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Songful Style Link Party 8 | “Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

September 26, 2022 / 24 Comments
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Marsha, Suzy, and I are back with our eighth Songful Style Link Party where we combine our love for music and fashion into one songfully sartorial post. This month’s song, “Over the Rainbow” by Hawaiian musician, singer, songwriter, and sovereignty activist Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, was chosen by Marsha to inspire our outfits. You can read more here about the history of this classic song, the details of this fascinating artist, and how he gave new life to an old tune making it one the most recognizable songs in commercials, television shows, and movies.

About Songful Style

Songful Style is a new ageless style challenge series hosted by Suzy of The Grey Brunette, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle.

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. 

Be sure to check out my fabulous friends and how they have interpreted this song into style…just click their blog links for more songful style inspiration! 

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My outfit for this challenge was inspired by the main lyrics and title of the song as well as the artist’s Hawaiian origins.

“Over the Rainbow” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Version)
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dream of
Once in a lullaby, oh

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dream of
Dreams really do come true-ooh-ooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that's where
You'll find me, oh

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to
Oh why, oh why can't I? I

Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to
Why, oh why can't I? I

Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ah-ah-eh-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

I decided to layer a tropical floral printed kimono over a colorfully striped sundress. While the stripes are not in the colors of a rainbow, I always refer to this particular dress as my rainbow striped dress so it made sense for it to represent the rainbow part of this song. The tropical floral print on my kimono reminds me of some far off island paradise like Hawaii so it also made perfect sense to wear it somewhere over the rainbow dress. That somewhere happened to be the gardens behind the Jefferson County Historical Society about a mile from my house. But that was as far as I was willing to travel for these photos as I am still recovering from this wicked crud that my boys brought home from school for me. Thanks boys, I really appreciate it. Ha. Actually, they have been super sweet to me all weekend, taking great care of their ailing mama.

I accessorized with my green floral slippers, my bright straw bag, a colorful multi layered necklace, and my tagua nut earrings from Big Earrings. I specifically chose these earrings because tagua nuts grow in tropical places ranging from southern Central America to South America. Although these nutty earrings are not native to Hawaii, I still think they added a little extra to the tropical vibe of my outfit. And if they didn’t, they at least kept with the rainbow theme.

I love the way this look turned out, however, it is getting too cold now to wear such things so this outfit was photographed and then quickly put back on hangers until next spring. Until then, I shall be dreaming of warm paradises that exist somewhere over the rainbow.

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What would you wear to take a trip somewhere over the rainbow?

If you would like to join us for next month’s Songful Style challenge, we will be hosting a link party on October 31, 2022, featuring our outfits inspired by Suzy’s song choice, “Look What You Made Me Do” by the very inspiring and extraordinarily talented Miss Taylor Swift. I will share more details tomorrow about this song to help inspire your next outfit creation. Happy styling!

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Outfit Details: Dress and Necklace-Torrid / Robe-Target / Shoes-New Chic / Earrings-Big Earrings / Bag-Burlington Coat Factory

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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