"Why should care how another girl paired her high waisted zara pants with a tucked in baggy button down, with the ubiquitous baggy blazer and knock off platorm shoes...
people in New York City dress like this all the time.
So sick of these daily outfit blogs, the only "what I wore" blog
I would love to see would be the likes of Kate Moss or someone who is actually doing something smart and revolutionary, rather than taking a photo of their outfit on their front lawn"
I was reading through the the comments on this article, which I found more interesting than the article itself.
As I was reading through it, I was reminded of how I used to want to create a fashion blog,
I think I actually did I can't remember, and I would end up reblogging fashion posts
and replacing their words with my own terse and inexperienced ones.
Fashion blogs have grown to have loose definitions, but the common trends seem to be
young people blogging about their 'Outfit Du Jour,' or 'Dagen Outfit,' with a brief statement about what they are wearing near the end of the post.
Another fashion blog type that I enjoy perusing through is street style.
I don't quite care for dagen outfit fashion blogs, which is the point I'm getting at.
I personally can't write two cents worth on fashion and I think it takes a more 'experienced' person to write about it, as fashion blogging is more than just posting your outfit du jour; it's about the trends and trend forecasting, designers, esp. up and coming designers, runway, fashion merchandising and the business of fashion, and so on.
I don't think fashion blogging is about posting the outfit du jour, writing some brief statements about how you went to the flea market with your sister and bought the vintage Japanese kimono that you have uploaded onto the blog.
I enjoy the musings of Susie Bubble and Julia Frakes. Although they do post their outfits (Susie more than Julia), their style is at least off-the-wall and interesting, and not entirely plain and repeated as most other dagen outfit blogs.
Plus, it helps that they are quite articulate and immerse themselves in fashion.
I disagree with Refinery for their choice in 'fashion blogs.'
I think they are more personal/inspirational blogs...
but of course, the definition of a fashion blog has changed, also.
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really interesting post. I agree with you that most peoples outfit posts are just regular (and boring) outfits.... :)
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Yes. I agree really. I have nothing against fashion inspiration-type blogs, because they seem to acknowledge that fashion are often about the fantasies we strive to create and live out through the clothes we wear. I also have nothing against people who clearly know a great deal about clothes and fashion and are therefore working on the same level as fashion journalists of the conventional kind do. (btw, I place Susie Bubble, or Tavi from The Style Rookie or anyone whose outfits are equally creative in this category)
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I do find the myriads of 'fashion bloggers' whose posts consist of twenty photos of them jumping around in mass-produced items from high street chain of choice plus the odd vintage item giving them integrity seem very self-sufficient. Which isn't a bad thing necessarily, for the blogger in question. It's not exactly communicating much, though, and I do fail to see how readers find it that intriguing/inspiring too look at what is mainly living proof that yes, it is possible to look like a cheaper version of Peaches Geldof if you really try hard enough...
i utterly enjoy thoughtful comments
ReplyDeletebut i actually can't stand Tavi, haha
she's on the same caliber as Beckii Cruel for me; somewhat interesting but annoying.
Yeah I know what you mean about Tavi. I think she's very creative with what she wears (which is far from saying that I'd ever wear any of it myself), and I do think she knows a fair bit about fashion, especially for a thirteen (fourteen?) year old, but alas you can still tell that she's thirteen (fourteen?) which I agree is a tad irritating at times, even if it does remind one of what it was like being her age (and oh yes I do feel thoroughly pretentious saying that being seventeen myself). On the other hand, I do find it quite charming how she's taking it all like a dress up game, it's a nice break from all them stuck up fashionistas who seem convinced that their prancing around in Balmain knock-offs will somehow save the world.
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ReplyDeleteand they're (dagen outfit fashion bloggers) all the same because they follow trends too closely (although they'd fervently deny it; they add a touch of vintage to call it original).
so i must agree that Tavi and all others like her are at least taking fashion to the next level; adding their own 'out-of-the-box' style to it, which is interesting.
i feel like there is something philosophical about this...something along the lines of 'there is no true inspiration:'
1. Absolute appearances either differ from relative appearances, or they do not.
2. If absolutes do not differ from relatives, then they are themselves relative.
3. But if absolutes do differ from relatives, then they are relative, because all things that differ must differ from something; and to "differ" from something is to be relative to something. (Empiricus:67)
of course, these statements are generic and would contradict even avant-garde haute couture, vintage, etc.
but they just seemed to connect to all this.