Art Inspired: Saint John the Baptist Preaching by Mattia Preti
If you’ve been following along this past month, then you know that we’ve been lucky to have Christopher Rico thoughtfully curating our mystical/mythical art inspired fashion series. This week Christopher picked Mattia Preti’s Saint John the Baptist Preaching, painted in 1665. Preti...
Art Inspired: Bathers Watching An Airplane by Pablo Picasso
There’s something about the end of summer that always feels idyllic and a bit like the end of a dream, so I thought that Pablo Picasso’s Bathers Watching An Airplane would be a perfect inspiration for the last week in August. Painted in 1920 during his Neo-Classical and Surrealistic per...
Ode To Grecian Beauty : Nike of Samothrace
My dear friend Lisa, {who just lived through a UK winter} and I are always trading get-away fantasies. Hers is the Greek Isles, and after a snowy cold winter, I might have to agree. In honor of a much needed warm and exotic get-away, today’s style post is inspired by my all-time favorite sculp...
Art Inspired: Christina’s World
Andrew Wyeth painted Christina’s World in 1948 and it was quickly snapped up by MOMA where it received little critical attention because of the momentum of abstract expressionism, but became one of the most well loved paintings of the mid-twentieth century. It’s been said almost everyone...