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Monday, January 03, 2011

Art on the streets






My jaw dropped when I stumbled across this color comparison series, where Miss Moss matches street style photographs with old-school artwork. Bravo!

(See many more here.)

136 comments:

  1. Ooh fabulous find! I adore the comparison of Wes Anderson. xo Lola

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  2. Wow! those are amazing...The 3rd one is my favourite. Happy New Year, Joanna:)
    Kisses

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  3. That's so clever! I love the first three....

    windeater.blogspot.com

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  4. I love this! This is absolutely wonderful. xo

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  5. This is great. Have you heard of Amateur Couture? She does something similar, it's amaaaazing.

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  6. ooh this is lovely!

    stop by and enter my NIVEA giveaway: http://lachapstickfanatique.blogspot.com

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  7. this is great! very inspiring and love the looks. happy new year, joanna! xo

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  8. Well this is awesome! I love when people can see seemingly unrelated correlations like this. Beautiful!

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  9. Hi there, I am a british style blogger, new here and obsessed by beautiful colours and the recent fashion for richer tones brought about by the fabulous Mad Men series which has made me soo happy!These mini montages are wonderful and have inspired me to keep squirrelling away as many design's as I can in these colours! Sharon

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  10. Good stuff! It is a fabulous idea, very original!
    Thanks for sharing!=)

    amatutare.wordpress.com

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  11. I love these! I do a similar series with street style/space shots.

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  12. wow so pretty! i love the color match-ups. i love seeing fine art next to daily expressions art of fashion. thanks :)

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  13. What a brilliant comparison!!

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  14. What a beautiful comparsion project! That's so cool somebody noticed it!! =)

    Melanie's Randomness

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  15. Massively cool!

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  16. What a neat idea, and very well executed!

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  17. miss moss has such a beautiful blog! I'm a big fan.

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  18. those are absolutely incredible. what a beautiful find. here's to a year filled with color and creativity!

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  19. Wow! This is fabulous!! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  20. Very cool!

    p.s. glad you got the "bug" out of yer blog!

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  21. ahhh, i just love wes anderson.

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  22. It is like they should be carrying that art with them as they stroll.

    Just beautiful.

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  23. Nice pairings....very clever.

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  24. How clever are they? What a great find - I went straight over to Miss Moss's blog to drool at some more.

    I love the one of the green skirt next to the Toulouse-Lautrec. Amazing colours!

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  25. Ooh, I adore this!
    I wonder who I would be paired with? Hopefully not Dali. Or Botero!! Shudder~~~

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  26. Brilliant! I love that they used Andy from stylescrapbook! love her!

    xx

    http://www.annawithlove.com

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  27. Oh I love Miss Moss! This is truly brilliant and visually pleasing!

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  28. Wow! This is right up my alley! So cool

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  29. That's so cool... I've only ever seen it done with matching a room to an outfit.

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  30. Very visually pleasing! I really like the playing with color and outfits. They really do echo each other but in a strange way.

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  31. wow what a beautiful posts! so well put together! FAN!

    xoxo Haleigh in Paris @ Making Magique your big new fan :-)

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  32. GASP! I don't know what else to say!

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  33. Naomi Goodman3:04 PM

    You do know this is the best, right? I mean you should go treat yourself to some kind of decadent little something.

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  34. Happy New Year!

    This looks fun.

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  35. These are so awesome!

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  36. This really is all kinds of awesome.

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  37. Oh yeah that's fab! Love the Atonement one

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  38. these are so well done!

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  39. ahahaha wow!! these are soo neat!!!

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  40. oh I LOVE this!! xx

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  41. Wow. I am blown away by this! I find something different and wonderful about it everytime I go back and look at it. How original!

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  42. how pretty and clever!

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  43. How utterly delightful!!

    xo,
    A

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  44. Thanks for sharing! This is so clever!

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  45. So cool! I love seeing art in the streets.

    - Lauren

    Ladaisi Blog

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  46. these are incredible! thanks for posting!

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  47. uuuu really lovely post! impressive! :)

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  48. So neat thanks for sharing.

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  49. Anonymous7:26 PM

    This is lovely!

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  50. Very cool, but then dressing like that is a fine art..

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  51. Wow. This is so interesting. I guess life is really influenced by art. :)

    xoxo,
    Karina
    Dreaming of Palm Trees

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  52. Neat concept! I started a blog a few months back where I take and outfit and make a room inspired by that outfit.

    http://dressmyroom.blogspot.com/

    cheers!
    Deb

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  53. Wow! I love these comparisons... so very interesting and beautiful!

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  54. Ohhh my goodness that's the neatest thing EVER.

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  55. if you love that you'll love this....i hope so anyway.

    http://www.amateurcouture.com

    m.fay

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  56. how fun is this?!! Love it. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  57. brava is right! so beautifully creative

    www.ThePantryDrawer.com

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  58. Now, that's someone who really has a great eye and took the time to make something lovely for us to enjoy. thanks so much.

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  59. i think if i put on that fuzzy pink sweater i'd float into the sky and instantly know how to speak french.

    snazzy post!

    www.luvandkiwi.com

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  60. i LOVE this. absolutely love it.

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  61. Oh wow..this is a pretty special find. I love how much art can fit into everyday life. I just ordered my copy of The Sartorialist from Amazon. Can't wait!

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  62. How cool! It's nice to compare and contrast the outfit and work of art she matches together.

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  63. This is breathtakingly wonderful! I love when people see stuff like this in every day life! This really is a great art find!

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  64. Love the colors and vintage feel of these looks.

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  65. the third photo reminds me that
    i just bought "The Sartorialist" book by cott Schuman because i also love blog so much just like everyone did
    amazing photos

    http://pinklemonincrystal.blogspot.com

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  66. Very direct fashion imitating art. Great photos!

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  67. thank you so much for posting this joanna! such a great celebration of the then + now!
    xoxo,
    marissa

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  68. oh wow, these are awesome! and double wow! Miss Moss is from my home town! love her blog :)

    missmollyfashions.blogspot.com

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  69. Great idea!
    looks amazing...
    xx Lea

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  70. i love this pics
    I follow you, hope you'll do the same

    silvie
    http://oneadaysilvie.blogspot.com/

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  71. Brilliant! Such a neat idea! Happy New Year!

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  72. That beret is the height of chic!

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  73. Wow, perfect!

    Xo Mandy

    http://mandykoster.blogspot.com

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  74. This is a pretty nice collection.
    Well thought out and very chic!

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  75. Oh, wow, I love these juxtapositions! This is a lot like what I do on my blog, each outfit has an inspirational artwork. Thanks for sharing!

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  76. This makes me want to do this with my site!

    http://steelcitystreetstyles.blogspot.com

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  77. Oh my, I absolutely LOVE this, so inspiring! Thank you for sharing :)

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  78. WOW! This is amazing and awesome.

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  79. THIS IS AWESOME! I feel totally inspired- I'm copying this! I've decided to make this a project for the year- check it out on my blog- http://lindseyandorlando.blogspot.com/2011/01/12-months-12-paintings-12-outfits.html

    Thanks for the beautiful ideas!!!

    xo
    lindsey

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  80. Hi

    We LOVE this post! How clever and gorgeous.

    We are looking forward to following your blog this year now that we have gladly found you.

    SisterBatik create pillows, loving to fill spaces with our snuggly, ecclectic and dreamy pillows. We would love you to visit our blog and see what we make.

    With warm wishes

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    http://sisterbatik.blogspot.com/

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  81. I love how the outfits seem to be stollen fragments of the artists images... brilliant idea.

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  82. Beautiful pictures!!

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  83. A very creative idea!
    I like #3 & #4 the best. Especially #3 - the look and way the person is dressed in the photograph has the same vintage/European vibe as the artwork.
    Always cool to see innovative fashion/photography sites!

    Lulu
    FashionFlirts.com

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  84. This is brilliant, I love the last one with the soft pink sweater and cream pants. I would totally rock that outfit!

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  85. these are so fabulous!! i think i like the 5th one the best. so creative!

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  86. That is sooo cool! Love each and every single one! Thanks for sharing, viele Gruesse,
    Kristina

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  87. oh wow - that is gorgeous! I love all the rest of the series also. What a creative idea. :)

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  88. fantastic idea, how amazing they look!

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  89. Aw, these pictures and matches really are a great idea!

    -CK

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  90. I love the old advertising in your post. thank you and a Happy New year 2011. juergen

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  91. love looking at this but does it not look like the top girl is pregnant with a cigarette in her hand ?? yikes

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  92. i love the first girls outfit!

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  94. These are fantastic. Considering we live in a world that is constantly putting images in front of us, these are beautiful and inspirational while presented in a truly unique way!

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  95. These are great!

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  96. W0o0W, interesting...

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  97. love these all
    smanks for sharing

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  98. These are incredible images! I am completely inspired. Thanks so much for posting!

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  99. What a unique way to look at fashion style and complementing it with this unique painting and photographs. Very Inspiring! Thanks for sharing.

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  100. I love love love miss moss!!!

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  101. The time it must have took to put something like this together is quite impressive!! The comparisons are spot on as well. Great feature :)

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  102. amazing! i love the full length green skirt.

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  103. She is brilliant! Classic example of art imitating life in the most visually stimulating, inspiring way! I especially Love the english garden photography comparisons. xo Samantha

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  104. These are such cute comparisons and what a great idea! It'd be a cute fashion challenge to try and dress like in famous paintings (like "inspired by..." posts). Great post, thanks for sharing!

    Tasia
    http://rufflesandsequins.blogspot.com

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  105. Absolutely beautiful. To take vintage art and mix it up with vintage clothes...Miss Moss is speaking my language!
    Flawless execution and fantastic color matching. Where is the subscribe button? Thanks for sharing.

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  106. LOVE this!!

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  109. This is absolutely amazing!!

    xoxo,
    Nicole
    PublicSmiles.blogspot.com

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  110. Thank you for sharing a nice article.
    seslisohbet

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  111. Oh this is one of my favorite posts!
    I love comparing Art on the Streets!
    Amazing pics!


    Pearl

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