art inspired: walk like an egyptian
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Today I thought it would be fun to celebrate our 51st art inspired fashion post with a painting from the pyramids. This one shows Anubis, the Eygptian god of the dead (represented as a man with a jackal's head) in the throes of embalming, and it seemed like a perfect inspiration for our Summer '12 season of gold accessories, dramatic eyes, bronze makeup, strappy gladiator sandals, and cuffs galore. I also thought Anubis' striped tee with a soft blue sweater worn preppie-style around the shoulders was a genius pairing with his gold skirt.
Lately I've been fascinated by all things Egyptian. If you think back on what you may have seen of ancient Egyptian art, no matter the time period, it all seems to follow a certain geometric similarity as if it obeyed one law--the legs and head of the character were always drawn in profile, with the eye drawn in full, while the body is always seen from the front. It's as if no one wanted anything different and there was no importance on being 'original'. All that was good and beautiful in the age of the pyramids is just as excellent a thousand years later. It makes you wonder how we got so far from this concept...
Splendid stripe t shirt, $64
Gucci leather skirt, $825
Jimmy Choo strappy sandals, $275
Yves Saint Laurent enamel bangle, $417
Cuff bangle, $1,745
Dolce Gabbana bronzing powder, £33
NARS Cosmetics lip gloss, $26
Giorgio Armani eyeliner, $31
Labels: art inspired fashion post
posted by Mary Jo at TrustYourStyle at
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
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33 Comments:
love that gold skirt.
Adore this one!! I have to say, I'm a big Egypt lover..I really love learning about it any time I can!! It's one of the times of history that I can't get enough of! Would have been amazing to live back at that time and see the pyramids and everything. I will take that skirt and bangles :))) Wonderful. Hope your week is going beautifully so far!! xox
Love the inspiration and the look, especially that spectacular skirt!
xoxox,
CC
I've always loved Ancient Egypt and when I was younger I actually remembered a lot of details and stories by heart with a particular love and admiration for Nefertiti and that sculpture portrair of her.
You know, you can find a beautiful cream and gold dragonfly cuff on Massimo Dutti website - it could fit the brief, but cost less then £50. :)
xxx
What a surprise Mary Jo - another fabulous post.
I love that skirt you chose. I want it, only no sunshine here, so it would be rather difficult to wear it in the London showers.
Have a lovely rest of the week.
Red xx
This is fabulous Mary Jo! I've always been so fascinated with Egypt. Ever since I was little. I went to see the King Tut exhibit at the Discovery Times Square last year and it was so fabulous to get to see everything that I had dreamed of as a child in person.
And I'm just loving this look you pulled together. It's perfect! I really want {actually NEED} the skirt, cuff and strappy sandals :)
Happy Wednesday! xoxo
I love this post as I'm totally fascinated with the Egyptian wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The richness and the geometry is amazing to me. That skirt and those cuffs are gorgeous. Hope you're having an amazing week Mary Jo!
Rowena @ rolala loves
wow... that skirt!!!
xo
MOSAMUSE
MOSAMUSE.com
Love this post! Actually bought myself another pair of gold flats yesterday...you can wear gold to everything! Love Caroline
Love how you've put the casual blue t-shirt with the brass-gold skirt, genius. I considered buying that Marc Jacobs version of a leather gold skirt but was clueless as how to wear it and took it back. Egypt is my favourite place ever, spent six weeks there when I was single.
Love the egyptian history bit, but the fashion things?
Then I looked more closely.
£275 for a pair of bloody sandals?
The most I've ever paid for shoes was £85 2 years ago, and I still wear them to work most days. Those sandals look as if they wouldn't protect you from any part of the natural world, while my shoes could easily deflect a strike from the deadly Bushmaster snake. (I know that there's no snakes here in new Zealand, but it's the principle of the thing)
And just look at the design closely. They're based on jandals (or thongs as the Brits would say) and that bit poking through between your toes is not the most comfortable method of securing soles to feet.
Look, I know I'm just a guy, but ...£825 for a skirt??
I just don't believe it!
*turns purple*
Sigh.
*retires depressed at the state of the world*
I'd love to visit Egypt one day. My mom was there last summer and she loved it. Btw: That tee is amazing! Muah, sweetie.
Haha, point taken but these pieces are meant to be inspirational and mostly can be sourced for much less at the mall...
xo Mary Jo
love the items
Travel in Style
I love this. Love how you're inspired by ancient art, I studied Classics myself so I find art inspiring too x
those sandals! i've always wanted to wear gladiator sandals. i tried on a pair.
once.
just once.
oh dear god, the salesman had to turn away...
no, no....no!
but if i had mary jo's legs i'd never take them off.
LOVE this one! I would wear every piece!
Thank you so much, Mary Jo for your lovely comment! You are very sweet!
I love everything about Egypt and I hope to see the pyramids one day! This post is wonderful!! Love the outfit you have created!!
Hugs and kisses
The egyptian history is so interesting.
Love these pieces, they are absolutely gorgeous.
Perfect skirt and t-shirt.
xo
I LOVE that skirt and the makeup you've selected - so gorgeous! I have always adored Egyptian pieces (like the art featured here), and am obsessed with Cleopatra, so this is one of my favorite posts of yours yet! :)
It's funny... Whenever you see the "Walk like an Egyptian" you have the entire song in mind and can't stop humming.... Thank you! ;) LOL
Great fan of the colors and fabrics, putted very well together. Blue and gold is a combination that is hard to resist this summer!
xx
A metallic mini with gladiator flats -- yes, please. And I'm all about the bangles too!
I've always been fascinated with Ancient Egypt and still want to learn more about it. I loved it when I visited the Egypt section at the British Museum. A cuff from Hallhuber that I bought last year in Berlin is as far as I'm willing to go when it comes to gold items in my wardrobe for now. :)
Ada
Yes. Yes. Yes! The heavy jet black eyeliner, the metallic gold accents... it's all working for me. I've never thought about Ancient Egyptian art being a bit redundant, but that's so true, especially for a people who were so innovative with their monuments and statues. It seems like their art was merely used for story telling.
the cuffs are perfect
I've always loved all things ancient Egyptian. Love your take on the look.
love these picks, that ysl cuff is so gorgeous!
I've never been in Egypt but it's definitely on my list! I admire it's past and culture. I don't have so many Egyptian pieces in my wardrobe but once I got a beautiful golden bracelet with a head of Nefertiti on it. Your post made me think about it:)
Xx
Alexandra
www.fashion-bridge.blogspot.com
This is such a great style for this summer. I love the gold skirt!!!
Best Regards
Miss Margaret Cruzemark
http://margaretcruzemark.blogspot.com/
Love this look!
Very nice blog, we can follow each other? =) xx
LOVE that YSL cuff!
xx
Quiet Luxury
oh my, how gorgeous is that gold skirt?!!! i'm so in love with it. and i never though about pairing blue/white stripes with metallic, especially gold. this is lovely, Mary Jo!
http://spinning-threads.blogspot.com
Love that skirt!
xx.
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