FASHION LYRICS: A Group Song

While I am still on holiday and celebrating my birthday I wanted to do something a bit different on my blog. Instead of one guest post, I decided to ask a group of bloggers to be inspired by music, and then interpret it in their outfits by a song title or lyric. I hope that you like it as much as I do! I miss you all and will be back before you can say... Comme des Garçons!  

Just as art inspires me, music influences my work, and life, particularly lyrics. I invite you to view below what these featured ladies have on their style-tunes.   ~Love, Ladyofashion
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"She don't believe in shooting stars, but she believe in shoes and cars."
-Kanye West, Flashing Lights

"I LOVE this song and I think it'll always be one of my favorite Kanye songs (and songs in general). It's a bit dark in nature but it makes me move every single time."

~ Ashley4Emergy 

"...it ain't everyday you get to give"

-K'Naan, Take Minute

I had the extreme pleasure to hear in concert the original version of the song "Take a Minute."  K'Naan came to the U.S. with his family fleeing the civil war in Somalia and he explained the gravity of these words to us. There are so many people on this planet trying to survive, people who are sick, scared, hungry, in the middle of war just trying to live and so the ability to give is a gift, and if you can give no matter how big or small you are in a special place.

"I chose to represent the lyrics with an image of my new tattoo inspired by The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Not only is this small book a beautiful story on giving but the tattoo is in honor of my brother, my mama, and my aunt. My brother was the giving tree in grammar school and I have a very clear memory of my mama and aunt carefully making his costume well into the late hours of the night.  In "Take a Minute" there is another lyric and it aptly sums up the tattoo's other meaning: Dear mama, you helped me write this by showing me to give is priceless. I'm so lucky to have my mama, aunt and brother still teaching me the lesson of giving. "

~Jamillah, Made-to-Travel

Rhapsody in Blue

-George Gershwin

"This tunic reminds me of Gershwin’s classic tune and one of my favorite songs, not just for the touches of color, but for the swirling design which calls to mind the vision I get whenever I hear “Rhapsody in Blue”: that of a glamorous 1920s American society in all of its “metropolitan madness," as Gershwin put it."

~Casee, The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower

Closer to Fine

-Indigo Girls

"The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine." 

~Kirsten Marie

" is this the real life, is this just fantasy... any way the wind blows"

-Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

"I've been wanting to wear these 70s-inspired flares for a while, but just realized this pink crop top was the perfect fit! Wore it with aviators, a headband, floppy hat, and a scarf - things that I find to be very boho-chic."

~Cheryl, Oh-to-be-a-Muse

"Faith pours from your walls, drowning your calls

I've tried to hear, you're not near

Remembering when I saw your face

Shining my way, pure timing..."

Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining

"The Shining is one of my all time favourites, a beautiful melody and composition I never tire of. Also vastly under appreciated. It is symphonic, intelligent, beautiful and meaningful. I literally wanted to have my whole wedding soundtrack to be all Badly Drawn Boy music, though I settled for our introduction to the reception being All Possibilities (the Orthodox church seems to frown upon modern music in the church service apparently).

Now I have to get a wee bit serious here too, because the lyrics hold a lot of meaning for me. I lost someone close to me last year (my grandmother), who was such a source of strength in my life and a tremendous influence on me growing up. This song reminds me of how much love we had for each other, how she would want me to be happy, and how much hope and success I have in my life because of her.  I see her more and more in all the little things: my renewed faith, my passion for life, my thankfulness for her pours over me...yes, like the warm sun on a gorgeous day."

~Lani, Mon Petit Chou Chou

Do you have a favourite lyric that has inspired you? Enjoy your day lovelies.