Hello everyone! To my delight, I was invited by olde_fashioned on behalf of herself and midenianscholar to join them in running the community. As this has quickly become one of my favorite icontests, I immediately agreed ( Read more... )

This is our first art-centered theme, something I would like to do fairly often since there are tons of wonderful paintings that are costume related. ;-) So our third challenge is The Art of James Jacques Joseph Tissot. You can read about him at the Art Renewal Center, and the credit for the all images also goes to the ARC.

( Put even the plainest woman into a beautiful dress and unconsciously she will try to live up to it. )