Tag Archives: FASHION 2.0
New Technologies of Style and Selfhood
When Mimi suggested I post about Blair Fowler, the 17 year-old haul vlogger from Tennessee (a.k.a “JuicyStar07″) who was the subject of a recent Jezebel post, I resisted. Fowler is certainly worthy of a post or at least our acknowledgment … Continue reading
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The Incensed Beauty Guru and Pop-Feminism
Oh, my. A vlogger who was mentioned in a post about the phenomenon of “haul vlogging” in New York magazine’s The Cut last week is fighting back against what she perceived as the slandering of her reputation, in particular, and … Continue reading
The Backlash Against Bloggers: What Does It Mean?
There are some signs that the best days of the fashion blogger phenomenon may be behind us. This isn’t to say that fashion bloggers are going away but the public discourse about them and the value of their digital labors … Continue reading
Filed under DEMOCRATIZATION OF FASHION, FASHION 2.0
Queer & Feminist New Media Spaces: A Dynamic (and Smart!) Conversation
Check out this wonderful discussion on the HASTAC website between academics and new media artists about everything from the complex and contradictory relations between our digital and corporeal bodies; digital and “real” styles of identification; the convergences of queer, digital, … Continue reading
Filed under FASHION 2.0, THEORY TO THINK WITH
Democratization, Schmocratization
It’s not even 9am where I’m at (in San Francisco) and I’m already feeling like it’s getting late in the day for all the things I need to do. No doubt, I’ll feel this way all week – just as … Continue reading
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Bloggers and Ann Taylor’s Bottom Line
As a postscript to my previous post about the implications of the corporatization of the fashion blogosphere, I just wanted to share this bit of hubbub over Ann Taylor LOFT’s recent invitation to bloggers to “come take a sneak peek … Continue reading
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Why I feel guilty when I don’t blog
There are buckets of reasons why I’m glad Mimi is my on/offline writing collaborator and dear friend – but surely top among them is her capacity to deliver much-needed kick-in-the-ass motivation from thousands of miles away. At least that was … Continue reading
Filed under FASHION 2.0, LABOR AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY
Conferencing Fashion Blogs
This has been making the rounds of late, and it seems like a good moment to revisit Minh-Ha’s three-part series on the phenomenon of the fashion blog (which begins with this introduction). Presented at the PREMIUM Exhibitions panel on fashion … Continue reading
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OF/SB, part III: Blog Ambition
Despite the pessimism of Part II, there are plenty of things to be excited about with regard to fashion/style blogging. Although real and constructed divisions remain between what counts as legitimate/professional writing and amateur blathering, the lines between them are … Continue reading
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OF/SB, part II: Blog in the Machine of Democracy
While the form, function, and meanings of blogs vary widely, most operate through horizontal communication or what is sometimes called “distributed conversation” between bloggers and readers. Indeed, these categories are mutually constitutive rather than dialectic. Bloggers read other blogs and … Continue reading
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