Who here follows fashion blogs (other than Jilli's, I mean)? If so, which ones? Why? What do you look for in a fashion blog? In a fashion blogger? What do you get out of them? What makes one bad?

I follow two -- Go Fug Yourself and Tom and Lorenzo (formerly ProjectRungay.com)

I look for snarky commentary, being willing to call out a bad outfit on a well liked person, and good writing. It's bad if they take themselves (or their readers) too seriously, or do not take into account the mixture of "fashion" and popular taste. They can't be snobs about it, and must be willing to praise cheap/ordinary stuff and criticize expensive/fashion icon stuff as necessary.

Neither of my blogs get merch, they do all of their judging from photos.

Technically Corporette is a fashion blog, I suppose. But I follow for the commentary, not the fashion (as do most, I think). It updates 2-3 times a day, weekdays. I follow a few others on occasion who are more what you're thinking of (like Already Pretty and You Look Fab) but not on a daily basis--more just when I run out of Internet.

man, I have not looked at Go Fug in a long time. I think I know how I will be spending my evening.

I thought Tom and Lorenzo--and their commentariat--got a little too mean occasionally. Saying something doesn't work is one thing, being vicious about it is something else.

I thought Tom and Lorenzo--and their commentariat--got a little too mean occasionally. Saying something doesn't work is one thing, being vicious about it is something else.

Yes, they will skewer someone. But I'm a horrible person, I like that ;)

I thought Tom and Lorenzo--and their commentariat--got a little too mean occasionally.

Concur, though when they back off from the mean and stick to non-scoldy explanations of why something aesthetically works or doesn't work, they're great.

I love the Fug Girls but deeply loathe the setup of the website; TLo are meaner, but (to my eye at least) much less cluttered and much cleaner to navigate.

I follow the same that Vortex does.

I just was at Corporette, and then it took me somewhere else, and anyhow, I have ended up at Talbots online.

They have three fits- The Kate (Hepburn), The Grace (Kelly) and the Audrey (Hepburn). Aren't those women within a very small range of shapes? I can't figure out if there is even a "curvy" fit (I guess that would be Grace, but she seems so cool).

ETA: I think they have discontinued this system, as I am only finding it in clearance.

ETA: They also have a Jackie???? WTF???

I love the Fug Girls but deeply loathe the setup of the website; TLo are meaner, but (to my eye at least) much less cluttered and much cleaner to navigate.

Yeah, I read them on a feed.

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