Independent Fashion Bloggers

Using Social Networks to Scout Content

We talked about refining your unique voice… but where can you find great content before everyone else does? Fashion magazines, always have points of inspiration… as do shopping runs, local fashion events, and you could make a new collage of your favorite designers. You can even go scouting for emerging designers… don’t really wait for [...]

Ode to the Slow Blogger

Bobble Bee is a lovley blog written by Patricia Yägue a stylist in New York City.  Bobble Bee has been a regular supporter of IFB since it’s inception, you can read more of her IFB posts here.

For the last couple of months I’ve been reading several apologies from bloggers who didn’t have the time to [...]

How to: Plan Your Editorial Calendar

Bazaar’s 2008 Editorial Calendar

The single most important part of a blog is the content.
It might sound like a redundant statement, but without consistent, quality content, readers won’t have a reason to come back. An Editorial Calendar will not only help you decide what to post, keep you inspired, but it also helps your readers know [...]

Bloggers In Action

Some people look very dignified when they are working. Me, I don’t know… Photographers look cool as they know how to handle a camera. That’s me, taken at the Lancome Magnifique event by Benjamin Boccas. Mr. Boccas, a fine photographer, has taken a liking to bloggers, by making beautiful portraits of them. If you [...]

You Turn

Anna Wintour may be one of the few people on the planet who can say to us “buy this, because I say it’s good” though opinions of US Vogue may vary widely the fact remains that it is one of the top selling fashion magazines in the world.

Your Toolbox : Getting to Know Polyvore

By now many of you already know about Polyvore.com. Some of you may even use this website for your posts… and some of you may be using Photoshop (ahem, me) to create collages of items in the post. Sarah over at Polyvore.com and I had a chat where she let me know that’s it’s [...]

Why Cosmopolitan is Good For You

Cosmopolitan is a magazine chocked full of goodies that can make a sailor blush. In fact, it’s probably the only women’s magazine men are interested in. Well, it’s certainly one that they have an opinion about.
I was quite surprised when an insightful blogger clued into the value of Cosmo. No, not for the sex tips, [...]

How stressful is blogging? Really?

Image by Yves Lorson on permanent vacation’s photostream
When I first started blogging, I thought it a mere obsession. I tried to blog every day, developing a ritual by chronicling my personal style. Once it became a habit, and the more involved I became with my blog, the more time it took, and the more I [...]

When the posts stop coming

In the beginning thinking of posts are easy, you probably had some posts lined up in your head before you even started blogging… you hit your stride, posting all the time, then it comes, or more accurately it doesn’t come.
I’ve had times when it’s difficult to think of what to post, really difficult. There [...]

The Coveted : Working on it…

Post taken from The Coveted on it’s 6-month anniversary, 21Aug07…

Today, The Coveted has been in existence for six months. Six months ago, I was obsessed with blogs. I read them every day, mostly Style Bubble and Style Bytes, which at that point had already transformed my life. At that time I did not consider myself [...]