Friday Favourites

Inspired by 'Music' by Gustav Klimt

Inspired by 'The Girl With The Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer

Inspired by 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' by Pablo Picasso

Inspired by 'Young Mother Sewing' by Mary Cassatt

Inspired by 'Sunflowers' by Vincent Van Gogh

Inspired by 'Wheat Field Cypresses' by Birthday boy.... Vincent Van Gogh  

Matching your accessories to your outfit is one thing, but pulling together an outfit by matching it to your favourite fine art piece is a whole new ball game to us (not that we would wear a cute art inspired outfit to a ball game). These outfits were put together by Georgina M., a art history grad who has created numerous art inspired outfits on the popular fashion blog 'Polyvore'. Georgina interprets the colors, mood, pattern and movement of the fine art piece into articles of clothing, with fabrics and cuts that are conveyed in the original art piece.  Sometimes she finds a modern take on the clothing worn in the art, while other times, when no figure/clothing is depicted, she translates the artwork into an outfit that expresses the core of the piece.

How inspiring is this idea? We have a great collection of fine art pieces in the shop, that would sure make for a super awesome outfit. If you already have a painting in mind but are lacking in the accessory department, don't fret, we are quite certain we'll have what your looking for to complete your 'masterpiece'.  Putting outfits together in the morning just became a whole lot easier (as long as people keep creating art pieces :) just a grab a art history book (we know you have several just lying about your home....right?) and match it up to your clothes, just don't try to mimic the art work too much, we don't want to be to blame for anyone walking around with makeup done a la Picasso!

And being Vincent Van Gogh's birthday today, perhaps you can start off by creating an outfit inspired by one of his beloved masterpieces!

If you create an art inspired outfit we'd love to see it! Post it on our Facebook page or email us at artistswalk@gmail.com

Have a lovely weekend and we hope to see you soon (as walking paintings of course)

For more art inspired outfit's check out http://georgina-m.polyvore.com/