please feel free to share the inspiration and an invitation with your friends.

Happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee