tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

Songful Style Link Party 9 | “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift

October 31, 2022 / 32 Comments
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

Marsha, Suzy, and I are back with our ninth Songful Style Link Party where we combine our love for music and fashion into one songfully sartorial post. This month’s song, “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift was chosen by Suzy to inspire our outfits. You can read more here about the history of this memorable comeback song, some details about this empowering female artist, and how she has become one of the best selling music artists of all time at only 32 years old.

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! 

My outfit was inspired by Taylor’s look that you can see 1:35 into the music video. Since most of the video is set in a cemetery, I decided to use that as a background instead of an indoor location. We actually drove round and round the cemetery looking for a headstone that said either “Taylor” or “Swift” but we had no luck! Instead we got “Flanagan” and “Bradley”. May they rest in peace. Along with Taylor Swift’s reputation.

tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

There is so much brilliant outfit inspiration in this video that I struggled a bit figuring out where to begin. So I went through the video and took a screenshot of each of the different outfits that Taylor wears in it. Then I headed into my closet room to see what kind of sartorial sorcery I could stir up. I actually have quite a few wardrobe pieces that are similar to Taylor’s but most of mine are thrifted or clearance items where hers most likely are not.

Here’s a sampling of the artist’s outfits from the music video.

After going through my closet and taking into account the weather, I decided her cat outfit would be something fun that I could manage to put together easily. I had the tall red stiletto boots (mine were $10 on an end of season clearance sale) and I had a tiger sweatshirt (also purchased on clearance for less than $20). I do not have a cat mask but I do have a kitten hat (purchased at wholesale for less than $5). And with those three key elements on hand, the rest of this look fell into place like magic.

I wore a black turtleneck tunic and black biker shorts for my base layer. Since my kitten hat is all bedazzled with sparkles (like Taylor’s tiger sweatshirt), I thought a pile of crystal and pearl necklaces would be super fun. I love the way the crystals lay right between the tiger’s eyes like she is a regal animal empress. And I love that today is Halloween and I am sharing an outfit that could absolutely pass for a costume or just a regular outfit. Meow.

tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, red patent otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

After I had this outfit on and took the photos, I realized that other than the heels this was a really comfortable outfit for a day of running kids around. Ralph had a birthday party that evening and I had to run him to Target for a gift before dropping him off. I decided that I would keep this outfit on but change my boots to more comfortable ones. So I went for over the knee boots in pale pink that have a block heel in rose gold. The block heel was way better for walking through Target.

My favorite part of this outfit is this story…

As we were driving to the birthday party, Ralph looked over at me and said, “Mom, my friends and the parents at this party are going to think you’re my older sister not my mom.” When I asked him why, he replied, “Because you look like a teenager in that outfit.” I asked if that was bad and he said, “Nope! I like it!” I have taught him well…no matter what your age is, you should wear whatever makes you feel happy (and elicits compliments from kids)! I think all of us could benefit from the perspective of children. We should listen to them more.

tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, pink otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, pink otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, pink otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, pink otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge
tiger sweatshirt, biker shorts, over the knee boots, pink otk boots, inspired by Taylor Swift, Songful Style, Shelbee on the Edge

If you would like to join us for next month’s Songful Style challenge, we will be hosting a link party on November 28, 2022, featuring our outfits inspired by my song choice, Witch Doctor performed by Ross Bagdasarian, under his stage name David Seville (from Alvin and the Chipmunks). I will share more details about this song later in the month to help inspire your next outfit creation. Happy styling!

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.” 

Taylor Swift
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Shelbee

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Outfit Details: Biker Shorts and Tiger Sweatshirt-Torrid / Turtleneck-Shelbee’s Shop / Red Boots-Shoe Dazzle / Pink Boots-Charlotte Russe / Hat-Wona Trading / Crystal Earrings and Necklace-Happiness Boutique / Pearl Necklace-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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