INSPIRATION ART WORK
Monkey from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, The Met, circa 1890 {public domain}
I selected the inspiration piece for this round of Style Imitating Art. This lithograph is from a set of cards that were used to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. This image is from The Met’s public domain collection. While I do not advocate smoking, I do find it fascinating that trading cards were used to promote tobacco products back in the day. Am I the only one who remembers when that rock hard pink gum used to come with comics? I think it was called Bazooka gum or something like that. Anyway, Allen & Ginter was a tobacco manufacturing plant that was formed in the late 1860s by John Allen and Lewis Ginter. They created and marketed the first cigarette cards for trading and collecting. Fascinating on so many levels…
Honestly, I chose this piece because MONKEY {I seriously heart monkeys} and, well, the lithograph is just so colorful and spring-like. And, since this is my first time curating, I thought I’d go with something fun and colorful, with plenty of room for interpretation.
For more information about the inspiration piece, click here.
TO PARTICIPATE
Everyone’s invited to participate! Send a picture of your Style Imitating Art inspired outfit to me at livingoutsidethestacks@gmail.com by 9PM EST Tuesday, 22 May. I will share the submissions on my blog on Wednesday, 23 May. You don’t have to be a blogger, a photographer, or an instagrammer to join! You just have to love clothes.
Click here, if you’d like a sneak peek at my outfit.
Hope you’ll join the fun!
For more stylish inspiration, check out the following:
- Not Dead Yet Style – Visible Monday
- Not Dressed as a Lamb – I’ll Wear What I Like
- Style Nudge – Shoe and Tell
- Elegance and Mommyhood – Thursday Moda
- A Pocketful of Polka Dots – Fabulous Friday
Where I co-host:
Ageless Style – First Tuesday of the Month
Style Imitating Art – Inspiration piece posted on Mondays with the round-up on Wednesdays
Now go play in your closet,
