Last month marked four years since I started my first fashion blog. Back then, bloggers were gaining tremendous popularity because of their fun, accessible style and uncensored opinion, a cherished antidote to aspirational fashion magazines readers no longer related to. But what glitters is not always gold. Have bloggers democratised fashion for the long run ... Read more
I often talk about fashion blogging with people who once heard about bloggers who receive expensive clothes for free, launch their own lines and collaborations, fly business class, get paid €5000 per appearance and make millions in ad revenues (OK, I made that one up). While I love discussing fashion blogging, I don't love it ... Read more
Audience at the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2012 show You know the awkward moment when people who don't have anything to do with fashion shows feel entitled to dictate who has the right to sit front row and who doesn't? Usually the sole purpose of their relevant, well-informed remarks is to downgrade one of the groups ... Read more
I've put together a list of my 10 best posts of 2011. Some of them were chosen by popularity, others by personal preference. Excluded are fashion week posts (photos and reviews of shows and presentations), which you can find in the show directory. Enjoy the wrap-up! Elegance in Exile exhibition in Venice, Italy It's not ... Read more
2011 was an exciting and fruitful year for me as a fashion blogger. In February I attended my first major runway show, Emporio Armani F/W 11/12 at Milan Fashion Week. Envisioning myself working in fashion before I started blogging, I thought I would have to spend years interning and assisting at magazines before my boss ... Read more