Imitating Art

2019-05-17 15:01

From blog Bleu Avenue

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Imitating Art

I can't remember a time when I didn't love Pre-Raphaelite art.John William Waterhouse has always been my favorite artist of the movement even though he wasn't really part of the core brotherhood. What I haven't always been a fan of is velvet. In fact, I have only owned one velvet dress up to now and that was given to me as a Christmas dress, handmade by a family member so I didn't really have a choice in the matter. I didn't mind, but I also didn't have any desire to own anything else velvet....until I saw this dress. As soon as I saw it, my love of the PRB trumped my apathy for velvet. This dress looks like it came dancing out of one of Waterhouse's or...

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