“Young Betsy Ross” by Paul Stahr | Style Imitating Art
It’s my turn!
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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
That would be me! With our nation celebrating its 248th birthday next week, I thought it would be fun to choose an inspiration piece with a bit of United States birthday history. Betsy Ross was an American upholsterer who has been credited with creating the second official U.S. flag, known as the Betsy Ross Flag. However, this story is not generally accepted by modern scholars of American history and vexillology. I was taught the Betsy Ross story and did not realize that it has been disputed by modern scholars. Apparently I did not go to school during the modern age. I guess I really am that old now!
The Artwork
“Young Betsy Ross” by Paul Stahr
If you are feeling inspired to join us, 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, July 2, 2024, and I will feature your photo in my gallery post on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. We would love to see more creative folks join our artsy challenges so share the inspiration with your friends!
Happy styling, my friends!
Keeping it on the edge,
Shelbee
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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.
6 Comments
Nancy
Surprising art work! Did you have a fabulous weekend?
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This artwork is definitely going to be a challenge! We did have a fabulous weekend. It was really incredibly disgustingly hot but that’s my only complaint!
xoxo
Shelbee
Marsha Banks
Shelbee…this is going to be a tough one! Hmmm…I’m going to have to work hard at it!
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I know! Sorry about that. Haha. I am hoping some kind of magic helps me with this one!
xoxo
Shelbee
Earl Williams, Jr.
I attended James F. Oyster Public Elementary School in Washington, DC, from 1955 to 1962. In the fall of 1960, my fifth-grade teacher taught a unit on American legends, myths, and tall tales. In conjunction with my studies, I read in the set of World Book Encylcopedias at home that the Betsy Ross story is a myth. I didn’t think much about it at the time because I presumed that everyone knew it. During the Bicentennial (1976), I asked others if they knew this, and none of them did, which shocked me. Incidentally, historians now credit Continental Congressman Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey as the American flag’s designer. (Source: Leepson, Marc. “Flag: An American Biography.” St. Martin’s Griffin. 2005. p. 33.) To get a better understanding of the complicated origin of our National flag, one should start with the Wikipedia articles on (1) Betsy Ross, (2) the Betsy Ross Flag, and (3) Francis Hopkinson.
Submitted by Earl P. Williams, Jr., U.S. flag historian (paleovexillologist)
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Earl, thanks so much for sharing this information! I find it fascinating how the things we were taught in school turn out to be incorrect. I hope you have a most wonderful weekend!
xoxo
Shelbee