“The Lovers” by Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer | Style Imitating Art

Are you ready for the next challenge where art inspires our outfits? Well, here it is.

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

Marsha chose this week’s artwork for the ethereal quality of the painting and she just loves the clothing from this era, too! In the 1960s, Marsha’s father-in-law bought an old trunk at auction which contained these two prints inside beautifully intricate wooden frames that have since crumbled away. But Marsha still has the prints and she is sharing them with us to inspire our sartorial interpretations this week.

The Artwork

“The Lovers” by Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer

After searching for more information about this set of prints, I have discovered that it goes by many different names including “The Lovers”, “Fancy Couple”, “Courting Couple”, and “Couple Flirting”. I have also seen it in a variety of different color palettes. In Marsha’s version, the woman’s dress appears pale blue while the man’s outfit includes a brown jacket with a yellow waistcoat and white trousers. I have seen other versions where the woman’s dress is pink or yellow and the man is wearing yellow pants or an orange jacket. I am going to stick with Marsha’s prints shared here for my inspiration although I now for certain this color palette is going to really challenge me!

If you are feeling creative and want to style your own outfit inspired by these Victorian lovers to be featured in Marsha’s review post on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, please be sure to submit your photos to her at mlrbanks57@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. 

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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