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?

x

Style Imitating Art outfit: Booky Summer reading

Hello there!

Hope you are well!

Today is a quick post for Style Imitating Art.

Terri is today's curator and she chose this wonderful painting which her daughter owns.

“Booky-Summer reading led her into fall darkness” by Patty Carroll, which is part of her Anonymous Women series.

I love this painting!  It's so clever and there's so much to look at in it!  I love the chaos and I could probably recreate this in my own home- I'm a bit messy and I own lots of books.  My dining room looks a bit like this with the table full of books, craft stuff and instruments.  Need to clean it by Friday as CBC has his work colleagues round on Friday night.  Sigh.  Like last year but this time 2 colleagues who I like are not invited.  

Anyway, I am usually a stickler for the colours in a Style Imitating Art post but this time, I just decided to go with my first inclination which was to WEAR MY BOOK DRESS!!

I was bought this dress as a Christmas present by my Stepmum and Dad from Cath Kidston.

I decided to wear a drapey cardigan to represent the curtains on either side, even if I didn't have a burgundy cardigan.

My charity-shopped shoes match the colour of the anonymous lady in the painting if not the heel height.

As well as my Cross necklace (handmade by Annie Scales Silver), I snuck a little quote pin from Fable and Black.

I'll write a bit more soon but head over to Terri on Wednesday to see how everyone else interpreted it.

xx

Style Imitating Art- Simultaneous Dresses- Three Women

 Hello there,

Today, I thought I'd join with Style Imitating Art after missing it for a couple of weeks.

The curator this time was Terri at Meadowtree Style and she chose the following painting: 

Sonia Delaney's Simultaneous Dresses (Three Women, Forms, Colours)
Painted 1925

Usually, according to Terri, her style is bright coloured, abstract, concentric circles but this painting is a little different from her usual style and nods to her other creative outlets, costume desining for Ballet, Stage and Films also.

There's some great strong colours and patterns in this painting and I could see lots of ideas to go with but today, I decided to focus on the main 3 women in the picture, rather than the background:

And yes, I decided to create a trio of outfits.

Each of these three outfits has 2 charity-shopped items in them (and the middle one has 3).

Let's look at each one individually:

My first one nods to the lady on the left.  Her main colours are blue and white.  I started with this Phase Eight Chevron skirt (CS Harp Southend) since the model is wearing triangular shapes. Karen Millen blouse (CS Scope Hexham). I DID want to find a pale pink top in my wardrobe to reflect her very pink skin, but I'm not sure I still have such an item that would work so instead.  My Florentine-bought blue boots completed the look (not charity shopped). I kept the accessories simple- just my bee necklace which bears no relevance to the outfit.

My second outfit is based on the central lady and I started with focusing on the brown, tan and burgundy shades on her outfit which I reflect in my Anokhi cotton trousers (CS Oxfam Harrogate).

I DID want to wear my brown vest-top but couldn't find it so instead, I went with this Tu broderie-anglaise-trimmed top (CS Barnados).  For the shoe front, I wore my recently bought Clarks Somerset T-bar sandals (CS Haven's Hospice).  My Nan's wooden necklace fitted with the vibe and I wore my 'fake plait' headband.

Outfit no. 3 is, in my opinion, the most boring outfit of the lot and is based on the lady in black. I had a dress with a similar neckline but much shorter so instead, I wore the same shoes as before along with Mango Culottes (CS Dog's Trust) and teamed it with a ruffle neck vest top from Beale's in Hexham before it closed (Sad!)

If you think you could put an outfit together based on this painting, let Terri know by tomorrow night (Tuesday)

Here are the details from her on what to do:

Send me your picture of your SIA inspired outfit along with a small blurb on how you were inspired to meadowtreestyle@gmail.com May 18th. I’ll share the submissions on my blog on Wednesday May 19th.

Anyone can participate and you certainly do not have to have a blog.

If you do share your inspirations on Instagram use the hashtag #StyleImitatingArt so we know you are there. You can also tag us in the images. Our Instagram names are: terrigardner_meadowtree, daenelt and 14shadesofgrey.

Even if you DON'T participate, let me know what you WOULD wear in the comments, if you had time to join in!

xxx

Style Imitating Art- The Counting Lesson by Albert Huie

Hi there,

Here's my latest outfit for Style Imitating Art with Daenel.

Her choice this week was The Counting Lesson by Albert Huie

Here's why she chose it:

February is Black History Month, so, it only seems fitting that the first inspiration piece is by a Black artist. One of the founding tutors of the Jamaica School of Arts and Crafts, Albert Huie was a Jamaican artist who exhibited around Jamaica and the United States. As a painter, he was known for his landscapes, but often painted portraits as well. Influenced by Rastafarianism, Garvyism, and cultural nationalism, many of his paintings expressed sociopolitical themes and showed images of manual labor. To learn more about Huie, click here.

It's a beautiful painting and it has lots of interest in it. You can go literally with the girl's outfit or go with the background colours or details.

I decided to go with the former. and here's my outfit:

I decided to start with a charity-shopped polka-dot t-shirt from Tu at Sainsbury's. I've often talked about my liking for Tu garments, most of which I have charity-shopped. I mentioned buying this back in November and this is its first outing. I could have gone with brown trousers but decided to just stick with a limited-colour palette.  My nod to the red bow is the red bead necklace and a hair ribbon.

A final touch was my red bow socks. I have 2 pairs of these which bought from Primark a few years ago.

It's not the interesting of outfits but I like its simplicity.

Head over to Daenel's blog on Wednesday to see the round up.

xx

Style imitating art meets Style Imitating Sheila (sort of!)

 Hello there,

Welcome to another edition of Style Imitating Art.  Salazar is the host of this week's challenge:

It features this wonderful art work:

The Nebra sky disk, a disk from the Bronze Age (or possibly the Iron Age) found in the town of Nebra, Germany, which features the oldest depiction of the cosmos in the world. 

As soon as I saw this piece, I knew exactly what I'd wear:

I decided to start with my Sheila skirt.

I call it that because Sheila has the most wonderful opulent, flamboyant wardrobe  with gorgeous textures, colours and garments.  When I saw this wonderful metallic skirt in Oxfam before Christmas, the day before I had to go into isolation, I instantly thought of Sheila and thought it was the perfect Christmas skirt- indeed, I wore it on Christmas day.  It's super swishy, wide with loads of material and it has wire in the hem so it curls and bobs beautifully!

Next, I added my dark teal cowl neck jumper from M&S to mimic the background colour of the disk.

What about the stuff?* (This is the Sheila terminology for jewellery and accessories!)

Well, I wore my Ralph Lauren boots which are a dark petrol colour.  I then added this blingy gold disc necklace which I bought in Primark about 10 years ago for my ancient Greek costume for The Boys from Syracuse although, for school, I ended up wearing my lemon necklace as it is a bit too heavy to wear all day! Finally, I added my charity-shopped gold-leaf oak leaf earrings.

If you're wondering about the hair, this is not very Sheila.   I washed my hair on Saturday morning and put it into two plaits whilst wet.  On Saturday night, I went to sleep with the plaits in and on Sunday morning, I decided that my hair looked ok in the plaits and didn't bother brushing it and I wanted to unplait it when I had time to so I could enjoy the curls.  Except, I didn't end up doing it all day Sunday, nor Monday, nor Tuesday till it got to about 7.15pm when I took these pictures! I somehow went 4 days without brushing my hair! I even went to school like that- so the plaited picture is what it looked like after 4 days! It was a weird kind of experiment but I did enjoy having big curls when I let it out!

Head over to Salazar's blog to see how everyone else interpreted this piece.

Style Imitating Art- the Girl with the Pearl Earring

 This week for Style Imitating Art, we are welcoming a new host called Terri! It's really lovely to have a new host and if you had time between now and then to put together an outfit (even a flatlay of clothes you would choose to wear would do) inspired by this painting, it would be lovely to welcome her to the job by having lots of entries for her inaugural post.

She chose that wonderful, well-known painting, The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

I'm very happy to have the chance to dress up inspired by this outfit! There's some obvious colours here, opulent fabrics, hair accessory chances, jewellery chances and the chance to do something totally off the ball but if you can justify your choices, I say DO it! It's much more interesting to see a slightly less obvious interpretation!

Here's my outfit:

 I will talk you through my sartorial decisions. Click on it if you want to view it larger.

I began with my wired headband. I bought this wide-wired headband from Battlesbridge Antiques centre back in August and on the reverse side, is a lovely mustard-floral effect. This side has a grey and white-patterned material. I loved wired headbands so I knew I wanted to wear one for this challenge. I DO have a blue one the colour of the painting but I chose to go slightly lower key with my headband.

Next, I added a dainty pair of pearl earrings.

I originally chose a slightly more yellowy sweater to wear but changed my mind this morning to wear this more ochre cardigan instead (from White Stuff- present). Underneath, I had in mind to wear a ruffled collared cream shirt that is part of my Clara wardrobe but I couldn't find it anywhere- no doubt it will turn up later. Instead, I wore a charity-shopped simple white Tu top.

I added this charity-shopped Fat Face blue and white patterned skirt (leggings worn underneath for warmth) and added my tan-boots- I did want to wear my blue boots but again... couldn't find them without unearthing the understairs cupboard.

I did contemplate a pearl brooch but decided to leave the outfit fairly simple-unusual for me.

This slightly enigmatic smile stands for what, I wonder?

If you think that you could rustle together an outfit, send your picture, here's what Terri would like you to do:

Send me your picture of your SIA inspired outfit along with a small blurb on how you were inspired to meadowtreestyle@gmail.com by January 12th. I’ll share the submissions on my blog on Wednesday January 13th.

Anyone can participate and you certainly do not have to have a blog.

If you do share your inspirations on Instagram use the hashtag #StyleImitatingArt so we know you are there. You can also tag us in the images. Our Instagram names are: @terrigardner_meadowtree, @daenelt and @14shadesofgrey.

You've got till tomorrow night!

What do you think?

Style Imitating Art- Gumball

Hi there,

I thought I'd save TARDIS antics for Thursday this week and instead, treat you to the last Style Imitating Art of the year. 

Daenel chose this fun photorealism piece by Charles Bell entitled Gumball.

Gumball by Charles Bell. Image taken from Wiki Art

First thoughts...this was not a good piece for me to be looking at as I am currently craving sweets and I can't get any.  Regretting having not picked up some the other day before my enforced quarantine as I did think about getting some.  Our friend is going to pop by to stand at the end of our drive on Saturday possibly so I might see if he can get me some!

Anyway, it is a fun piece and I love all the bright colour and shapes.

I decided to go fun and silly with this and embrace the rainbows.

I started with the cardigan.  My cardigan is by French designed, Agnes B.  I used to swoon over the Agnes B store on Marylebone High Street when I used to work at the Academy and one day, when searching on eBay for a bargain Agnes B piece, I saw this cardigan with its amazing Smartie buttons- just like Gumballs!

I then added my French connection charity shopped (£2.50) rainbow skirt.

Next, I added the Cath Kidston top with its tiny red polka dots.

I then decided to add my Nickat sequin necklace and my Cath Kidston sweetie necklace. It was then that I spied my Topshop teddy rattle necklace- the little balls shake around- it's almost a mini gumball machine!

Rainbow shoes as a final thought.

I asked CBC if he would take pictures for me on his phone to avoid me having to faff with a tripod.  He acquiesed but as he made me wait outside whilst finishing off, I decided to punish him by subjecting him to Christmas recorder playing. I stood out in the garden and played the entire 12 days of Christmas, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let it Snow, Coventry Carol and O Come, O come, Emmanuel before he finally gave in took them (from a distance- as you can see, when he needed to get a bit closer for details, I donned my polka dot mask!).

I thought I'd share a little video he took of me playing O Come! You can see my po-faced recorder playing look! 

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If  you would like to see how everyone else interpreted this, head over to Daenel, tomorrow.

 

Style Imitating Art- Ciclotrama

Salazar has chosen this interesting installation/sculpture for SIA this week. In case you don't know the premise- one of our 3 curators chooses an artwork which anyone, who wishes to participate, creates an outfit inspired by.  It can be as literal or abstract as you wish- part of the delight and fun is hearing how people have chosen to interpret it and why when compared to their photos. 

I thought I'd let Salazar introduce this one:

Part sculpture, part art installation, this is the work of Brazillian artist Janaina Mello Landini. Her series, called Ciclotrama, consists of intertwining ropes that are unwound and twisted into elegant, delicate roots and branches. I chose this particular installation (Ciclotrama 36) because I liked the contrast between the strong gold frames and the delicate black strands of ropes, which can be interesting to interpret in an outfit. 

Here's my outfit.  

I chose to start with this golden/mustard blouse-it has interesting detailed ruffled cuffs at the neck and arms and it suggested to me, something of the golden frames that frame parts of the installation.  To add further detail to the gold, I added my Rose Gold Toms espadrilles and a vintage gold scarf pin which belonged to my Nan.  Over the top of it, I added my white embellished cardigan which, with its neck line and 3/4 length sleeves, worked well (I hope) to reveal only a little of the blouse.

I wore it with dark jeans to give a nod to the dark rope and the ceiling.

Everything in the outfit is second-hand except for the Toms shoes.

If you have something you'd like to join in with, send it to Salazar at 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by tomorrow night.  You don't have to be a blogger, although it is nice to see accompanying explanation of the outfit.

What do you think?

xx

Style Imitating Art- The Bouquet of Flowers

 Morning Chaps!

If you haven't seen my incredibly sneaky garment disguising for this week's TARDIS Tuesday, head back one post to see it!

Today, I am joining in with Style Imitating Art with Kim at Fierce Fashion Blog.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/bouquet-of-wild-flowers-1

She chose the painting, Bouquet of Flowers by Odilen Redin.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/bouquet-of-wild-flowers-1

I thought this was really pretty.  Kim chose it for its AUTUMNAL colours.  However, my interpretation doesn't really focus on that but instead of the florals, the individual colours that pop and the blue case and background.

Here's my outfit:

Confession:  this is a serendipitous outfit rather than one I deliberately chose for this week's challenge.  I wore it for work on Monday and when I saw Salazar's outfit, it prompted me to look down at my own outfit and realise that actually, I had subconsciously dressed for the inspiration.

Why?

Well, as several work colleagues and children told me, my balloon-sleeved floral blouse (charity shopped H&M designed collaboration), was really striking and with its blue background, it matches the vase nicely.  The flowers do feature some of the flower colours from the inspiration.  Black trousers may not be really a big colour from the painting but there are definitely some shadows and dark centres in there.

And the 'stuff' (in the words of Sheila)...

Well- I think the red flowers are a great pop in the painting and my Red or Dead shoes which have returned newly polished and with new and mended straps from the cobbler perhaps make a nod to that. They are much brighter in real life than this dull picture.

Can you see my little Daisy studs?  Finally, the white circular necklace has some pretty white filligree and the frothy white flowers are quite prominent in the picture.

What do you think?

Head over to Kim on Wednesday to see how everyone else interpreted it.

-Style Imitating Art- There are bugs and they will bite you on your face!

Hi there!

I am very tired after my first 2 full days of teaching in 'Covid-safe' full classes!  More on that soon!

Today, I am taking part in Style Imitating Art with Salazar.  She chose this travel poster for the US National Parks.

https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/national-park-review-postcards-amber-share-5.jpg

I knew I was probably not going to be able to think of anything particularly original or noteworthy for this but that I would wear brown and greeen.

Here's what I chose to wear:

I started with this simple green cotton Broderie Anglaise jersey dress from Primark.  They did a whole load of these in different colours around 4 years ago and I really liked them. I bought this one in green. Although the shade wasn't right, it could cover the green foliage.  Also,if you were REALLY being imaginative, you could say that the cut outs are rather like caterpillars have been munching at leaves (rather than my face!) 

I added my Brown F&F leggings for tree trunks and also to go with a very short-dress- I wouldn't wear this without leggings!

Two little brooches joined the throng next- a little snail and a tiny bee.  Blink and you'd miss them in the larger image!

Finally, on the shoe front, I added these Lotus tan and beaded sandals.  More tree-trunk shades and the tiny beads making the diamond patterns could either represent the white letters outlined with black or a whole family of crawling bugs- your choice!

What do you think?

Head over to Salazar's tomorrow to see who else was bitten by bugs on their face!?

Style Imitating Art- Tlingit mask

This is a ceremonial mask of the Tlingit people of Alaska, and Kim, the curator of Style Imitating Art,  picked it because mask-wearing is a hot topic  at the moment.

I could have been a bit more literal with this outfit but I decided to go with a dress which seemed to have all the colours on with a neutral background- there are orangey red flowers and green leaves on it.  I added my mustard cardigan as it was quite similar to the colour of the mask.

I also asked CBC to take this picture in the field behind our house (on the other side of the railway line) because I thought the background was appropriate in terms of colours.  This field has changed so much since March when I was walking in here every day.

And because we are sharing masks, here's one of my masks I wear on the train.   My Mum had two of these Doctor Who cartoon masks made for me and I also have a lovely Pop Art one which my lovely previous Deputy Head from school made for me and sent to me.

Annoyingly, Mum asked me to pose in front of my Smile sign but didn't think to take it with the Smile visible. You can definitely tell I'm smiling in this picture which I am glad about as my smile is one of my favourite attributes and I'd be sad if the smile was not evident to those I have to greet! I've actually been smiling when I walk past people and been wondering if it was a complete waste of time but now I know it isn't!

Anyway, if you wanted to take part, remember to send your outfit to Kim (fiercefashionblog@gmail.com) by next Tuesday, July 14th. 

Style Imitating Art- Anne Ryan Number 453

Hello!

Thanks for your kind appreciation of my cards. 

Today, I am taking a little break from TARDIS Tuesday, I will resume next week.

Today, I am sharing an outfit for Style Imitating Art.

Daenel chose this piece called Number 453.

Number 453 by Anne Ryan (1889-1954, Morris Town, New Jersey). 
Painted 1952. 
Medium: Cut and pasted fabrics and painted papers on paper, mounted on Howell Paper.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484518
© Estate of Anne Ryan

You can see the details above of this piece by Anne Ryan.

Being made of fabrics, it has a wonderful texture!  It has obvious colours but I struggled to think if I actually had any of these colours.

Then I thought of this rainbow checked skirt I have with a grainy texture. The colours aren't right but it's the general effect. A Chambray denim skirt matches the background blue colour- both items are charity shopped.

I picked out the navy blue from the egg patchwork in my leggings from eco-brand Thought and added these new sandals from Lotus which I bought second-hand on eBay which have an interesting beaded pattern which could be said to resemble a patchwork in a sense and perhaps pick out that browny shade.

 I WISH I still had the sandals in THIS post as they are made of textured patchwork fabric! What happened to them?

I added some Esoteric London wood and leather earrings because the wood and the silver colour seem to be present in the patchwork.

I am aware that I probably should have ironed this but since I was wearing it for a day working at home, there seemed no point. I rarely iron anything so why change the habit of a lifetime?

Head over to Daenel's at some point tomorrow to see how everyone else interpreted it.

xx

Style Imitating Art meets TARDIS Tuesday from the Crimson Horror

Today for Style Imitating Art, Salazar has chosen this wonderful picture entitled "Tripe Portrait of Charles II"- It is by Kehinde Wiley who many people might know because of the portrait he did of President Obama (Oh how I miss Obama- when will the Trump reign of doom end? And I'm not even American!).  His paintings, Salazar writes, feature black people posing in the style of the Old Masters.  This one is, of course, a nod to Van Dyck#s Charles I in Three positions.

Kehinde Wiley’s “Triple Portrait of Charles II“,

To my shame, I don't know the original painting, but I LOVE this one! The amazing floral background, the fantastic silver embellished anoraks (I think?!) on the model. It's so powerful and modern!

I'll talk you through my Sartorial choices:

I began with this blue foliage-print playsuit from Urban Outfitters.  It's a screen accurate Clara Oswald piece. It seemed to nod to the background of the picture very well... in my opinion.

Underneath it, I wore a black cut-out detail t-shirt bought secondhand but from Tu at Sainsbury's. I thought it was nice to have the cut out detail too- since the black frame  is so embellished.

Next, I wore my silver Aztec eagle necklace as Clara wears hers with the playsuit but also, silver and blue feature highly in the painting so I thought it was very appropriate.

At this point, I thought of a brooch I bought from a vintage shop in Portobello road in very shiny silver metal which is hammered into shape which features 3 musicians which I thought worked quite nicely as a nod to the 3 figures of the man as well as the silver.

I was going to add my silver sequin ballet pumps but after rifling in every possible place, I've not got a clue where they were. Instead I wore my Gold Toms shoes as the gold is fairly neutral and would make a nod to the metallic elements without clashing, since the brooch is so small and far from the shoes.

Finally, I added this cute little vintage shoulder bag.  It is covered in tiny silver/pewtery coloured beads and goes with the light holiday vibe!

And would you like to see how this ties in with TARDIS Tuesday?

Image borrowed from ClaraOswaldcosplay.com

Minus tights and cardigan, the outfit is pretty similar!

Head over to Salazar on Wednesday to see how everyone else interpreted it!

Added:
Please go and see my friend Mike's outfit for this.  His post is wonderful!

Style Imitating Art outfit- Liberty Head

Hello all,

I've spent practically the whole day from 9am till about 8pm doing cleaning, tidying and watering of garden! I am therefore knackered!

I thought I'd get in early with my submission for Style Imitating Art this week.

 “Liberty Head” by pop artist Peter Max

This Pop art has bright splodges of colour as well as the obvious Lady Liberty!

Here's my submission.

I started with this charity-shopped dress from Boden.  It is supposedly floral but to me, it just looks like splattered paint- it features many of the shades from the painting.

Since, to me, turquoise was the prevalent shade, I added my turquoise Primark cardigan to cover my arms in the sun.

Jewellery-wise, I thought adding my Clara Oswald gold spike necklace and bracelet would be a good nod to Lady Liberty's crown.  This gold face brooch was a gift from my ex-deputy head which I thought had a pop art quality to it.

I added some neutral grey shoes with little gold anchors to tie into the jewellery.

Finally, as a very silly addition JUST for the photo (no, I didn't wear it out, not least because it pinches my head!), I added my Crown and Glory gold crown!

What do you think?

If you would like to join in (Bev, you are wonderful for joining in. Sheila, I am still staring at you...in a Vizzini fashion.  Vix?????, send an email to Kim at fiercefashionblog@gmail.com by next Tuesday.

fiercefashionblog@gmail.com

Style Imitating Art- The Royal Worcester teapot- Second outfit

Hello there,

Remember I posted an outfit the other day based on this wonderful teapot? 

Remember Daenel chose this beautiful Royal Worcester tea pot as the inspiration.

Isn't it gorgeous! 

Teapot {Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access}

I loved this teapot so much I decided to make up a second outfit based on it. One that perhaps is a little less obvious that the inspiration came from here.  It doesn't have to be a direct recreation of the art (and you're not getting me in a Teapot outfit so stop thinking about it!)

Here's what you get instead:

I decided to start with this pretty bird print Dorothy Perkins dress. I haven't worn it in a while as it's been Winter until April so I knew that this would be great to recreate the bird print, even if the colours are a bit different.

From this point, I noticed that the leaves on the dress are a shade of pale blue which links to another section of the teapot, so I added these pale blue shell earrings I've had for about 15 years and a blue shell bracelet.

To add a subtle nod to the black and bronze section of the teapot, I added this black and bronze headband from Primark (also had it a long time).

Finally, the touches of gold were recreated in the same way as my previous outfit by the necklace and bracelet but this time, as it was SUCH  a hot day, I decided to wear my gold sandals from Primark. I bought these back in 2010 for our music camp production of The Boys from Syracuse in which I had a lead part as a noble Grecian lady - you can see the outfit HERE 

What do you think?

Go and visit Daenel's blog today, on Wednesday to see everyone's interpretations at www.Livingoutsidethestacks.com