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[iyemstoopid]

my friend just started their own blog. im looking forward to see what they put. http://fashionanatomy.blogspot.com/

 

[Avant Garde]

I regularly check fashion blogs. Its easy to find information in one place from all different news sources. Rather than checking say yahoo, and only finding a small variety of info.

 

[SwanDiamondRose]

i have an upcoming fashion blog
SwanDiamondRose.com
it will be streetfashion, interviews with those who love to dress, lovely items that catch my eye, a continual examination of consumer culture in an impersonal and personal way. and a place for my vintage and t-shirts sales. it'll be my new little home!

and just to say hi again to all. i have changed my old vintage_addict name to my new SwanDiamondRose... so that everything matches! like purses and shoes!

 

[gnikeimaj]

I discovered a really good street fashion one from NYC.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
It's really cool just checking out what fasion's like over there.

 

[greetings from]

I discovered a really good street fashion one from NYC.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
It's really cool just checking out what fasion's like over there.

ahh i am totally addicted to that blog, i check it everyday, the pictures posted are always gorgeous. i also really enjoy the overall emphasis on menswear, i never knew it could be so diverse and creative.

 

[faust]

I discovered a really good street fashion one from NYC.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
It's really cool just checking out what fasion's like over there.

Yea, this guy is cool.

 

[mkfan]

Wow, thanks for all the links guys! I am foreseeing major procrastination issues at work now, haha!

 

[adi]

I discovered a really good street fashion one from NYC.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
It's really cool just checking out what fasion's like over there.

i was actually thinking to set up i little bit same kind of blog about finnish style B)

 

[shoegal87]

yep that blog is coooool!

 

[Lena]

so what is that attracts you to visit fashion blogs? or to create your own?
lets talk about fashion blogs and their effect in shaping the current fashion media.

my problem with fashion blogs is that after a while i find them all a bit self centered and i loose interest

no matter how great the exchanged links, lets not turn this thread to a fashionblog directory (please)

 

[gnikeimaj]

i was actually thinking to set up i little bit same kind of blog about finnish style B)

That would be really cool! I would read it!


But I totally agree with you Lena, after a while I just get so bored of some blogs. I'm just originally so drawn to them because it's always so interesting to read other peoples views on things, or to just see what's out there. You can really find just about anything on the net.

 

[susie_bubble]

Thanks Lena for rejuvenating the thread.

I have recently started my own blog - I agree with you that it is incredibly self-centered and self-indulgent. I'm not trying to be an aspring fashion journalist because I don't have those credentials. I don't pretend to be some kind of fashion insider because blatantly I'm not.

I think the reason why people make one is simply they have an opinion and a blog is an easy domain to voice that opinion. There is no two ways about it - of course you want to be read. I don't necessarily want to be read by gazillions of people but I think there is some worth in an opinion even if it is from a non-insider. There's some worth in seeing fashion from the grassroots.

This leads onto the reason why people want to read blogs. As well as taking in professional opinions in magazines and official websites, it's very insightful to read a whole host of individual opinions who have wildly different tastes - it certainly fascinates me especially when people for instance give opinions on trends, styles, items - opinions that somehow count because readers see them as people just like them - experiencing fashion.
Yes, a forum like TFS also does all of this but of course you gain much greater insight to a person via their blog (for instance, my blog has a lot of stuff which I don't necessarily post on TFS) and I can get direct feedback via my blog (that's in answer to Soft's point about blogs being non-responsive).

There are scores and scores of style blogs which are very impersonal which I find is not right for me because at the end of the day, I can't pretend to write about things that I've not experienced or have a deep interest in. When people take blogging very seriously - they can get into real-journo mode which kind of defeats the object of a blog but I think the blog as a vehicle for self-publicity and free-lance writing is developing so that ppl can come out as journos via their blog. Blog awards for instance illustrate this.

I'm really just trying to be as carefree as possible with my blog and to appreciate my readership and not let it become too overly serious.

 

[fash ho']

i love your blog, susie.

in fact, i only read yours and a sustainable style one. i get to blogged down (!) by all the others out there . . . .

 

[finalfashion]

I love susie's blog too.

It's right that a blog should be personal. The most interesting blogs are by the most interesting people, it is a very meritocratic thing. Having been blogging for a period of time now I am beginning to meet the people I've met through blogs in real life and it's amazing. I've been able to connect with friends and mentors I never would have met otherwise, and it's been a great source of help and inspiration.

If you don't like blogs then don't read them, that's easy. But if you give it a chance you may get hooked.

Susie mentioned that there is worth in the opinions of non-insiders. To me, this is actually the strength of blogs. Rather than feeling alienated by the perfection of models, the slick designer presentations, and the mediated gloss of fashion journalism, there is something refreshing and inclusive about reading how real people participate and enjoy fashion without the commercial agenda. Who would have thought that people would respond to real humans?

I've found that some of the greatest responses I get from my own blog have been when I post about my flaws, my mistakes, and my struggle to learn and grow as a human being. Professional media seems irrefutable sometimes and we have to come to places like tfs to vent about it. It feels like the media doesn't respond, doesn't care, and isn't interested in improving itself. The conversations and relationships I've developed through blogging are real, human relationships, where my readers contribute to my blog through their comments, suggestions and opinions, and I respond to that back and forth.

Whereas my experience with professional media (magazines, etc.) often treat me as a reader as if I'm subordinate who needs to be told what to think rather than respecting me as a consumer of their content. Add the complex commercial interconnections of the commodity chain and often it seems that MSM is actively trying to exploit the insecurities of their audience. No wonder the authority of most fashion journalism is questionable.

Forums like tfs are great as well. In fact, I get most of my MSM filtered through tfs and blogs now and that suits me fine.

Regardless of the media, however, there will always be that top level where the really remarkable stuff happens. There are really only a few journalists I admire and seek out, and the same with blogs. So to dismiss either media on the basis of the mediocrity of the majority would be silly.

 

[faust]

so what is that attracts you to visit fashion blogs? or to create your own?
lets talk about fashion blogs and their effect in shaping the current fashion media.

my problem with fashion blogs is that after a while i find them all a bit self centered and i loose interest

no matter how great the exchanged links, lets not turn this thread to a fashionblog directory (please)

Of course they are self-centered... as much as any opinion is self-centered. Journalists are self-centered also. I started mine for a few reasons - a practical one is that I want to practice writing related to fashion - that's why my blog is wordier than most. A non-practical one is just that it's nice to hear comments and to know that there are like-minded people out there.

What I find attractive about the blogs is exactly the fact that they are opinionated and not politically correct, which makes them much less fake than A LOT of journalism (take that, Suzy Menkes). And some of them are MUCH higher quality than journalism - witness Sartorialist's pictures of NYC street-style vs. those in the New York Times - his are INFINITELY better.

 

[punky]

I blog because my friend designs blogs and websites for fun, So he set up all of our friends with blogs

and because I needed something to keep me busy while the boyfriend plays socom all night

 

[nappywun]

Of course they are self-centered... as much as any opinion is self-centered. Journalists are self-centered also. I started mine for a few reasons - a practical one is that I want to practice writing related to fashion - that's why my blog is wordier than most. A non-practical one is just that it's nice to hear comments and to know that there are like-minded people out there.

What I find attractive about the blogs is exactly the fact that they are opinionated and not politically correct, which makes them much less fake than A LOT of journalism (take that, Suzy Menkes). And some of them are MUCH higher quality than journalism - witness Sartorialist's pictures of NYC street-style vs. those in the New York Times - his are INFINITELY better.

I fully agree with your statement. As someone who is highly interested in trends and cultures, I find blogs (especially fashion ones) to be a refreshing take on what's next. Reading WWD, DNR, Apparel News etc, one can sometimes feel like they are not getting the word from the "horse's mouth". While there is a need for the mainstream outlets, I think blogs tend to highlight styles which are still developing and you get to see them in their infancy. Though the ease of setting up a blog has made it harder to get to the relevant ones, I tend to find the search as interesting as the find.

 

[momoiro pescii]

I blog because my friend designs blogs and websites for fun, So he set up all of our friends with blogs

and because I needed something to keep me busy while the boyfriend plays socom all night

punky, where are you from? there are NO thrift stores whatsoever (well... a few, but they suck) where i live.

i love your style!

 

[ApertureRomance]

Thanks Lena for rejuvenating the thread.

I have recently started my own blog - I agree with you that it is incredibly self-centered and self-indulgent. I'm not trying to be an aspring fashion journalist because I don't have those credentials. I don't pretend to be some kind of fashion insider because blatantly I'm not.

I think the reason why people make one is simply they have an opinion and a blog is an easy domain to voice that opinion. There is no two ways about it - of course you want to be read. I don't necessarily want to be read by gazillions of people but I think there is some worth in an opinion even if it is from a non-insider. There's some worth in seeing fashion from the grassroots.

This leads onto the reason why people want to read blogs. As well as taking in professional opinions in magazines and official websites, it's very insightful to read a whole host of individual opinions who have wildly different tastes - it certainly fascinates me especially when people for instance give opinions on trends, styles, items - opinions that somehow count because readers see them as people just like them - experiencing fashion.
Yes, a forum like TFS also does all of this but of course you gain much greater insight to a person via their blog (for instance, my blog has a lot of stuff which I don't necessarily post on TFS) and I can get direct feedback via my blog (that's in answer to Soft's point about blogs being non-responsive).

There are scores and scores of style blogs which are very impersonal which I find is not right for me because at the end of the day, I can't pretend to write about things that I've not experienced or have a deep interest in. When people take blogging very seriously - they can get into real-journo mode which kind of defeats the object of a blog but I think the blog as a vehicle for self-publicity and free-lance writing is developing so that ppl can come out as journos via their blog. Blog awards for instance illustrate this.

I'm really just trying to be as carefree as possible with my blog and to appreciate my readership and not let it become too overly serious.

Oh my gosh , I came onto this thread to see if anyone knew the address of your blog. I really like reading I though the east vs west of London style and North vs South was a great idea. My computer crashed recently and I lost all my favourite links but yes....I like your blog haha.

 

[punky]

punky, where are you from? there are NO thrift stores whatsoever (well... a few, but they suck) where i live.

i love your style!

I live outside of boston, thanks for checking out the site