Wave I & Wave II by Vanessa Barragão | Style Imitating Art

How about some new art for another round of Style Imitating Art?

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 my turn to choose our artwork and I wanted to feature some type of textile art simply because I love textile art. So I did an online search and quickly found the work of Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragão. As soon as I scrolled through her gallery, I immediately knew she was the artist to feature for this round. My only struggle was choosing just one of her works. So I chose two. Ha. They are all so amazing but I eventually settled on her Wave Collection because I am finally starting to feel the summer creep in. The colors and the ocean vibe seem like the perfect sartorial inspiration for a June style challenge.

The Artwork

Wave I (2023)

Wave 2 (2025)

If you want to join us with your own outfit inspired by these textile Waves, 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, June 17, 2025, and I will feature your photo in my gallery post on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. We would love to see more creative folks join our artsy challenges so feel free to share the inspiration with your friends. Happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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