Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist) and Garance Dore

[AutomneRoi20]

I have a stupid question : do they make a-living just by occasionaly shooting campaigns, i mean, they seem to live such a wealthy life (all those travels, and buying a big appartment in New York cost A LOT of money). I know they sometimes shoot campaigns but it's not like they are Mario Testino !
I was although wondering the same about other bloggers who live that kind of jet set life, like BryanBoy or The Cherry Blossom Girl : where the hell do they get their money from ? It can not be only from blogging, i know they achieved very successfull websites, but it's not exactly facebook !

 

[ponytrot]

^ Good question! I really wondered myself. I mean people like Cherry Blossom Girl seem to be permanently on holidays, jetsetting from one beautiful place to another, wearing fabulous designer clothes/shoes/bags while doing it.

Kind of the same for Scott/Garance - though they seem to have a more legitimate career and are more involved in the fashion industry - still, how do they afford it?

 

[newprincesita]

^^Î guess they are invited to a lot of places. They came to argentina and they were CLEARLY paid to come, because they were really uninterested in taking pictures....I bet the publicity in their blogs is quite expensive these days, Because they have A LOT of traffic lately.

 

[LuLover]

Advertising...it pays a fortune to popular bloggers....

 

[AutomneRoi20]

^^Î guess they are invited to a lot of places. They came to argentina and they were CLEARLY paid to come, because they were really uninterested in taking pictures....I bet the publicity in their blogs is quite expensive these days, Because they have A LOT of traffic lately.

yes it makes sense

Well a friend just told me about a famous french blogger (not fashion though) who has signed a 6 000 euros / month deal with an advertising company, and the blog pagerank is 6, the same as Garance Doré and The Cherry Blossom (and the Sartorialist is even higher), so yes i guess the advertising + invitations, allow them that kind of lifestyle. Well whatever one think of their blog, in term of business it's well done !

 

[Dkammern]

^^
Indeed they are invited to places.
Also they get the advantages of freebies and stuff that is lent to them.
Besides the campaigns they shoot editorials, but dont underestimate their blogs as cash-machines! Their sites have bigger readerships than some smaller-market well known magazines, with thousands of visits a day, so no wonder labels are interested in placing pricey ads!
Think of people like Sussie Bubble, who had enough blogging projects and revenues so as to quit her previous job and blog fulltime! They all put a lot of effort and time into it. And of course each of them is talented in a different way.

 

[Melisande]

Facial oil massage...ewwww!! Wish I hadn't read that...
Thanks for the great laugh Party Vixen...an article so unsavory it's savory.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ You know you have to be tough to come to this thread Possibly not one you want to click on while eating ...

 

[Melisande]

absolutely, ta-ta

As long as one can stomach it, this thread always delivers a good

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

both of them seem so annoying, him more than her though
and he s so short he should be with a woman his size. their relationship having a thread doesn t make sense to me.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

on another note most bloggers do get paid right?? some of them are always on vacation and unless they re super rich nobody can travel that much and attend so many events and buy every single it item, right??

 

[jey47key]

i've been told, on several occasions , that "big" streetstyle bloggers are actually controlled by media group.
the pics published (and also the article) on theirs blogs aren't always from them (the bloggers).

i've been explained that those streetsyle bloggers (for most of them) aren't using flash on their camera
, but on the pics in their blogs, people have the little light of the flash in the eyes.

so the media group, are paying photographers to shoot what style they want to see,
they are also paying streetstyle bloggers to go to fashions shows and show they're present (bloggers)
so at the end they (media group) have articles they're looking for and it looks like it's from independant bloggers.

 

[Lapin de Lune]

i've been told, on several occasions , that "big" streetstyle bloggers are actually controlled by media group.
the pics published (and also the article) on theirs blogs aren't always from them (the bloggers).

i've been explained that those streetsyle bloggers (for most of them) aren't using flash on their camera
, but on the pics in their blogs, people have the little light of the flash in the eyes.

so the media group, are paying photographers to shoot what style they want to see,
they are also paying streetstyle bloggers to go to fashions shows and show they're present (bloggers)
so at the end they (media group) have articles they're looking for and it looks like it's from independant bloggers.

So, in essence, this is just another example of capitalism masquerading as an independent voice? I can believe it, but it just goes to show that barely anything is sacred.

 

[fashionista-ta]

Hmmm, I feel more than a bit skeptical about this ... but I'm also happy to say I hadn't considered blogs in any form sacred, except perhaps as an example of free speech

 

[balmain1914]

not convinced by these 2's personalities and the so-called photography.
making news and money, it's simple.

 

[FrenchCactus]

style.com

 

[olga.]

^^ Are you sure it's Garance?

(Or it is not supposed to be Garance at all ).

 

[CielDeLit]

It's definitely her. What an odd-looking couple.

 

[aldn]

so much taller than him!

 

[japoelflaco]

so much taller than him!

I knew society has a problem with it, but I didn't know that a lot of TFSers also had a problem with the shorter man taller woman couple "issue".

It's not like the end of the world... and yes I am short.