Woke up this morning all agog to see everyone's (overnight, for me!) interpretations. Thank you, Bella, for all the excitement and insight and sheer rollicking fun!
Denise, Sveta --- I'll take a bow! Thank you ever so kindly for the compliments! Funny thing how that pretty ancient tunic feels so much more 'ME' than many other newer garments I own; guess that's why it stays and survives umpteen purges, as a placeholder in my 'style sweetspot'...
Suz and Denise and Amy, love how you managed to get a line-up of elephants and not just the solitary trunk! Really makes a difference, I think, because in a sense we're looking at a group photo, imbued with a sense of community which repeating the motif manages to convey so well.
Astrid, love how you picked up the distant green in the photo. I'd been struggling to find a way to do that! While most of us went for the sky, I think you're the one with the most 'down-to-earth' interpretation of the photo, with the sand and the trees and scrub foregrounded. Such a great about-the-house outfit too! I'm definitely taking notes and saving this for future inspiration!
Bella, how could anyone forget *that* dress. Like the memory of elephants, it is legendary! But what you've come up with instead is so perfect, I can't say I'm missing the dress at all when I look at you. Those grey pants are just so spot-on! And I love how you interpret texture as visual rather than tactile, which is of course entirely true to photography as an art! So amazingly inspiring! Thanks for the reminder.
Suz, I love your scarf so much, and the way you've draped it to hang down the front. And your *Sand* booties too are picture-perfect for this!
Denise, blown away by that blouse!! WOW! The sheer fluidity is amazingly evocative of both sky and water here... And I'm a little misty-eyed (to match the haze) at your musings about your mother's pendant --- whose organic quality also matches the mood. You look as beautiful and poignant as the inspiration Bella set up.
And Dianthus has easily the most poetic interpretation of all so far. Way to capture the mood with no reliance on palette and texture and pattern! I'm so impressed!
Jonesy, you do good painting. Loving the sound of your outfit, especially the vest.
Love the colours and shifting colours of JJ's pants, and the rugged associations of that jacket, the reflective silver-grey sandals. JJ, take care of that leg.
Aida, I think you have the most novel interpretation --- straightened hair! By the way, how do you straighten? It doesn't look completely flat-ironed...though I have zero experience with these devices. You look beautiful, and so touching to salute your mother and your heritage this way.
Marcy, I hope you wear this outfit out of the house! Why wouldn't you? Love it so much --- the layering of colours is, to me, the best interpretation of the changing colours of that darkening sky. Divine, in and of itself, particularly with the tint of your hair.
L'Abeille, so good to see you, *and* your mom. Love your outfit, one of the most casual, easy, laidback interpretations... and can I say you're beautiful? And admiring your mom's creativity --- this is a stellar lesson in SYC, isn't it? If you don't have something in your closet that's the 'right' colour or shape or texture, think laterally! LOVE what she's done there, focusing on just one pivotal aspect of the photo (place), and spinning everything else (time, 'persons') around to suit HER wardrobe.
Jenava, beautiful ring! And perfect shoes! The colours of your outfit tone so well with the undertones of your complexion and eyes too. Pity about the sweater, but maybe it can be mended?
Sveta, that is SMASHING! All the textures and even shapes are so evocative of the elements in that photo, down to the beads and round metal rivets. And it's a very *Sveta* outfit, on top of working with the challenge too. I bet you could wear this to work or evening out equally well.
Amy, so admiring your talent for making your own 'haze'! You clearly had fun posing! (I'm thinking we all had great fun with this --- Bella, can't stop thanking you --- and Amy's obvious playfulness really shows it.) Yours must be the prettiest, sweetest interpretation of all. You look enchanting. It's the kind of easy, breezy, feminine-detailed outfit that would make me smile all day.
I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings! Can you guys? Maybe I'm just extra charmed and excited and awed because this is the first such challenge I've actually seen *in action* since finding YLF --- but I can't imagine this getting old.
This community is so amazing, and this is such a great reminder of that. (Thanks, Angie and Greg! Hope you're proud as peacocks and pleased as punch with the success of this party you're hosting!)
