What is the point of outfit posting for me? Is it merely a chance to record the clothes I wear on any given day, or something more than that?
In commenting on this post I actually discovered something about myself, my blogging and my outfits! For me, blogging outfits is more than just recording an event in my day {I get dressed; this is what I wore}. For me is a chance to explore different looks or styles, or even just to have fun with the clothes I am in. Sure, I stick pretty closely to one given style, but that’s because I want too ~ because I have seen what other people are wearing and although I think it looks great on them; it’s not for me.
I also adore the opportunity that outfit posting affords me to revel another way of creating art. Putting clothes and photographs together is fun. I like to take the artistic medium of photography and use it frame the practical medium of clothes. Even when Husband is taking the photos I am always asking him to take a shot of this pose, with that angle, etc, etc; I am always a part of composing the picture and I do all the editing and polishing to get the final results.
Some people don’t like the fantasy aspect of the editorial style of fashion blogging and I understand that ~ they want real life inspiration from realistic records of outfits and style choices. But I guess as an artist I tend to be looking for style inspiration that I can twist and use in a way I want to. I don’t need to see the same item worn one hundred different ways, I want to think up the hundred different ways to wear it myself!
I also want to absorb pictures and images I consider to be beautiful and combine them into something new. So for me, I find that easier to do with fantasy styled fashion inspiration/photographs/blogs than with what some people consider the more accurate/honest/truthful outfit photographs.
I did not even know I thought like that until I read this post, so sorry for the long essay, but please do read this article. It’s very interesting!
On personal style, blogging, and our narratives
For the past couple of days wearing clothes has felt very organic to me, just natural. I haven't thought twice about what to wear in the mornings; I've just grabbed a pair of jeans and a shirt and gone with it. The interesting thing is that I have felt really good about the clothes I have worn, but that I haven't thought of taking outfit pictures, because the clothes have not felt blogging-worthy, and this worries me a little. Actually, it is not even the blogging-worthiness. It is more about the problem I am starting to have with style blogging in general. I feel like the style blog narrative is starting to escape from my grasp, or perhaps that my own issues with personal style are escaping from the world of style blogging altogether.
I have often wondered what long-term style blogging does to our style. I started blogging a little over three years ago because I had become a clothes hoarder and a bit of a shopping addict. I felt like I needed to get my head around what I really thought about fashion, personal style, shopping and body image….
xox,
bonita
P.S. ~ Here is the link to Part Two if you are also interested:
It always amazes me when people manage to post their outfits on a daily basis. So much effort goes into that! Not to mention that sense of risk, of presenting your own style to the world and hoping the world likes it. I admire anyone who does that.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think that fashion bloggers who do daily outfits are pretty cool ~
ReplyDeletenot to mention dedicated.