Gallery of Style: “Katherine Parr!”

I think this is such a sumptuous painting, don’t you? The last of Henry VIII’s queens was Katherine Parr. Unfortunately, we don’t know who painted this portrait, but it’s beautiful. If you’d like to read more about the artist, the art, and my interpretation, you can find that here. I’m so happy to show you this week’s Gallery of Style and the bloggers who have interpreted Katherine Parr!

Gallery of style…

First, we have Sally from St. Paul! That’s how I always think of her. If she ever moves, I’ll have to change my way of thinking. Sally said, “I wasn’t feeling the color black for this challenge, but I was happy to combine white and maroon in summer-friendly fabrics for my outfit.  As soon as I saw her white collar, I knew I could use my collared shirt to mimic something specific from her clothing.  It was a happy coincidence that I’d just made a three-piece layered necklace in maroon/dark red/gold that, interspersed with three pearl necklaces (a mix of faux and real pearls), let me bring in some of the sumptuous bejeweled aspect of her look.  Faux pearl drop earrings and a bracelet stack with real pearls, garnet beads, gold metallics, and paper beads finished off the outfit.  I liked how this one turned out!” Sally is amazing when it comes to creating jewelry!  I think it’s pretty cool she’d just made this necklace!

Next is Salazar! She says, ” Since it’s the summer, I had to think a bit differently about my outfit, and in the end, I went with this black-and-red combo. My skirt is a nod to Catherine Parr’s red gown, and the ruffles on my top are a weather-appropriate reference to the intricate embroideries and other trimmings. And of course, I had to add a brooch to reflect her pearls and the feather in her headdress as well!” I told you, Salazar has always has a brooch or piece of jewelry that meets the brief!

Shelbee has this magical closet. She says, “It is still cool enough here to be wearing sweaters and boots and I wore this outfit for three days straight the week before you sent us the art. I had washed it all and the poncho was folded on top of a pile of clothing waiting to be put away. At the end of Monday’s art post, I wrote this…’May the closet magic work its magic!’ So then I walked into my closet room to brainstorm outfit ideas for this challenge and my eye immediately went to the folded up poncho sweater. Literally everything about it resembled Katherine’s dress from the color palette to the black vertical stripe going straight down the front. The closet magi really did work its magic! Since I had worn the outfit for three consecutive days, I decided to wear it exactly as I had before with black leggings, white cowgirl boots, a burgundy paisley scarf, a black straw boater hat, my horn necklace, and feather earrings. By sheer coincidence, much of it represented different details from the painting. The scarf for her collar, the beads on my necklace for her pearls, my feather earrings for the feather in her hat. The only thing I added specifically for this challenge are the stacks of beaded and pearl bracelets just because I wanted more pearls.”

Finally, here is my interpretation. I had thought to use an April Cornell duster, but I didn’t have anything that would work under it. Then, I thought of these pants. I added a lace top and this gorgeous tunic. I’m really pleased with this outfit because one of the things I’m trying to do is create outfits I’d actually wear.

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 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!

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