FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. --Frank Lloyd Wright

Today's ensemble is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, an architect who designed over 1,000 structures.  He is most well known for his architecture (such as Fallingwater and the Guggenheim), but was involved in much of the interior decoration of his buildings as well, including stained glass.  The modernist style of his glass and structures has inspired design up to the present day, including the stained glass above, and the vintage jacket I'm wearing.

Dress and jacket: vintage, thrifted.

Photo by Hilary Pollack; FLW image from glass-by-design.com

I HAVE A DREAM

Romare Bearden, Martin Luther King - Mountain Top, 1968

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have a dream: that our culture will continue to embrace art as a means of expression, promoting equality, education, and opportunity.

[Image via IFPDA.]

LICHTENSTEIN GIRL

Pop Art looks out into the world.  It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.  --Roy Lichtenstein

This year's costume was inspired by the comic strip paintings of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (whose birthday happened to be on the day I wore this).  I painted my face with Ben-Day dots using lipliner, wore a yellow wig, and turned a wire-framed purse into a makeshift word bubble.

I'm wearing a vintage dress and earrings courtesy of Lydell NYC.

[Lichtenstein images from artsamerica.org and art-glossary.com.]