Independent Fashion Bloggers

Featured Posts

Be Extraordinary & HP Giveaway

IFB’s 15 Most Gorgeous Beauty Blogs To Watch

Style With Staying Power: 5 Ways to Make Outfit Posts Sticky

More is More: 20 Essential Traffic-Driving Tips

How To Photograph Your Personal Style

LINKS À LA MODE: THE IFB WEEKLY ROUND UP

Blogger Spotlight: Alterations Needed

Ask the Brand

Ask The Brand: BeachMint

2 Comments 17 May 2012

TweetBeachMint is the umbrella company that houses the social commerce brands StyleMint, BeautyMint, ShoeMint, JewelMint and most recently, HomeMint. Each brand has a speciality, and pieces are created in collaboration with celebrities like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jessica Simpson, Kate Bosworh, Rachel Bilson and Justin Timberlake. With such big names paired with their brands, it’s not [...]

Blogging, business, jobs

Five Tips for Getting Your Dream Internship

2 Comments 17 May 2012

Tweet Coffee runs, press bag-stuffing, paper filling, email organizing. Welcome to the glamorous world of interning! With summer comes a new crop of eager college students (or recent graduates) who are looking to break into the media or fashion industry with a coveted internship. However, landing that dream internship can be as tricky as finding [...]

Blogging

Members Only: Style Blogger Networks Demystified

15 Comments 16 May 2012

Tweet Earlier this week we breached the topic of whether blogging has lost its community. While the sense of community may need a shot in the arm, there’s been a spike in destination communities, or networks of blogs brought together under an umbrella site that benefits bloggers and advertisers alike. Can any blogger join a [...]

Blogging, community, links

IFB Project Round Up #47: Show Us Your May Flowers

3 Comments 16 May 2012

TweetI had a feeling the the ‘Show Us Your May Flowers’ topic would bring out some great bloggers and inspiring outfits. The response to this week’s project was overflowing (so many posts!) with your stylish take on the floral trend. Whether it was skinny pants, a designer-inspired DIY project or sweet sundress, you showed us [...]

Personal Style Blogging 101

How Not To Go Into Debt Over Personal Styling

11 Comments 16 May 2012

TweetThis is the third in a 4-part post series brought to you by ASOS Fashion Finder, dedicated to helping you showcase and promote your personal style through photography, social media and smart spending. [See Parts 1 and 2 here] A closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. Everyone has faced this problem at [...]

Blogging

Blogger True Story: My Pinterest Account Was Deactivated

12 Comments 15 May 2012

TweetBe honest: What would you do if your Pinterest account was deactivated? That’s what happened to DIY blogger Donatella Mestriner of inspiration and realization. The Italian blogger used the social-image sharing site to pin her projects, and many users pinned her images as well. However, on May 7th her pins started being flagged as spam when [...]

Older Entries »

Playing

Event Recap: Inside Generation Style

Added on 13 April 2012

Video Playlist

TweetWhen we first started to envision how we wanted the Inside Generation Style event to look and feel, we had dreams of a Parisian cafe, bloggers-turned models, sipping lattes, working away, and wearing fabulous clothes. I’m not sure any of us were really prepared for just how close to our initial visions the runway [...]