Style Imitating Art - Dining Room in the Country by Pierre Bonnard, 1913

I'm a little late with this post.  I managed to remember to join in with Style Imitating Art this week.

Terri was this week's host and curator and she chose this painting: 

I love the colours of this painting- very orangey, peachey and pale blue and cream and the brush strokes are very pleasing.

Here's how I chose to interpret it:

I started with the dress.

I spotted this vintage Phool dress in the charity shop in Hexham when I was there at the end of July (It cost £7). (I know this is a desirable Indian brand as Vix has mentioned it!)  I felt the material of this dress and is the most wonderful lightweight cotton.  That does mean it is a little delicate and I have noticed a little rip in the bodice on one side but it is lined so it does mean it just looks like part of the pattern. I am very much a fan of a lightweight, slightly oversized maxi dress for summer comfort and I felt it really picked out the various oranges, reds and peachy shades in the picture.

To pick out the pale blue, I wore this cobweb lace 100% linen cardigan from Monsoon (charityshopped last month) and I felt the cobweb was reminiscent of the texture of the painting.

To pick out the cream, I wore my Primark ballet shoe pumps and added a pair of resin flower  earrings (a gift from Hazel) and a Lemon necklace that CBC gave me for Christmas.

You can see how everyone else interpreted it by heading to the link from Terri's name at the top of the post.

What do you think?

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