leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

Songful Style Link Party #17 | “What’s Love Got to Do with It” by Tina Turner

June 26, 2023 / 16 Comments
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
About Songful Style

Songful Style is an ageless style challenge series hosted by Suzy of The Grey Brunette, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. For this series, each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. 

It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own personal interpretation and just a fun way to discover new music and get a little bit more creative with your wardrobe.

Anyone is welcome to join us on a permanent basis or you can just play along without any obligation to do anything other than feel inspired. We are flexible and fun and just want to find more ways to play dress up because it’s what we enjoy doing! 

We will be posting on the last Monday of each month and will announce our song choice for the following month at the end of each post. 

To honor the recently departed Tina Turner, Suzy chose this month’s song which was the biggest selling single of her career, “What’s Love Got to Do with It”. You can find more information about the song in my post here including the lyrics, the official music video and some covers, the history of the song, biographical information about the artist, and a selection of images to inspire your style.

Be sure to check out my songful friends to see how they have paid tribute to Tina Turner.

leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

After doing all of my sartorial research to inspire an outfit that is worthy of the great Tina Turner, I realized that I simply cannot match her extraordinary sense of style. She has showcased some of the most magnificent outfits and costumes during her long career and they all were so uniquely her that it might be kind of blasphemous for anyone else to try to replicate it.

But the outfit she wore in the music video for this song has become so iconic that I would bet most women have all of the essential pieces in their wardrobes. All you really need is a black top, a short black skirt, black stockings, black heels, and a denim jacket. Jazz it up with some sparkly jewels and maybe tease your hair a little taller and you’ve got the look. And since I have nothing else that is Tina-worthy and I dare not try anyway, I took this easy straightforward approach.

This outfit is so iconic, in fact, that it is the one Mattel put on the Tina Turner Barbie.

You may notice that my top is not black. I noticed in similar iterations of this look that Ms. Turner has worn that her top appears to be a black corset. I have lots of black tops that would have worked just fine, but I really liked the sassiness of the corset and purple is what I’ve got.

I paired it with a thrifted faux leather skirt and preloved denim jacket. I wore black stockings with a back seam and pretty design because Tina didn’t ever wear just plain old boring solid stockings. And as much as I dislike plain old boring black shoes, I opted for plain old boring black heels. I was going to wear traditional black pumps like Tina’s but I just couldn’t be that boring so I chose black platform heels with a bit of a strappy detail.

Staying in tune with my purple theme, I grabbed all of my brooches that had purples and blues and pinned them on my denim jacket. Then I added some big sparkly costume earrings and necklace and put my hair in a high ponytail with a big velvet scrunchie, 80’s style.

This was fun to style but it is really not my style. It obviously must have been my style at some point though since I had all the things to create the style.

One thing I did realize after wearing this outfit is that I might be at the end of my high heel days. My feet don’t really like them anymore and I don’t really like them anymore. But I do still enjoy a good game of playing dress up with my friends! So until I need the space for something else or I move, I’ll keep my closet playroom filled with all the things.

leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
leather skirt, corset, seamed pantyhose, denim jacket, inspired by Tina Turner, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

Farewell, Ms. Tina, you have been an inspiration to all.

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If you would like to join us for next month’s Songful Style challenge, we will be hosting a link party on July 24, 2023, featuring our outfits inspired by my song choice, “Freak Flag” by Here Come the Mummies. I will share more details about the song in about two weeks. Until then, happy styling!

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

Joining these Fabulous Link Parties. 

Outfit Details: Denim Jacket and Skirt-Thrifted / Corset-Adore Me / Necklace and Earrings-Happiness Boutique / Shoes-Payless / Brooches and Stockings-Old

I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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