Gallery of Style: “Going to Market!”

Welcome to the Gallery of Style! When I went looking for a piece of art, I purposely looked for a black and white image. I liked all the possibilities in this one. I hope you enjoy all the different interpretations in our Gallery of Style! If you’d like to read more about why I selected this piece of art, you can find that here. To read more about the art, the artist, and my outfit, you can find that  here! But, you’ve come to see not me, but the others who have joined in on the styling for “Going to Market,” right?

Gallery of style…

First up is one of my Weekend Traffic Jam co-hosts, Sue, from Women Living Well After 50. She says, “Don’t you love it when you find an item of clothing you had forgotten about? Searching my wardrobe, I discovered this jacket which I haven’t worn very often but was perfect from a tonal point of view to capture this challenge. You can see from the close up it matches the colours in the painting perfectly. I left my outfit very plain to match the somber mood of the painting with no added ‘bling’ accessories except for my silver necklace which I thought would depict the liveliness of the dog.” She also sent both black and white photos as well as those in color.

I always look forward to Sally’s interpretations. She says, “I was inspired by the citrusy colors of the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale catalog and the June Dollar Bead Box to put a fresh and summery spin on the achromatic Going to Market painting: a neutral white + grey base outfit jazzed up with orange, lemon yellow, and lime green in my cardigan, ballet flats, and DIY jewelry set.” Hey, wait! Sally, you got an actual catalog for the Nordstrom Anniversary sale? Wow!

Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey and one of our curators almost always has the perfect brooch, and today is no different! She says, “I leaned into the black-and-white theme, and also played with the textures/patterns a bit (there are pleats on my top and stripes on my trousers, though they’re kind of hard to see). Finally, I topped it off with my snail brooch, not only because it’s black and white, but also because I think it has a pastoral feel that kind of matches the overall feel of the painting.”

Next is Shelbee from Shelbee on the Edge. Here’s what she says, “I wore a long black cotton dress which reminds me of the style of dresses women wore in the 1860s. I added a long ivory kimono robe to mimic the flowiness of the woman’s dress as it drapes down over the donkey’s back. My black cowgirl boots seemed like the appropriate footwear if I were to ride a donkey to market wearing a long dress…at least I would have practical footwear. Finally, my white cloche hat is a nod to the woman’s bonnet.” Shelbee has also given us two versions of the same look. Oh, I can’t decide which I like best, can you?

Finally, here I am! Initially, I was going to edit all my photos into black and white. Then, I was going to end with one in all kinds of riotous colors. In the end, though, I went with a black and white look. I’m sharing the version in color as well as the black and white one. Of course, I had to include my dog, Jack!

And, that’s a wrap for this Gallery of Style!

I hope you enjoyed this week’s Gallery of Style for Style Imitating Art…thank you to Sue, Sally, Salazar, and Shelbee for participating. Remember, you don’t have to have a blog to be a part of this style challenge. You can send a photo to the curator to be included in the gallery of style! We’d love to have more people join in! You can also still send me a photo, and I’ll edit the post to include you!

Coming up…

I hope you’ll come back next Monday to see the art work we’ll be styling and imitating! And, please visit all of the people who participated in this week’s challenge!

Where you can find me:

Linking up with Nancy’s Fashion Style,  Fine-Whatever, Is This Mutton, Shelbee on the Edge, Chez Mireile, The Grey Brunette, and Away from the Blue as well as Deb’s World and A Fresh Cup of Coffee. I also link up with This Blonde’s Shopping Bag, Doused in Pink, I do deClaire, Mummabstylish, Style Splash and Elegantly Dressed and Stylish as well as the Senior Salon Pit Stop (Esme’s Salon) and Slices of Life. Please check out these wonderful ladies and their blogs! I also am a co-host for Ageless Style on the third Thursday of the month and Songful Style on the last Monday of the month. I co-host Traffic Jam Weekend every Thursday with Melynda, Lisa, and Sue. I also host Final Fridays on the last Friday of the month as well as 10 on the 10th on the 10th of the month! I do hope you’ll check out all of these blogs and link parties!

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