Songful Style Link Party #27 | “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen

About Songful Style

Songful Style is an ageless style challenge series hosted by Suzy of Suzy Turner, 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. 

I chose this month’s song and here’s why…

Sadly, I am a flat bottomed girl rather than a fat bottomed girl. But like Freddie Mercury, I have a great affinity for fat bottomed girls. And boys. I admire a nice plump roundness of the buttocks and I have no problem voicing that admiration to friends or strangers. I have approached unknown people in public to compliment their butts more times than I can recall. Sometimes they think I’m weird but usually they take the compliment with grace and kindness especially after I explain that I have a very flat butt and so my admiration is genuine. I have even had partners of fat bottomed folks enthusiastically agree with my unsolicited compliments. So if you have a little extra curviness in your bum area, you really should proud of that fact. There are folks out here who admire your shape with a little bit of envy!

So how in the world do I style an outfit inspired by a song called “Fat Bottomed Girls” when I don’t even have the right bottom to represent the lyrics? I could have taken the easy way out and styled my Queen tee shirt but I am not really a fan of easy style challenges. The more difficult the challenge, the more inspired I become!

First, I ditched the lyrics completely as inspiration for my outfit. Next, I went into my closet room and consulted the spirit of Freddie. I quietly chanted to myself, “What would Freddie wear? What would Freddie wear? What would Freddie wear?” It worked because I do believe that he guided me directly to this leathery combination.

These black faux leather trousers were in a bag of clothing to be discarded. But I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to dispose of the things in this particular bag so it was parked in the middle of my closet room floor. I grabbed out the pants and paired them with my ivory platform boots because the boots feel bold enough for Freddie.

Since Freddie often performed topless, I decided a sheer top would be a suitable way to represent his shirtlessness without being topless myself. As a nod to his colorful style, I added a hot pink bralette under a black lacy tank top with fringe. Freddie also had quite an extensive collection of leather motorcycle jackets in a variety of colors. I, too, have a few more motorcycle jackets than necessary so I added an old thrifted ivory one to coordinate with my boots. My rainbow straw hat and rainbow belt seemed like appropriate ways to add a bit more of Freddie’s exuberance to this sassy outfit. I finished it off with my purple Teddy Blake bag and bright pink feather earrings to coordinate with my bralette and add another hint of neon to this mostly black and white outfit.

After creating this outfit, I am questioning my decision to ditch these trousers. I feel like they don’t really suit my current bohemian style aesthetic very well. But maybe they do. I like the way they look and they are very comfortable so might keep them until fall and decide their fate then.

How did I do? I think Freddie would approve!

Please be sure to check out how my songful friends have styled their outfits inspired by Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls”.

• Marsha of Marsha in the Middle
• Suzy of Suzy Turner, The Grey Brunette

Also, be sure to stop back on June 24, 2024, for our next Songful Style challenge. We will be creating outfits inspired by “Record Player” by Daisy the Great x AJR chosen by Marsha.

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Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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