4 posts tagged “fashion”
In addition to Go fug yourself, I also enjoy reading The Superficial. Why? Because instead of making fun of celebrities' clothing choices, it also makes fun of their lives in general.
For example, one story headline a few weeks back still sticks in my mind "Madonna sucks at adopting." It's blunt and it's true. Just like me on the days when I don't get enough sleep.
FashMatch Social Fasion Site in Beta
Ok. Sounds pretty good...
The site has an extensive array of retailers linked to the site where you can create an outfit and share your match with the other users of the site. It took me a little bit of time to figure out exactly how to do it and I think some of the controls on the site aren't really as intuitive as they could be.
I can definitely see how this site could become addicting for those especially proud of their fashion tastes. You can choose to publish the outfits you make and other users can vote for them giving you a cyber - "oooh. I love you outfit!" type of gratification.
Only drawback: I created an outfit I could never actually afford. But it's still fun to see what my closet would consist of it say, I win the lottery.
Since Vox doesn't offer an explicit "blogroll" section (or more likely -- that I haven't found this yet) I decided to write about the blogs that I actually read (not the ones that I would say I read if I want to appear really intelligent and concerned with important, groundbreaking issues). Therefore, I will list off the fashion-themed blogs that I enjoy reading since superficial material that doesn't require much thinking is what I enjoy most after thinking all day at school. And these fashion blogs DO IT RIGHT. Yes, there is a wrong way which I'll show later.
- Go Fug Yourself - Absolutely amazing. I wish this were my job because I critique what other people wear for free all day in my head. (don't worry if I like you my inner thoughts are pretty nice to you). One common denominator of all people is their desire to make fun of gorgeous people and an easy way to do that since you can't say they're ugly is if they wear something hideous.
- I Am Fashion - offers lots of pictures of runway shows and a good look at the coming trends (if you take the designer look and tone it down by like 20 notches. Comments are definitely a little more friendly shall we say than go fug yourself.
But how can you get it wrong might you ask? The material is not so much the issue but if you look at Washington Post's Fashion Blog, the pictures are teeeeeny. I can't see the outfit!! and I'm wayyy too LAZY to click to see it larger. Fashion is visual--no one is interested in reading your lengthy commentary on an outfit seen in a thumbnail size picture no matter how good it is. For example, I buy Vogue but have yet to read the entirity of one of the articles that jumps to the back the magazine it's so long. You look at the fashion spreads and the pictures with the little briefs. period.
So, Washington Post if you need a new fashion blogger/layout designer you know who to call.
ThisNext Launches Social Shopping
Now, what is shopcasting might you ask? (since, I was kinda like um..?)
Shopcasting - "a way for a person to tell a bunch of people about things they love. “Shopcast” is a mashed up word that combines shopping and broadcasting. What “podcasting” did for MP3s is what we’re doing for shopping: bringing to your computer information about things in which you, the shopper, are interested. The information here is the product of a tremendous collaborative effort by tons of people you don’t personally know who have interesting opinions they want to share. Where a “podcast” might be a playlist featuring songs, a shopcast is a product playlist."
I was always wondering when this would start but I'm glad it did. As a total confessed shop-a-holic, I think that a lot of the features are good. This will not help me wasting my time shopping online (which is surprisingly low, though when I do get a chance I do it shamelessly)
However, I think that there will be some difficulty in getting people to join the site where this is the only real draw but for someone like me and some of my friends it is definitely useful. I think it's only a matter of time before another social networking site with an established number of members adds this feature to their options which will swallow up this website but for now, I'm a member. :)
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