Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup

15 Comments 09 June 2011

The Love Letter

It’s been a cerebral and cathartic week in the fashion blogosphere—the wheels were turning in your stylish little heads about all manner of contemplations. Why do we hate ourselves? Why do we tell ourselves that we’re not worthy? Why do we categorize and judge other bloggers by their style? Or their handbags? Several of you had a come-to-Jesus moment and realized that’s just a whole lot of malarkey. And I’m so glad you did.

And you know what else bloggers realized? That blogging has enabled you to embrace you. The real you. With your flaws and imperfections, no matter your skin color, weight, or age. In her post, A Love Letter to Personal Bloggers, Anika eloquently captured what many of us feel when we begin to understand the deeper significance of blogging:

You inspire me. Your outfits, your book reviews, your thoughts, your replies to my comments. You make me feel good about me. When I visit your site you make me feel that I matter, that we are equal, never mind if I am a blogger or not. When I am reading your blog it does not matter how thin/fat/popular/lonely I am, when I am reading your blog I am hanging out with you, knowing that you are hanging out with me too.

…Darling personal bloggers, you are impacting our culture, our trends, our lives, me. Thank you for that.

And this is my love letter to all of you. It takes tenacity, guts, patience, creativity, and time to blog. Love you, be you. Care, share, go forth, and go blog!

Links à la Mode: June 9th

Arash Mazinani: Super Brands: Why They’ve Got You Hooked
Barbro Andersen: Blogging is sharing, and sharing is caring!
Best of Bklyn: How I wore my mom’s prom dress, 31 years later!
Best of Palm Beach Consignment: Alexander McQueen: A Love Story
Blah Blah Becky: Lipstick: A History
Boheme Noir: 20 Alexander McQueen Runway Moments that blew my mind
By Anika: A Love Letter to Personal Bloggers
Consider Me Lovely: A journey from self-loathing to self-loving.
Crashing Red: Why bloggers should not be categorized—or judged—because of their particular style.
Dress With Courage: How do you define the difference between being inspired, or being a copycat?
FIERCE: A Day at the Beach and a Lesson in Self Love
Fierce Fab Fit: I’m a Grammar Snob: V1—Homophones
Grit & Glamour: Video Review: Maybelline Color Sensational Clear Lipliner
Haute Khuuture: How to display your jewelry for maximum use with minimal effort.
Her Catwalk: 5 Ways to Get Rid of Unnecessary Spending
Hippie Lace: A simple and easy DIY to add length—and spice—to cut off shorts
Independent Fashion Bloggers: Bloggers are not your only readers
Oranges and Apples: Why I Will Never be a Professional Blogger
Style Confessions: Gel nail polish—what’s the big deal?
Style Nuggets: 5 Surprising Benefits of Blogging
The Styling Dutchman: A self-conscious post about unflattering pictures and photoshopping: embrace the ugly!
The Well Appointed Catwalk: The Un-It Bag

SPONSOR: Women’s Tees at Shopbop: 291 Venice, Vince tops, Alexander Wang tees, So Low tops, Daftbird, Sauce tees, Ksubi, Three Dots, Marcus Lupfer, Rebecca Taylor, Blue Moon, Velvet tees.

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Vahni

Vahni - who has written 14 posts on Independent Fashion Bloggers.

Vahni Georgoulakos is a fashion fanatic, professional writer and Web content developer, and the principal of her own blog, Grit and Glamour. You can contact Vahni at gritandglamour@gmail.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @gritandglamour.

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15 Comments so far

Boheme Noir says:

June 9, 2011 at 11:48 am

YAY! I`m happy to be part of the exquisite selection again. Thanks!
Julie Khuu says:

June 9, 2011 at 12:47 pm

Awesome! Thanks so much for the feature this week! I put sooo much work into putting that post together…hope y’all likey!

xo-Julie
Peace. Love. LOL!

Haute Khuuture Blog
Best Of Palm Beach says:

June 9, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Thank you sooo much IFB and Vahni for including my post in this week’s links, I am in such great company!!!

This could not have come at a better time for me! Last night I was feeling discouraged, doubting myself and the vision for my blog. Kept asking myself “why am I doing this blog? I prayed about it, asked for inspiration and today voila! Thank you so much!
bestofbklyn says:

June 9, 2011 at 4:19 pm

Thank you so much for picking me! PS, I loved this week’s message in the LALM!
kavery says:

June 9, 2011 at 7:39 pm

Thanks so much IFB and Vahni for including my post. It’s given me a much needed boost in confidence and in re-evaluating which direction I want to take my blog, Stylenuggets. I’m a big fan of Anika too and follow her on Twitter and Blogloving.
Heather Fonseca says:

June 9, 2011 at 9:33 pm

I’m so excited to be part of the links a la mode. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to read all the other posts, though I think I’ve read a few already.

Thanks again!!!
Mordrian says:

June 9, 2011 at 10:07 pm

Great Choices Vahni!
LaPetiteAnglaise says:

June 10, 2011 at 9:38 am

Fantastic post, Anika’s sensitive and succint letter perfectly captured how I feel about my favourite bloggers. x
blahblahbecky.co.uk says:

June 10, 2011 at 9:58 am

Thanks for choosing me Vahni! Thrilled!
Barbro Andersen says:

June 10, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Anika’s post is just pure brilliance <3 And thank you so much for including me in this lovely links a la mode <3
Arash Mazinani says:

June 11, 2011 at 7:35 am

Thanks for the inclusion… V x
For Those About To Shop says:

June 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Great great great theme this week! My two faves were Anika’s and Boheme Noir’s and I’m glad to see them there! Look forward to reading all of them
Krystle says:

June 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm

Thanks!!! I had NO IDEA!!! I’m so flattered and excited!!!

Krystle
Fierce|Fabulous|Fit

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