STYLE SPOTLIGHT: 7 Questions for @ErinJeen

GW Student and fashion blogger extraordinaire Erin Yogasundram speaks her mind. Her boldness is not limited to her "tell it like it is" attitude (if you don't follow her on Twitter, you should! @erinjeen), she clearly does her own thing when it comes to style. We caught up with the fashion forward college student to ask her 7 questions.

1. What do you love most about fashion?
   What I love the most about fashion is the ability you have to make what you want out of it. Everyday when you wake up, you decide what you want to wear. Fashion can mean whatever you want it to mean.


2. Who is your favorite fashion designer and why?
   My favorite fashion designer may quite well be Riccardo Tisci. I am a HUGE Givenchy fan and he has really taken over the brand. Everything about Givenchy is great-from the couture to the ready-to-wear to the men's to the accessories! The nightingale is my favorite bag of all time.


3. Who do you think are the three most influential persons in the fashion industry and why?
   I think the three most influential people in fashion are Bryan Boy, Tommy Ton and Tom Ford. Each of these people have a very genius way that they work. Bryan Boy is not just a blogger, he is a mastermind at branding and he has made himself the "it" blogger. I have the utmost respect for him. Tommy Ton went into street-style photography not even knowing what "Balmain" was. He has the keenest eye for fashion and the quality of his photographs separates him from every other photographer. Tom Ford does it ALL. He has created his empire because everything he does is strategic. He wants to be controversial. Every interview ends up on every blog. I love the fact that he keeps his presentations secret and has celebrities walk...he is just a genius.


4. Who would you love to bring back from the past to have dinner with and why?
   I'd really like to have dinner with John Galliano, (he isn't dead but he is certainly from the past!). I'd love to pick his brain and see how he felt about watching everything he created be shoved down the drain after simply saying the wrong thing. (I do NOT condone his actions nor feel sympathy for him. Rather, I am intrigued by the event and curious about his future in fashion. I am pleased with the decisions of Christian Dior).


5. Who is your style icon(s) and why?
   My style icon is hands down Victoria Beckham. I grew up during the Spice World and I remember just thinking she was so chic! Not only do I appreciate her style but she is quite the woman, who I look up to as a role model as well as a style icon. I am also influenced by Nicole Richie and Diane Kruger.


6. Describe your personal style.
   I don't really know how to describe my personal style. I like the color black. I like leather. I wear a lot of blazers.


7. What can't you live without?
   I can't live without my boyfriend. He has helped me so much with my career. The fashion world is quite grueling to work in and he has been the greatest support and help. We have the same passions, goals and dreams. We recently launched a men's clothing brand together with the first release being only 2 weeks ago.

Learn more about Erin Yogasundram's men's clothing brand

HOLIDAY GIVING: Fashion Blogger Susie Bubble, Gap, and Others Give For The Holidays

Gap has launched its Holiday campaign - "Want" - which includes a series of videos featuring fashion blogger Susie Bubble. The videos answer the question -if you could give anything in the world, what would it be?

In the video, Susie speaks passionately about giving back to Shelter England, an organization that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. What's cool about this video is that in the series you can support various causes by sharing them with your friends and family. For every "Like" a video receives on Facebook, $1 will be donated to the charitable organization featured in the video, up to $150,000.

Plus, each time someone "Likes" a video, Gap will give them a little something for themselves-30% off one regularly priced item.

"Want" Campaign Personalities & Charitable Organizations

• Model and co-founder of FEED Projects, Lauren Bush, supports Feed Projects;


• True Blood's Ryan Kwanten supports City of Hope;


• Foursquare founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai support Camp Interactive;


• Comedian, writer and star of NBC's Community, Donald Glover supports Community Connections;


• Actress Yaya DaCosta supports Women for Women International;


• Social Media whiz Alisa Leonard supports Goods for Good;


• Style blogger Susie Bubble supports Shelter England;


• Broadway's "Spider-Man," Reeve Carney supports Partnership for the Homeless;


• Dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied supports Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Links à la Mode: It Gets Better

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup

It Gets Better

Edited by: The Sunday Best

As we head full on into the “holiday” season, with its unbridled consumerism, endless head-whacking charity pleas, and weird tie-ins, I expected the links list to be inundated with shopping guides. Instead, many dealt with what can only be considered harassment or, terribly, abuse; several looked at blogging as a cathartic experience, others as a rallying cry. I was lucky enough to be raised in an openly affectionate household with two strong female presences in my mother and sister, and this has undoubtedly affected my manner and attitudes as a married man. Since I can’t go around changing men and society, no matter how cool that superpower would be, I offer this reminder, in what I believe is the spirit of the season (when that spirit is allowed to express itself unfettered): respect is the bare minimum we owe each other, and the bare minimum we should expect from others. Respect is not necessarily agreement, but it is always acknowledgment. For those who are struggling this season–financially, emotionally, physically–I can only echo the words of Tim Gunn, George Takei, and others when I say, “It gets better.” Happy Holidays.

Links à la Mode: December 2

• Analogue Chic 1 step forward, ten steps back: Skinnygirl by Bethenny Frankel


• Be Fabulous Daily Women at work: An immodest proposal


• Crimson Rosella My safe haven



• Finding Tokyo Why Paris is no longer the fashion capital of the world


• Independent Fashion Bloggers: The Comment Challenge


• Melina Bee How to host your own clothing swap in five easy steps


• Mrs Bossa Friend Friday Guest Post: Size Matters


• My Heart Blogged Losing 40 lbs., and what I’ve learned



• Oranges and Apples An ethics code for bloggers


• Piewacket Hot off the press


• Statements in Fashion My Alex, My Dragonfly


• Style Eyes A fashion bloggers mini guide to psychology


• The Button Owl Control freak



• The Chic Curve From the author: “Fat Bitch”


• The Coveted Nicole de Carle: Subversive Architectural Lingerie


• The Demoiselles Can’t stand the hate: Cutting Bridalplasty down to size


• The Elegant Bohemian The sisterhood



• The Laugh Slut Giving thanks


• The Sunday Best Give him scotch


• Vogue Vintage The future of fashion blogging


• Wearabout Streets on the runway

@_IFB Links à la Mode: Costume Drama: A Break From All Things Outfit

Costume Drama: A Break From All Things Outfit

Edited by: Holier than Now

It's the Halloween season, when some of us choose to experience the thrill (or horror) of looking nothing like ourselves for a night. For those of you who blog or socially post your outfits, perhaps it's a chance to take a break from the judgmental eye of the spotlight (consider Love Brown Sugar and One More's pieces on the subject) - one night where you turn in "looking good" for looking scary, time period-accurate, or just ... a little sexier than usual. Inspired? Find last minute costume inspiration from Tickle Me Chic and more.

And for those of us who don't celebrate the witching hour, there's still a chance to step away from the closet and remind ourselves that great lingerie, shoes, bags, and jewels can make even a white tee and jeans look scary good.

Links à la Mode: October 28th

• A La Modest:7 Common Reactions to Style


• Best of Bklyn: In Favor of Knickknacks - How to Personalize Your House Into A Home


• Boheme Noir: The definitive IN/OUT list for Fall 2010 bags


• Closet Confections: Fashion Bloggers Take On Product Placement:A Video Response


• Cute and Little One: Product placement and blogger responsibility: a blogger's role in influencing product advertising.


• Daisy Dayz: Inspiring locally-designed headwear


• Fashion Cents: 3 Tips to Consider for Open-Toe Boots/Shoes for Fall


• Fête à Fête: YSL's new Rouge Pur Couture lipsticks


• Holier than Now: 11 Great Jewelry Sites You Might Not Know About


• Hunting and Gathering: Why Classic Jewelry Never Goes out of Style


• Independent Fashion Bloggers: Want to be a professional blogger?


• Interrobangs Anonymous: On going grey in your twenties


• Love Brown Sugar: Why Don't You Love Me? A curvy girl's ode to outfit posting on fashion communities


• Miss Viki: AND_i captivating jewelry show coverage, with video


• OK, Bowtie: Underneath: why everyone needs pretty underwear


• One More: Does a bloggers dress size affect readership and is the blogging community becoming divided over it?


• Ruby-Eyed Okapi: A Modest Approach to Halloween Costumes


• Style Every Day: How to change that horrible mess of jewelry on your dresser to supreme organization


• The Lingerie Addict: How to Buy Vintage Lingerie for the Perfect Pin-up Figure


• Tickle Me Chic: Fashion-inspired Halloween Costumes


• Vogue Mornings: Ten Tips for Achieving Work/Life Balance

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JOIN @_IFB at Evolving Influence, Fashion Bloggers Conference

Fashion bloggers reached new prominence in 2010, but this is only the beginning of an industry-changing movement. Kick off New York Fashion Week with a day of seminars hosted by Independent Fashion Bloggers. Eight pioneering experts will join IFB on September 9 to share in-depth information about how their blogs catapulted them to new career heights. Whether you want to become a major player, monetize your blog or just get inspired, IFB has the resources you need.

The Cut • Fashion Toast • Style Bubble • Bryanboy • Cupcakes & Cashmere • Street Peeper • LOOKBOOK.nu • Gala Darling • Bloglovin’

IFB — with the help of American Express — is proud to present:
Evolving Influence

Date: September 9, 2010
Time: Conference 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Place: Good Units, Hudson Hotel 356 W 58th St, @9th Ave NYC

Register online by clicking here for $60
Register at the door for $75

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Live blog brought to you by Shopbop.com

SCHEDULE:

ONE: It’s Just Business: Make a living with your blog
9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Brought to you by Bloglovin’
Whether you’re getting up and running, or taking monetization to the next level, this session will help you demystify the business of blogging.

Speakers: Mattias Swenson - Bloglovin’ • Phil Oh - Street Peeper



TWO: Get Involved: Cultivate a passionate readership
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Brought to you by theFashionSpot.
One of the best parts about blogging is community engagement. Learn from the masters how to get your readers excited about your blog, and how to keep the love alive!

Speakers: Yuri Lee - LOOKBOOK.nu • Gala Darling - Gala Darling
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch included



THREE: Foot in The Door: Launch your new career with your blog
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Blogging can open the doors to amazing new careers in fashion. This session will share experiences from those who made it happen for them.

Speakers: Susanna Lau - Style Bubble • Bryanboy



FOUR: Content is Queen: Captivate your audience with compelling content
3 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Brought to you by TheFind.
What makes a great blog? Writing? Photography? Style? Je ne sais quoi? Here we’ll talk about how content will always bring your blog to the next level.

Speakers: Amy Odell - The Cut • Emily Schuman - Cupcakes & Cashmere • Rumi Neely – Fashion Toast

@_IFB Links à la Mode: Before You Splurge for Fall, Read a Blog or Two

Edited by: Marie Denee of "The Curvy Fashionista by Marie Denee" The Curvy Fashionista.

Last week, Links à la Mode fashioned a roundup of the latest fashion perspectives and trends for the anticipation of another highly anticipated Fall. With the "September" editions landing on our doorsteps and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week right around the corner, we brace our pocketbooks for the damage it is about to endure. Whether the latest developments in plus size fashion, a Brazilian blowout, or style inspirations, this week's links act as a guide of both inspiration and aspirations to Fall fashion. Before we delve into snatching up the latest "it" items from our secret wish (lust) list, below are a few must reads from the intuitive fashion bloggers who share their insights of what to expect from fashion, head to toe.

Links à la Mode: August 19th

• All Tumble Down- Focusing on style "best practices"; what we do well instead of what we don't


• Amanda Lee- 6 Great Ways to Repurpose Your Clothing


• Beyond Fabric- Tips on size and fit for menswear


• Chic Steals- Street Style the New Determinate of Cool? The Evolution of the Girl Next Door as Style Icon


• Dramatis Personae- Style on the Run Guest Post: Fall Lust List


• Fashion Cents- wants to make sure you don't break any vows. Get 3 tips on what to wear to a wedding this season


• Fashion Pulse Daily- Dana Lorenz, designer of Fenton Fallon Jewelry, oversees a blogger DIY jewelry session in her Lower East Side Boutique


• Fete a Fete- Review of Givenchy's new Blooming Fall 2010 makeup collection


• Independent Fashion Bloggers: How Does the Coach Poppy Project Benefit Bloggers?


• Just B- B Deceived: Handbags in disguise


• Lovely and Lavish- Fall 2010 RTW: the Worst Accessories!


• Manda Bear- Sally Hansen Limited Edition Xtreme Wear Nail Polishes - Reviews, Swatches and a Giveaway


• Mrs. Bossa Does the Do- Autumn's a-comin', and brings with it our perennial love of heritage chic - dig out your sequins and tweed, ladies...


• RetroChick- 5 ways to update your wardrobe for next to nothing


• Return to Sender- A fabulous interview with fat acceptance advocate, and author of FAT!So?, Marilyn Wann and her view on "fashion."


• Shoe Day Dreams- Skin Secrets - maintenance is key over the long-haul.


• Style Eyes Fashion- Fashion bloggers and consumerism - how fashion bloggers are discouraging consumerism and encouraging sustainable style


• Style Wax Poetic- 10 to die for shoes All Under $100.


• The Curvy Fashionista- Plus size indie label, Jibri gives the Curvy.Confident.Chic Fashionistas a tease with her Fall 2010 collection


• The Coveted- Blown away by the Brazilian Blowout


• Watch this Place- Dark, but don't let it be dreary... how to wear Autumn's dark colors without looking drab.

IFB Links à la Mode: Fashion's Bold Step Forward

Fashion’s Bold Step Forward

Edited by Ashe/Mischief Dramatis Personae

To be honest, I’ve been really excited about the content on the web lately…. because each week, it seems that fashion & style bloggers are making a bold step forward. In a niche that was once dominated by runway photographs and personal style posts, we’re evolving to include daring, thoughtful, provocative posts as well. I am continually shocked and amazed by the range of posts… from wearabout’s post on androgynous Indian men and Style Amor’s post on Arab women in fashion to posts about fashion blogging as a career at Style Eyes fashion blog.

Images via The Curvy Fashionista, The Coveted, Hello Beauty, and Wearabout

Links à la Mode : May 20th

• Awakened Aesthetic – Giveaway! Enter to win a hand-embellished floral top by independent designer Eliza + Axel and take the floral trend in a different direction.


• CMYKaboom!: – New York Fashion Week Coverage: IFB “Evolving Influence” Conference


• fete a fete: – Clarins Instant Sun Light summer makeup


• Guacamole & Toast: – What makes a good fashion blog? How can we avoid turning into one of the minority of superficial fashion bloggers that everyone stereotypes us to be?


• hello beauty!: – we have a new makeup lesson video with Guerlain’s top makeup artist and a review of the Guerlain Summer 2010 Collection.


• Holier Than Now: – How to fall in love with last year’s summer essential, all over again.


• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Skills Bloggers Can Use to Get Hired


• Jewelry Whore: – Designer You Should Know: Elsa Schiaparelli


• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS: – An exclusive interview with Amanda deLeon, a fabulous avant garde designer from North Carolina, and personal favorite of Kat Von D!


• M.I.S.S.: – TV: Follow the Leader: A New Style Series Promo! | M.I.S.S.


• Pretty Shiny Sparkly: – Exploring the trend of resin-coated black denim, with a best of the best roundup!


• Shoe-a-Day: – How to Shop for Shoes when you’re living ohsofaraway from civilization.


• Style Amor: – Celebrating the Beauty of Arab Women & Our Diverse Culture


• Style Eyes Fashion Blog: – A career as a fashion blogger – have you considered a career as a fashion blogger? Here are my experiences.


• Stylish Thought: – The Dressing Dilemma: Who do women really dress for?


• The Coveted – Anica boutique is the place to experiment with avant garde


• The Curvy Fashionista: – Curves in the USA? A Question… The Elite of fashion magazines across the pond are fashioning the most fabulous spreads of full figured fashionista, bloggers, and models, will the US follow suit?


• The Recessionista: – Jeans: We’re Spending More and Shopping Longer Does anyone recall the moment when jeans became a luxury item?


• The Thrifty Poet: – “Why Should I Be Ashamed of My Shape” — why I think classifying women into only 4 different body shapes (two of them fruit) isn’t right


• wearabout: – The luxury of not caring – a look inside an androgynous indian male’s wardrobe.


• What 2 Wear Where: – After the fab opportunity to preview the Met’s exhibit “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity”, we looked at each of the perfectly portrayed eras and paired them with contemporary looks.

Links à la Mode: Pretty, Pretty

Pretty, Pretty

Edited by Jennine Jacob

It’s official, Spring is in full swing… we’ve all shed our winter fluff and there’s a certain buzz in the air… well, other than the pollen count. Like every week, we have a wonderful selection of links, but the recurring theme here was making ourselves pretty, whether it be donning floral prints, DIY embellishments, watercoloring, even bunny ears or refreshing the ol’ makeup pallette with the new season’s colors.

Oh, and if you’re looking for something to do this summer… IFB is looking for interns!

Links à la Mode : April 8

• Bachman's Sparrow – Wing-Stop! DIY wing-sleeved shirt!


• Denimaniac – Denim Culture for the Modern Man


• dramatis personae – Fashion Consultation Giveaway at Style Therapy


• évoluer – spring flowers


• Fashion Pulse Daily – Avon Does Fabulous Jewelry?!? Who Knew!


• Fete a Fete – Guerlain 2010 Terracotta Collection


• hello beauty! – Bobbi Brown Spring 2010: Color Strips and Natural Finish Long Lasting Foundation (with makeup lesson video)


• Idiosyncratic Style – I (HEART) Toronto Fashion Week!


• Intrinsically Florrie – DIY bunny ears


• Nicky's Rag Tales – Do you need to be a bitch in the Fashion Industry to succeed?


• Oranges and Apples – Dig for Victory – amazing vintage inspired dresses


• poetic & chic – Bang Envy Influences : Anna Karina


• Pretty Shiny Sparkly – A Touch of Vintage & Glamour


• Retro Chick – Video Tutorial: Mineral Foundation


• sfindiefashion.com – Punk Jock: Chatting with RosenMunns


• style, substance & sutton – DIY Embellished Tank


• Sugar and spice and all things nice – How to… give thoughtful presents for your girlfriends


• The Coveted – Poll: What do you do when your clothes don’t fit?


• The Demoiselles – A Glossy View: Ad Campaign Curiousity


• The Mod One – Fashion’s Future in 3D

Links à la Mode: Thinking Fashion

Thinking Fashion

Edited by Retro Chick

It never ceases to amaze me the quality and variety of links that get submitted to IFB each week and how hard it is to pick just 20. Fashion & Style Bloggers are intelligent, thoughtful and insightful people who really understand their subject. Whether it’s Second Hand Shopper questioning the distinction between fashion and style, Shrimp Salad Circus discussing how much of ourselves we should put into our blogs or a whole plethora of posts on the subject of body image.

Of course, we also love a bargain and this week we have a DIY Pillbox Hat, tips on thrift shopping the Spring trends and a gorgeous giveaway.

I really would urge you to take the time to check out the links that didn’t make it in the forums. I don’t think there’s a bad post among them….

Links à la Mode : April 1

• Alyson Is Neat – Revealing secrets on how to go into a store and not purchase clothing.
• Awakened Aesthetic – How to live green, without giving up the “unethical” stuff you already have.
• blackdog finds – How to Thrift Shop for Spring 2010 Fashion Trends:
• British Style Bloggers – A preview of the finalé of British Style Bloggers’ Body Image Season, including a random and rambling tour of BSB’s head office (aka my house).
• DailyDivaDish – Spanx for Men: Is shapewear for men really going mainstream? Why I think it’s a bad idea.
• Despising Life is So Passe – Pillbox Hat DIY
• Eternal Masquerade – Monroe Monday: A Look At What the Wardrobe Should Mean to Every Woman
• Grit and Glamour – A signature fragrance is your invisible identity—it becomes part of your brand
• High Fashion Girl – I write about Lady Gaga like you’ve NEVER read about her before.
• Idiosyncratic Style – A Peek at the life and style of illustrator Rachelle Scarfo
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – How to make your blog mobile friendly
• Oh, the Places You'll Go! – Fatsionable Art and Inspiration from Eva Hannah.
• Retro Chick – How every girl can be a Princess
• Second Hand Shopper – Second hand shopper pits the escapism of fashion against the expressionism of style
• Shoulderache & The Closet – The most expensive wool in the world!
• Shrimp Salad Circus – How much of yourself should you put ‘out there?’
• The Demoiselles – Graceful Empowerment Comes in All Forms (including that of eating the other guy’s tacos).
• The Greyest Ghost – Behind the scenes of the Chanel f/w 2010 ad campaign in NYC with Abbey Lee Kershaw, Freja Beha Erichsen, and Karl Lagerfeld.
• The New Wave – Going once, going twice, SOLD! A visit to the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection auction.
• The Well-Appointed Catwalk – Highlights and my impressions of “Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion,” a panel discussion I attended featuring Anna Wintour, Michael Kors and Natalia Vodianova.
• True Queen – Examining the use of fur by designers on the runways of the Fall 2010 fashion shows.
• Unfunded – Unfunded teams up with the U.K. retailer NEXT for an awesome giveaway!

Links à la Mode: Spring Fever

Spring Fever

Edited by Jennine Jacob

Do you get spring fever? Oh man… the itch to run around outside in flowery prints and frilly laces gets greater and greater each passing day. To heck with chunky sweaters! This week we have a load of great spring style posts, Holier Than Now checks out cape coats, if you’re strapped for cash Out of Order gives the perfect 45min spring skirt tutorial, so cute! And girly clothes not your thing? The Demoiselles has a great homage to genderbending unisex looks. I’ve been thinking of doing a couple of days in menswear myself. Well, as soon as I learn how to tie the half Windsor knot.

There were so, so many great links this week, it really was hard to narrow it down to 2o. Check out the full listing of Links à la Mode here.

Links à la Mode : March 11th

• 39th and Broadway – Death By Over-Scheduling


• Agent Lover – Mad Crushin’ on Pebelle


• Bobbins and Bombshells – Shop News…Hand Recovery Sale AND Give-Away!!


• Denim Debutante – Denim Advice: Why Should I Buy Premium Denim?


• Diary Of A Girl Left Behind – Sorry We Don’t Have Your (Shoe) Size


• Fashion Pulse Daily – London Fashion Week: Vivienne Westwood, Mark Fast & Burberry Prorsum


• Fete a Fete – The Frye Company SS 2010


• Glossary – Sipping tea with Sandra Beijer


• Grechen Blogs – Isabel Marant, the Internet & Social Media


• grit and glamour – Return to pretty, please!


• Hello Beauty! – Shu Uemura Spring 2010 Égérie Collection: Sparkling, rock star chic (with makeup lesson video)


• Holier Than Now – Spring (Transition) Shopping : Caped Crusaders


• Independent Fashion Bloggers – What does your ideal workspace look like?


• M.I.S.S. – Women Making History: Elisa Palomino


• Oranges and Apples – Sustainable fashion part 1: conceptualising the issues


• Out Of Order – DIY Tutorial – Spring Skirt


• Previously Owned – a PREVIEW of Private ARTS la shooting for MINT mag!


• Retro Chick – Vintage Hair Video Tutorial


• SF Indie Fashion – Good Looks: Moody Winter-Almost-Spring


• Shrimp Salad Circus – how to rock orange lips


• Smiles Go With Everything – How to Search Effectively on Etsy


• The Demoiselles – Gender-Bending: Menswear

Links à la Mode: The Heavyweights

The Heavyweights

Edited by Dramatis Personae

Fashion’s getting heavier– and I’m not just talking about the rise of supermodels like Crystal Renn. This week we’ve got meaty posts covering ethical topics like the sustainability of bamboo at Awakened Aesthetic while Bonne-Vie covers the the implications of buying items made in China. We’ve got not 1–not 2, but 3 AMAZING Interviews this week at Alice in Stilettos, kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS, and White Rabbit. Even Gala Darling’s post on her 2010 Style Direction could serve as a paperweight, it’s so chock full of inspiring images, details, and notations.

As usual, there’s a fabulous collection of links in the forums for your continued reading pleasure!

Links à la Mode: January 21st

• Alice in Stilettos: – Interviewed brilliant 18 year old designer, Nathan Gerard!


• Awakened Aesthetic: – How Green is Your Bamboo?


• Bonne Vie: – At Bonne Vie, we talked about the impact of conscious spending on your wardrobe (and one girl’s journey to not buy “Made In China”)


• Cafe Fashionista: – Style Secrets: Stormy Sophistication. A comprehensive guide for the girl who wants to remain fashionable even in the midst of a monsoon!


• DailyDivaDish: – Vintage Broaches: 8 Unique ways to wear these treasures & more — includes many pics of different broaches & a DIY idea for reusing those with broken clasps.


• dramatis personae: – Following Your Instincts…When Meeting New People, When Shopping, When at Work, and When in Love


• Fashion Pulse Daily: – Ponders the significance of the C. Finley Wallpapered Dumpster Project


• For Those About to Shop: – nternational runway sensation Stacey McKenzie inspires aspiring models to be themselves.


• Gala Darling: – 2010 Style Direction: Psychadelic Ladies Who Lunch


• girl friday : – DIY Ribbon Necklace & Bracelet. tutoirial on how to make your own ribbon necklace.


• hello beauty! – In my post on Hello Beauty, I wrote about the new Bobbi Brown campaign. She’s using friends – not models.


• Idee Fixe: – Fashion and the arts charities supporting Haitian Relief on Idee Fixe


• In Life & In Fashion: – Make a “Most Coveted List” to avoid silly impulse spending! Includes tip on how to create your own list and what is currently on mine!


• Independent Fashion Bloggers: – How to Create Your Media Kit


• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS: – My exclusive interview with Inbar Spector, an Israeli London-based designer whose renowned avant garde Bjork-inspired designs have been worn by celebrities such as Rihanna.


• Model Max: – A special report on the history of male modeling – from the 1980s to the present time, with short profiles of selected male models who remain successful even after modeling.


• Oranges and Apples: – Top tips for organising your wardrobe


• Retro Chick – The 4 things I’ve always wanted but never owned


• THE COVETED – Marion Cotillard and Franz Ferdinand team up for Dior


• the fashionate traveller: – the rock/burlesque/voodoo vibe that is alternative Sydney label Baroque & Roll.


• White Rabbit: – Introducing Sorcha Gillet, the Irish born textile designer and blogger.

Links à la Mode: Happiness is Being a Free Bird

Happiness is being a free bird…

Edited by Jennine of IFB & The Coveted


Oddly enough since we moved over to the editorial selection, I’ve never selected the links, and I really have to tell you choosing this week’s roundup was tough, so many great links, I had a hard time picking!

Well, here we are in the midst of summer, this year you can’t click twice without hitting a blog giveaway, as we’ve got great giveaways on Bobbins and Bombshells, Style Symmetry, Fashion Hippo and The Coveted, and if that’s not enough, IFB has a couple of great links to more contests. Whew. And while ‘free’ doesn’t always mean stuff you don’t have to pay for, it can also mean free as in stuff you can’t pay for, Decline Designs takes inspiration to two free spirited cinematic heroines with vivid imaginations, Brick My Lane will add rock and roll to your dancing feet, and free minded bloggers 39th and Broadway, Curvy Fashionista and Pursed Lips question the fashion industry.

Links à la Mode : June 11th

• 39th and Broadway – What the end of an era of fashion excess means for the industry


• Bobbins and Bombshells – Celebrating first anniversary with a beauty of a give away! The prize: Pin-Up Cosmetics!


• BRICK MY LANE – How to give shoes a rock’n'roll edge using simple DIY ideas.


• CUTEMESS – How Trevor the horse and an Australian Kangaroo Paw flower came to rest on a Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent dress.


• Debutante Clothing – Interviews celebrity favorite vintage costume jewelry maven Carol Tanenbaum


• Decline Designs – Defining Your Personal Style, Part Three: Using Your Inspiration


• Dirty Dirty Laundry – KABLUEY! Check out my venture into the world of blue monochromatic fashion.


• Fashion Grail – Love the way Chloe Sevigny perfectly combines the elegance of a scalloped Chloe blazer and cut off shorts.


• Fashion Hippo – Three lucky readers will receive this tee as a prize. Loved by Kate Moss and many other celebrities. Ends June 18th.


• Hong Kong Fashion Geek – Update your look for less – Resort 2010 looks for recessionistas


• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Giveaway sites for freebie junkies.


• MissRedLips – In Defense of Brooches


• Pursed Lips Magazine – The CFDA Fashion Design Awards Promotes their Photoshoot, with None of the Women Nominees. Is something fishy?


• Retro Chick – Mary Queen of Charity Shops – The Review


• Style on the street – Alison Stephens, the new it model


• Style Symmetry – Vintage Snakeskin Bracelet Giveaway!


• Super Kawaii Mama – Meet Aleshia Brevard. A Vintage Style Icon you’ll never forget!


• The Capitol Fashionista – Fashion Nostalgia: The Beautiful Covers of British Vogue


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• The Curvy Fashionista – The State of the Curvy Community Panel Discussion at Full Figure Fashion Week


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