Style imitating Art:

Hello there,

I hope all is well with you.

I haven't remembered to take part in the Style Imitating Art challenge with Salazar, Jen and Erin for a while, so I was glad to be at home to have time to think about it.

Here's my outfit:

The inspiration piece was this beautiful, colourful picture which Erin found in the recycling bins near her apartment.

The door within by Jean Fetman

I knew that I wanted to do something colourful to reflect it

I began with this vintage M&S Madras-check dress which I've worn many times on this blog, usually as a skirt and added my turquoise crocs and a necklace as a nod to the flashes of turquoise in the picture.

The final part was this exquisite piece of silk I bought when I lived in Bali.

There was this wonderful street called Jalan Sulawesi which was entirely made up of material shops.

Sai Kreshna was a beautiful shop full of exquisite Chinese satins which I bought.Then I caught sight of this material.

It doesn't come across in this poor picture but the colours look metallic like an oil slick.  I've had it for over 10 years and I've never known what to do with it. It's too delicate to make into a dress, skirt or top so it has just sat in the black carrier bag I was given it in.

But I realised that wearing it as a stole was a quite pleasant use for it.

Et voila, here is my finished outfit. A bit loud but I thought it suited the picture.

What would you have worn?  I think that Anna would have rocked this challenge.

Head over to Erin's blog on Tuesday to find out what everyone else wore!

xxx