There are a lot of personal style and fashion blogs out there. You can find pretty much anything you're looking for-- daily outfit posts, blogs for petites, male fashion, blogs by style consultants, models, people in and out of the fashion industry and anything in-between. Now I follow some of these specific types of blogs myself: personal style? Check. Petite? Check. I particularly love fitting room reviews and haul posts. I decided a while ago that I wanted to start a blog that in some way related to fashion. But I never felt like any of the particular niches already designated really were for me. Besides, there's a ton of that stuff already out there.
In addition to the development of a nasty shopping habit, I've started to draw less and less. I used to be really good at drawing, I promise. But that's probably not true anymore, and there's a point to this. Any outfit photos I've tried to take always look like I'm taking them in a seedy basement, so I decided I would try and combine my loves of… wait for it… fashion and art! Instead of taking photos, I'd draw my ideas! (Just a note, I do plan on still using photos, but also using illustrations.)
In starting this blog, I have a few goals:
ONE: Draw more regularly.
What I've decided to do is mostly forego photos in favour of illustrations. So although I plan on covering topics mostly relating to personal style, I hope the accompanying illustrations will lend a bit of a different flavour than is typical of most personal style blogs.
TWO: Stop buying things so many things.
I'm getting to a point where I feel good about what's in my closet. Rather than getting my fashion fix by buying new stuff, I plan to use this blog as an outlet.
THREE: Write audience-based content.
I also feel like I have something to contribute to the conversation on personal style, and I'm gonna contribute it! I feel like I've learned a lot and want to pass on what I've learned, so I'm going to try to contribute lots of tutorial and tip-type content rather than just outfit posts.
So that's why. And it'll be awesome.
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