Songful Style: Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles

Welcome to our fourth Songful Style post! Hosted by myself, Shelbee (Shelbee on the Edge), Michelle (My Bijou Life), Marsha (Marsha in the Middle) and Anne (Spy Girl), Songful Style is a brand new collaboration featuring outfits inspired by songs. We’re also inviting anyone who would like to join us, to post their own outfits in the link-up below. It doesn’t matter from what angle the song inspires the outfit, it can be from the lyrics, the tune itself, the album cover, music video, etc. Last month, our song was Hi-Heel Sneakers by Tommy Tucker. Our third Songful Style song was chosen by Marsha and is Hello, Goodbye by the Beatles.

Lyrics—Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles
You say, “Yes”, I say, “No”
You say, “Stop” and I say, “Go, go, go”
Oh no
You say, “Goodbye” and I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello”I say, “High”, you say, “Low”
You say, “Why?” And I say, “I don’t know”
Oh no
You say, “Goodbye” and I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello
“Why, why, why, why, why, why, do you
Say, “Goodbye, goodbye, bye, bye”?
Oh no
You say, “Goodbye” and I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello”
You say, “Yes”, I say, “No” (I say, “Yes”, but I may mean, “No”)
You say, “Stop”, I say, “Go, go, go” (I can stay still it’s time to go)
Oh, oh no
You say, “Goodbye” and I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello, hello, hello”
I don’t know why you say, “Goodbye”, I say, “Hello-wow, oh, hello”
Hela, heba, helloa, hela heba, helloa, hela, heba, helloa
Hela, heba, helloa, (hela) hela, heba, helloa, hela, heba, helloa
Hela, heba, helloa, hela, heba, helloa, hela, heba, helloa…

I’m a little late with the Songful Style post this month because of Covid and our trip to Germany being postponed. But we got back yesterday so I did a quick outfit photo session this morning. I’ll tell you all about out trip, and why we went, in another post soon. For now, it’s all about the Songful Style and The Beatles; Hello, Goodbye. And OMG did I struggle with this one! I had hoped I might find something suitable to wear whilst away last week, but we didn’t get the chance to do a huge amount of shopping so no such luck. I had to rely on what I had in my wardrobe.

After searching through the images and the video for Hello, Goodbye, my general idea was to wear something brightly coloured. Ideally, I wanted to emulate the Beatles boys and wear all one colour but that just didn’t work out. So, I figured I would combine the bright colours from all their outfits into my own. Although I think it worked really well (I love wearing lots of colours), it’s not very ‘Beatles’ though, is it?

I’ve always coveted one of those military-style jackets, but still haven’t bought one. Perhaps the next time I see one I like, I might finally buy it! But I guess they’re just not ‘in’ at the moment! Anyway, the outfit I put together consists of my blue shimmery trousers that I featured a couple of months ago. I adore them but do not adore how much they crease. I teamed them with the bright green top from Zara (new), and my old orange cardigan from H&M (which they have in every season in different colours), my beautiful very high heels which are so colourful, I thought were perfect. I wanted some colourful jewellery too, so I chose this gorgeous shimmery abalone shell necklace, a couple of green stone bracelets and my pink Michael Kors watch. The outfit was completed with my FABULOUS, new Kurt Geiger handbag which I featured recently with an all black outfit.

How would you style this Songful Style challenge? Would you have found it easier than me? I hope you add your Hello, Goodbye outfits in the link-up, below! The next song for our June Songful Style post is “Behind the Wall of Sleep” by the Smithereens chosen by Anne because her amazing partner Severo is actually a band member! How cool is that?!