I have been stuffing my face with blogs over the last 5 years.  I never thought my site would turn into what it is now however after all these years banging at my craft ( photography & designs ) bloging about my passion was a normal transformation.   Having said this, it didn’t just appear over night.  I had a lot of consulting, took a long ass time ( because I like procrastination ) and finally I make it happen.  Not a lone by myself, I had ( a handsome nerd ) help.  I paid him for what it is worth and now I have a good structure to build.

Maintaining a good blog is about style and quality.    If you are not on the streets of Milan or NY taking photos of other people’s style then you are photographing your own style.  You can take the photos yourself like I do, or you can have someone else do the photography.  The person behind the lens is important to a degree, the important person  at work is you.   Try to keep your looks effortless and be natural.   There are a lot of great blogs with loud styles, but it looks good and it works because they somehow made authentic.  There is a huge difference in someone who is a fashion bloger to someone who is a “wanna be” bloger.   Another important note, only write in a language you can speak.  Other wise photos are enough.  It would be nice to see a Vietnamese written style blog. I’m just saying.

So what makes a good fashion blog, and what is the role of a fashion blog? Obviously it’s a matter of personal taste.

I like the idea of getting insight into a single person’s preferences, and going on their journey, rather than having information shoved upon you by a major media company, with the backing of advertisers. Good taste (depending on your personal preferences) is fundamental, as are images; and as much as I would like to put writing skills as paramount, I think for most readers/viewers it comes third.

With all the street style and ‘what I wore today’ blogs out there, I feel it gets mundane, and many are very poorly written. I very rarely remember street style photographs, or blog articles, they don’t inspire me the same way a magazine article would. I also hate scrolling through something that is badly designed, and looks like its been stuck into someone’s scrapbook.

Product endorsements, sneaky advertorials etc are annoying, but the big mags have been doing it for years (which of course doesn’t make it right!)

xoxo