Lovely Links and Links à la Mode

This week, I've been reading:

Clockwise from top left: The Simply Luxurious Life: Why Not... Get Organized? Blogger Style Icon: Grit and Glamour; Street Style London: Stand By Your Man; What Was I Wearing: Royal Garden Party; Forever Amber: Blogging For Bucks: Why I Don't Just "Blog For Me"; and IFB: A Guide To Using Your DSLR For Bloggers.

Style is what you make it. We are all different and beautiful in our own ways. Many of us have different techniques to display how we want to present ourselves. Some people are very "structured" "prim and proper" and live by a color scheme while others go wild with mixing patterns and have the "unpolished" and "don't care" look. It's all about where you get your inspiration from and your personality in general.

Here are some classic quotes on style:

• "Fashion fades, style is eternal." -YSL
• "Fashion is not something that exist only in dresses. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." -Coco Chanel
• "'Style' is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style." -John Fairchild

Links à la Mode: July 21st

• a tout le monde: When You Smile, I Smile
• Adventures in Refashioning: FFB: Fashion, Social Class, and the Ethics of Thrifting
• Angela Osborn: Considering Color
• Beyond Fabric: Pea(k)ocking
• Blogging for Bucks: Why I Don’t Just Blog “For Me”
• Castle Fashion: Fashion Blogging…In This Economy?
• fashioned by love: Seaside glamour
• Fish Monkey’s Writing Stuff: Project Runway returns
• Forever Amber: Blogging for Bucks
• i am sugar-stoned.: What’s Inside My 11’ Cambridge Satchel
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: A Guide to Using Your DSLR for Bloggers
• Leia’s Delights: Sunday Musings: Why Outfit Posts?
• Kirstin Marie: DIY Floral Mary Janes
• LAW OF FASHION: i wore this…to work [cocktail dress + marni coat]
• Lifestyles of the Thrifty and Shameless: Can You Handle Me the Way I’m Are?
• Lily Pepper: Figure Templates
• {morbid glamour}: One Shot: Olsen Twins
• QQueen of Hearts: Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty
• Sugar and Spice: Style Inspiration from Kate Middleton’s shoe rack
• The Fashion Igloo: Geishas like Sushi (Part 1)
• TheStylishButterfly: How Becky Bloomwood’s Wardrobe ended up on my side bar

SPONSOR:
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PLEASE READ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE
If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode group will be published later today. ~Jennine

Links à la Mode: June 7th

Love Yourself Always and Forever.

Edited by Nubia of NubiasNonsense

Loving yourself might very well be the key of living a happy life. Love your strengths, your weaknesses, everything! Everyone who made a submission to Links à la mode should be very proud and content with themselves. You are all fashion bloggers with a voice and have something to share with others. Did you know that your post could make someone's day? Your DIY shorts might have been the highlight of a young girls day. Your inspirational post might have motivated someone who had the blues. These are all reasons to keep writing great content and when in doubt remember... YOU INFLUENCE PEOPLE.

Links à la Mode: June 7th

• Aqui : Heres now: tie a turban
• Arash Mazinani : Build Your Brand: How To Create Your Signature Look
• Bachman's Sparrow : How to Keep the Passion Going in Blogging and Other Endeavors
• Brunette Blogging : The Blogging Sins
• Couturelust : DIY Isabel Marant pink lace up shorts
• Dignity Zine : Photoshop Expose, Penelope Cruz in Vogue
• Divergent Musings : The Cost of Blogging
• Dramatis Personae : What Carrie Bradshaw Taught Me About Aging & Getting Older
• FIERCE : Don’t Keep Up With the Blogging Joneses, Just Keep Up With Yourself
• IFB : The Reality of Blogging While Working a Full Time Job
• Inbetween Seams : Let’s Talk About Internships: What to Wear
• LAW OF FASHION : taking trends to the office [neon]
• LucyPlease : Making a User Friendly Blog
• Made to Travel : My Faves in Ethical Swimwear
• Oh, the Plaves You'll Go! : Naturally Beautiful
• Seamstress stories : Adaptation
• Style Nugget : Commenting: Still the Best Thing About Blogging?
• Sugar and Spice : Be a Better Fashion Blogger
• The Fashion Police : Skin Color is Not a Not a Fashion Statement
• Titine & Totoche : Warao Tribute

SPONSOR:
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PLEASE READ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE
If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode group will be published later today. ~Jennine

Links à la Mode: June 16th

SUMMER FUN

Edited by Jessie Thorpe of Denimology

Summer is here and it's very exciting to see the change in everyone's wardrobe and more pop of color. Inspiration roams the streets at every corner! It's hypnotizing. It's hard to keep money in my pocket... I'm sure many of you can relate. Besides what I observe outside, Fashion blogs are a key influence to my style. Bloggers constantly make me smile from ear to ear and from season to season as I watch them transform.

I'm looking forward to flowing dresses, ripped up shorts, hot bright colors, basic tanks, bold accessories, This list might go on forever. Below you'll find a lot of food for thought.

Links à la Mode: June 16th

• 1972 Projects - DEPARTURE: Christophe Lemaire's Hermès Debut
• aNewFoundLove - The Body Shop's New Bronze Collection + campaign to STOP sex trafficking of children and young girls !
• All The Cool Kids - My Little Pony as some colorful fashion inspiration...
• All The Fuss - Power Clashing: We Do It Because We Can.
• Beautifully Invisible - Guest Post: How to Not be a Savage Blogger – “Follow Back” Alternatives for New Bloggers
• Boheme Noir - Retrospective: The medieval warrior women of Dior Couture fall 2006
• Chasing Louboutin - A few minutes with Rachel Roy and Karina Petroni
• Codos on the Window Sills - A historical approach to why skinny=good
• Denimology - JustFabulous Launches Premium Denim Line!
• Dress With Courage - An exploration of the influence of celebrity culture on sartorial choice
• Fashion Bucket - Dressing for your body shape. Featured this week: Petite.
• Fumiko Kawa - Mutli-Purpose Style: Lace Cardigan to Haute Headwrap
• Former Parades - Blogger meeting + outfit: we spreaded the blogging love last Sunday at a Dutch fashion blogger meeting!
• Madeline Quaint - Why buy handmade? Some tips and arguments after a visit to a Design Bazaar
• Made To Travel - Rock the bright stripes trend on your fingertips with this easy mani.
• Midnight Cowgirl - How to do a Photo Shoot on the Cheap
• Out Of Order Design - Cover Me In Rainbows: A beginners guide to the color wheel, color blocking and color combining
• Sugar & Spice - How to... Colour Block: .
• The Fashion Turd - An Decora styled outfit post inspired by all things Japanese on the web
• TheStylishButterfly - How Thor inspired me to discover the science of Christopher Kane fashion

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LINKS À LA MODE: TECH - 26 April

Time To Think Mobile

Edited by Vyque of Fasshonaburu

Anyone else feel like their lives have begun to revolve more and more about mobile technology? While I still can’t travel without my netbook, I can’t go even an hour without at least one of my smartphones within arm’s reach! So it didn’t surprise me when I read Miss Viki’s post on the prediction that “by 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide.”

As a full-time new media professional, I had heard this before, but I hadn’t really considered how this would affect my blogging. Until I started using the iPad, I never once checked how my site rendered outside a computer or considered blogging from my phone! But as more and more users start accessing content while on the go, it’s important to remember to think mobile!!

LINKS À LA MODE: TECH – April 26th

• Divas & Dorks: iPhone/iPad: Your Worst Enemy?
• Fasshonaburu/a>: Using Windows 7
• IFB: Flickr Photo Pool Collective for IFB Members
• Miss Viki: By 2013, Mobile Phones Will Overtake PCs
• Search & Dresscue: Your Perfect Fit: Choosing a Blog Platform
• Style Confessions: A Few Things You Can Do to Avoid Being Hacked
• Styling You: So You Want to Be a Better Beauty Blogger?
• Sugar & Spice: How to Make Social Media Work for You

Links à la Mode: 31 March 2011

Fashion: Forever Evolving

Edited by Collette Osuna of Statements in Fashion

Hello everyone! I’m super excited to be making my debut as an IFB Links a la Mode Editor this week. As I visited each link, I was reminded that each had the exact thing in common with the next, that Fashion is Forever Evolving.

From your Mothers fashion advice, a beauty “how to” video, or a legendary icons passing, fashion is always changing and taking form in a new shape. I am constantly thriving to acquaint myself with the “fashion unfamiliar.” This weeks links did just that for me. I’m thrilled to be a new member of the IFB family and cannot wait to see everyone’s posts throughout the upcoming year!


Links à la Mode: March 31st

Color Me Blue Fashion: The Lazy Girl’s Guide To Style.

Fashioned By Love: Carmen Dell’Orefice: Living Haute Couture

Fashables: These Shoes Called My Name

Fumiko Kawa: Redesigned Elle Homme shirt with clean cuts

Interrobangs Anonymous: Feminism and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Independent Fashion Bloggers: Why Fashion Bloggers Should Love Instagram*

House in Tillford: Tips and tricks for getting the best bargains at designer warehouse sales

Makeup & Jeans: A faux bronze look and entire glamorous face in 11 steps!

Mallory in New York: Sephora Launches The World’s First Unretouched Makeup Ad!

Mrs. Bossa: Does Pink Stink? How colour-coding gives the wrong message about girls*

Relatively Chic: 25 Ways to Help Japan Through Fashion & Art

Statements in Fashion: Weekend Jean Lover: From Drab to Fab

Styling You: Statement rings: Why you should wear one while drinking champagne

Sugar & Spice: Fashion and feminism: unlikely partners?*

The Citizen Rosebud: A touching tribute to the inspiration of ICON Elizabeth Taylor*

The Loudmouth: Big mouth, bigger hair: My hair timeline.

The Simply Luxurious Life: Eric Bompard – Cashmere Heaven*

The Styling Dutchman: Fashion & Finding Myself

Tickle Me Chic: The “Plastic Surgeons of digital media”

Those Graces: I Got It from My Momma: Style Lessons My Mom Taught Me*

T Minus T Plus: Baby Steps into Pattern Mixing

SPONSOR:

Shopbop Sunglasses: DITA, Karen Walker, Retro sun, Tom Ford, Mosley Tribes, Ray-Ban, Phillip Lim, Marc Jacobs, Carrera, & Chloe

Links à la Mode: 10 March 2011

Huge thanks to V of Grit & Glamour for including me in this week's Links à la Mode!

Making it Your Own

Edited by Vahni of Grit & Glamour

Wow...I'm a Links à la Mode editor...can you believe it?! So thrilled to have the opportunity to discover new blogs and compelling posts to share with all of you. That said, give me two minutes in the pulpit, and my "better blog" sermon starts welling up, totally involuntarily. So allow me a moment to share what I am looking for when I review submissions. It's pretty simple: Be creative and original, tie your post into beauty or fashion, use proper grammar and punctuation (spellcheck and proofread before publishing), and credit your photo sources. Always.

And on to the list...bloggers were in deep thought this week, pondering ethical fashion and feminism, male gaze and Marthettes. But in case you need to escape the heavy stuff, there is: denim! Happy reading, and as you peruse and comment on this week's posts, why stop there? For every comment you leave, why not check out the blog of the person who commented above you and comment there too? It's a great way to expand your mind—and your readership.

 Links à la Mode: March 10th

• ALinetoZ: An Open Letter to High-Waisted Jeans
• Arash Mazinani: How ethical are you when it comes to fashion? A look at the hypocrisy often involved in being ethical in fashion.
• Beyond Fabric: Men's daily essentials—inside one man's bag holdall.
• Corinne Monique: Cellissimo: a music-meets-fashion photoshoot inspired by high fashion ad campaigns.
• Dress With Courage: Are you more likely to buy something if the model looks like you?
• Designed By Ann: Reading glasses are suddenly fashionable—so here are makeup tips for girls who wear glasses.
• Free Honey: On moving to wordress.org: 5 must-know tips for new bloggers.
• Fishmonkey: On The Man Repeller, the male gaze, and its role in shaping fashion choices.
• Grit & Glamour: Klout: What it is and Why it Matters*
• Holier than Now: Spring's Most Beautiful Lace Looks—5 Ways for < $50
• In Her Stilettos: How to organize your jewelry while traveling—cheaply and stylishly.
• Made-to-Travel: Asos Africa—the incredible ethical makers of this gorgeous line—oh! and it's on sale!
• Melina Bee: Life and style tips inspired by Sophia Loren.
• Obsessive Coolness: On the relationship—or surprising lack thereof—between talent and success in fashion blogging.
• Oranges And Apples: Thoughts on Marthettes, blogging about 'feminine' stuff, and perfection.*
• Pretty Shiny Sparkly: A chic and easy way to wear the double denim trend.
• Sidewalk Chic: Six ways to showcase accessories in outfit photos.
• Sugar and Spice: Natalie Portman is effortlessly eco-chic at an Oscars after-party—in an inexpensive dress that hits H&M next month.
• Trés Awesome: The weather may be crappy but that didn't stop people from being out and about with their bright and beautiful umbrellas.
• Try It On Me: The resurgence of the denim shirt—not just for cowboys!

SPONSOR:
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*SG's blogging buddies!

Links à la Mode: 13 January 2011

Reflections, Realizations, and Resolve

Edited by: The Curvy Fashionista

After we blazed into the new year with resolutions, ideals, paired with moxie and gusto, we also came into the new year with questions, self realizations, and new inspirations. This week's round up features some of the most though provoking, feel-good, and reason to re-examine your closet!

Links à la Mode: January 13th

• 365 Fashion Rehab: New Year, New You. You don't need a whole new wardrobe to be on trend
• Beautifully Invisible: Children and the Fashion Industry: When are they TOO young?
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor: What makes a blogger?
• Dress With Courage: A fashion survey forces a closer look at my love affair with denim.
• Fashion Limbo: A woman's right to (pretty) shoes - why you should never stop celebrating yourself
• Fashion Writes: What influences, motivates, drives, and empowers women's decisions on buying certain trends (or not buying!): popularity vs. the struggle and desire to stand out and remain original.
• Freeda Style: The clichés "Everyone's a critic" and "I don't know art, I just know what I like" apply every single day. Are you just getting dressed, or are you a wardrobe artist?
• Grit and Glamour: Friend Friday: Goals, Imperfection, and Finding Your Voice
• Holier Than Now: Closet Full of Money: My System for Recycling Clothes for Cash (or Karma)
• I’m Freestyling: I love clothes, wearing them, buying them, feeling them—but all love has its limitations...
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: Three Easy Ways to Improve Your Blog in 2011
• Mischief My Dear: Gilt vs. Ideeli (Members Only Shopping: A Review)
• Mode Stylist: push the boundaries of style with who you are.
• Modern Day Damsel: Sprucing up my wardrobe - 10 items I absolutely have to buy this year
• Pretty Shiny Sparkly: The Secrets to Successful Fashion Blogging
• Revas Rags to Roses: What I look for in the Blog-O-Sphere
• Satoriography: A how-to post for surviving winter without sacrificing your style (or any limbs to frostbite).
• Sugar and Spice: MORE Cash Than Dash - have fashion magazines lost touch with their readership? Do fashion blogs do it better?
• Taxonomy of My Wardrobe: Ever feel like you can't relate to the snooty editorials in fashion glossies like Vogue? Well you're not alone.
• The Curvy Fashionista: This hair of Mines- A love story
• The Demoiselles: Is fashion-sharking just as bad as body-snarking?

SPONSOR:
Shopbop Jewelry: Gorjana, LaMer, Nixon, KORS, Freelook, BINNS, Juicy, Noir, KJL, Alkemie, Alexis Bittar

Links à la Mode: October 8th

Hats Off!

Edited by: Thom of The Sunday Best

With fashion weeks in full swing it would have been easy for the IFB fold to post multiple photos and call it a day. Hats off to these dedicated writers for continuing to pump out original content on often thorny issues (negative blogging anyone?). In particular it was nice to finally see more than one male blogger throwing his hat into the ring. Dressed for Dinner - we salute you and your lovely beard.

Links à la Mode: October 8th

• A la Modest: Bjork - the bold and bizarre living canvas
• Beauty and the Recession: 5 ways to avoid bitchy commenting
• Beyond Fabric: Buckle up
• Dressed for Dinner: The growth of menswear
• Fashion Limbo: How to grow old gracefully and happily
• For Those About To Shop: Giving back is the new black
• Forever Amber: Back to the asylum
• Fuyume: Japanese fashion's influence on western style
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: The Money Myth of Fashion Blogging
• Oh la la Curves: We need diversity
• Oranges and Apples: Negative blogging
• Other Dutch Animals: Gap teeth: fashion trend?
• Qqueen of Hearts: Are you in it for the fame or fortune?
• Sam Sensibility: Is Gareth Pugh predicting a future without catwalks?
• Sparrow and Urchin: Henry Ford
• Sugar and Spice: Postscript - copying in fashion industry
• The Sunday Best: The curious appeal to authenticity
• The Taxonomy of My Wardrobe: Negative fashion bloggers - why?
• The Coveted: Nicole Miller's preppy twist
• Watch This Place: Stockings and stereotypes

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Links à la Mode: August 5th

Jealousy, Race, and Summer Jackets

Edited by: Thom Wong of The Sunday Best.


A veritable cornucopia of stylish reading awaits you in this week's list. You'll get taken on a tour of (rarely mentioned) downtown Halifax, discuss again whether any role model should be based on image, and look into doing the impossible with a dying medium. Along the way discover what tips men might have for women's style, whether a closet can be perfectly unisex, and what Mormons might know about minimalism.

Links à la Mode: August 5th

• Amanda Lee: Avoiding Fashion Impulse Buys
• All Tumbled Down: Reflections on a year of no shopping
• An Early Life Crisis: Project 27 Completed!
• Beyond Fabric: Work appropriate: tips for being presentable at conservative workplaces
• Broke and Beautiful: You smell different.
• Clothed Much: How to create a minimalist closet
• Fashionable People, Questionable Things: Big Day Downtown: A Roundup of our shopping trip in downtown Halifax.
• Frenchleave: Who wants to wear a summer jacket
• Guacamole and Toast: An interview with The Impossible Project's Florian Kaps
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: How to take your own outfit photos
• Mariel's Castle: A case of unisex
• The Demoiselles: Women in the Media: Adele
• Stylish Thought: Losing Out Essence: Issues of Race in Fashion
• Modly Chic: Friend Friday: Blogger Jealousy
• Oranges and Apple German magazine bans professional models - nine months on
• Sparkle Birds: Sunday's Best
• Sugar and Spice: Christina Hendricks: curvy role model or another unattainable ideal?
• The Coveted: Three essential beauty products under $20
• The Sunday Best: Copy Fail | Gap CORE
• The Very Subjective: The Style Thing
• Un-Stitched: Best of etsy.com

Links à la Mode: July 15th

Couture Today: An Exploration

Edited by: Ann Colville Somma of Holier than Now

Couture: clothes painstakingly custom-made from the finest materials; alternatively, something Juicy - or even Filthy. It's hard not to chafe at the degradation of the term, which is technically reserved for members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture (houses that create made-to-order pieces for private clients, amongst other criteria). Looking at creations recently sent down the runways, it's sad to think artisanal techniques like hand beading may not survive in a world of rhinestoned terry sweatsuits.

But in fact, the handmade movement is ever gaining steam with the support of many bloggers. "Couture" may be associated with impossibly high prices, but in your own hands it's an affordable way to obtain one-of-a-kind style. This week, review Couture Week round ups from The Well-Appointed Catwalk, La Chanelfile and more - then become your own private client, with tips from Fashion Butter, The Fashion Planner, and Twitch Vintage.

Links à la Mode: July 15th

• Blackdog Finds: A complete thrifted outfit for under $10
• Consumerism Killed My Soul: Color (and lack thereof) on the Valentino runway
• Dedicated Follower of Fashion: The future of fashion is here
• Dramatis Personae: TsuruBride's amazing handmade animal clutches
• Eco-Fashionista: Re-fabbing a vintage Mugler find
• Fashion Butter: The cheater's way to sew a new dress
• grechen blogs: fashion blogger bashing is everyone's favorite sport lately...why do fashion bloggers make such easy targets?
• Handmade and Fabulous: A handmade label's take on summer trends
• Holier than Now: Fans of Couture Week (wink)
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: Why Fashion Bloggers Should Invest in Problogger
• La Chanelfile: Astrology and Haute Couture
• MoMo Mod: Modest Beauty: Meet Miriam
• Stylish Distractions: 6 great reads for aspiring fashionistas
• Stylish Thought: Great tips for channeling your masculine side
• Sugar and Spice: Building a capsule wardrobe
• Sweet Fancy Treat: Wardrobe inspiration from Florence + The Machine
• The Fashion Planner: Rhinestone bracelet D.I.Y.
• The Very Subjective: The Couture Thing: fashion critics vs. couture
• The Well-Appointed Catwalk: Highlights from Couture Week
• Twitch Vintage: Can you turn a bridesmaid dress into something chic?

Links à la Mode: July 1

Oh, Brave New World...

Edited by: Ashe Mischief of Dramatis Personae

 That has such bloggers in it! From a ballsy and confident "I Like Being Fat" at Return to Sender to Awakened Aesthetics post on greenwashing & buying American to Cake Not Coke's expose on Venus Williams' controversial courtside fashion, fashion bloggers are brave and bold. Just the way I like them.

Links à la Mode: July 1

• Awakened Aesthetic: On Independence Day, we're told to "buy American." This eco girl is telling you to think twice.
• Bonne Vie discusses online auction sites; Are they frauds or a fair gamble?
• Cake Not Coke: Venus William's Daring on the Court Fashions...
• Dedicated Follower of Fashion: Interview with Actor/Activist: Adrian Grenier & TV Producer: Peter Glatzer creators of SHIFT, and eco fashion media platform.
• Dramatis Personae: What's so Dazzling about Shoe Dazzle?
• fête á fête: Atelier Cologne - new French luxe fragrance house.
• Grechen Blogs: do you read blogs about blogging? do you find the helpful? are the relevant to the fashion blogging community?
• haute.halifax: A review of several collections inspired by women of the G8 by local Nova Scotian designers
• (IT Hunter): 'Alice Springs' pseudonym used by June Newton, Helmut Newton's wife, to sign her photos first international retrospective
• Miss Jones & Me: Boyfriend Booty
• Ode to Awe: After months of being unable to locate them online, Japan's Transvestite brand is found
• Oranges & Apples: Is it worth buying more expensive nail polish?
• Pixie in Pumps: My take on jewelry storage, creative but not cluttered or tacky.
• Profresh Style: Daily Makeup Routine!
• Retro Chick: The meaning of Vintage
• Return to Sender: I Like Being Fat
• Speak Femme:While rummaging around in my grandmother's sewing room, I found the most amazing guide to sewing and style, courtesy of Vogue.
• Sugar & Spice: To Friendship
• The Coveted: Pull up a chair, we're flipping through Elle's Music Issue
• The Curvy Fashionista: What do you do when your shoes do not fit? Opt for a custom pair with Jen+Kim Shoes!

Links à la Mode: 10 June

 

Fashion Blogger’s Delight

Edited by Jennine/IFB


After a small hiatus of Links à la Mode it was great to revisit all the wonderful links submitted to the community each week. As bloggers grow, so do concerns about growing pains. Sugar & Spice talks about bridging the gap between her online identity and real life one, Retro Chick ponders the pros and cons of niche blogging and Miss Vinyl Ahoy shares tips about protecting your content with a Creative Commons license. But that’s not all… there are loads of interviews from Fasshionaburu meets Rachel Roy and M.I.S.S. interviews a vintage vixen for a stunning video (try saying that 3x). All a great mix, so grab a cuppa tea and enjoy!


Images via Poetic & Chic, Confessions of a Fashion Editor, Parker + Muse, and M.I.S.S.

Links à la Mode : June 10th

• 365 Fashion Rehab – Lookbook #1-White Blouse 4 Ways
• a la Modest – The Invisibility Cloak: The Desire to Be Noticed
• c u f f i n g t o n – Easy, inexpensive tricks in wearing your chic flats without socks and not succumbing to blisters and calluses.
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor – Playing ‘Dress’ Up
• Dedicated Follower of Fashion – Prized! – Win a T-Minx Cropped Tee!
• Fasshonaburu – Interviews the glamorous, yet down to Earth, Rachel Roy!
• Fete a Fete – iPad Leather Covers from April in Paris
• For Those About To Shop – Plus-size Fashion Good For Business
• Holier Than Now – Shoes You Can Use
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Are Bloggers Getting Stressed?
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS – Interview with Heather Martin of mono
• M.I.S.S. – Follow the Leader, Episode #1–Vintage Vandalizm
• mimosas in bed – SF indie mart
• Miss Vinyl Ahoy – Protecting your blog and copyright
• Parker Muse – Interview with Felice Lee’s Wabi Sabi
• Poetic & Chic – The Great Shoe Wake
• Retro Chick – Don’t Box Me In
• Return to Sender: A Fat Girl's Letters to the World – Urban Outfitters: Eat Less. Actually, just Shut up.
• Style Eyes Fashion Blog – Age Appropriate Dress
• Stylish Distractions – Ring Toss
• Sugar and spice and all things nice: – I write a fashion blog… And I’m proud of it.
• the Citizen Rosebud – the Bobby Burns
• The Coveted – Late Night Drugstore Haul

Links a 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 a 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!