Links à la Mode: November 11th - avec moi!

Behind the clothes

Edited by: Florrie Clarke of Intrinsically Florrie



It's war of the underwear this week! What can lingerie do for our figures, what does body shaping underwear say about our feminist principles and how does our choice actually affect our health?



The post that will stay with me this week is The Button Owl's, which broke my heart. Fashion isn't just about vanity, but how we present ourselves to the world and this is all the more important when you have troubles to hide.

Links à la Mode: November 11th

• Any Second Now: Is it really practical financially to buy high-end clothing for children? Parents can be creative and frugal with wardrobe for their kids.
• Bachman's Sparrow: Heels usually get all the glory when it comes to fashion, but in this post I want to show you a few ways to kick the heel habit.
• Be Fabulous Daily: Why I'm throwing away my Spanx (and what I replaced them with... it's not entirely self-love).
• Fashezine: 4 ways to wear a basic American Apparel shirt, illustrated photography included.
• Forever Amber: Channeling Joan Holloway.
• Haute World: Deliciously fashionable: edible couture & more at Salon du Chocolat in Paris.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: The Copywriting Scorecard for Fashion Bloggers
• Intrinsically Florrie: Dress success and another reason why I love the online fashion community.
• Love of Lace: A Lesson In Style From Europe: A comparison between ‘Secrets of French Girls’ and North American style.
• Modly Chic: How to read your google analytics and make blogging decisions based on your findings.
• Out of Order: Do-It-Yourself pom-pom headbands.
• Perfectly Indecisive: Pushing your fashion boundaries in summer (for those just heading into Summer not Winter)
• Retro Chick: Lingerie Love - Retro Shapewear from Gok Wan.
• Seamstress Stories: Can I wear a corset and still be a feminist?
• Simple Subtle Style: The Art of Layering for Winter.
• Style Every Day: How to travel with your jewelry.
• Style Geek: Interview with Dallas-Based Designer Sarah Jones of STATUS Talking about her line, how she started & the Dallas fashion scene.
• Style Symmetry: How To Purge & Pare Down Your Closet.
• Sweet Faced Style: Translating art into a look: An ode to Flaming June in an orange dress.
• The Button Owl: My best friend began dying when she was eleven years old as a result of kinder failure; "clothes are my defense".
• The Demoiselles There's talk of creating a "Photoshop Law" for fashion adverts. What do you think?

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Shopbop Dresses: Thayer, Milly,Rory Beca, Theory, Spanx, Shopstyle, Veda, Thakoon, Ports1961, Ella Moss

I am very happy that my post was included :) It was my second time submitting, first time making it!

Thanks IFB :)

Links à la Mode November 4th

The Power of Words

Edited by: The Sunday Best






One story dominated my thoughts this week, and I was glad to see an IFB member tackle it in a post. I'm talking about the Marie Claire article. I'm not going to link to it, or even say what it was about, since I assume you dialed in people are familiar with it. [Pulls out soapbox.] The problem with the article, and its apparently apologetic writer, isn't the ignorance it exhibited, or the hate it might engender, or even, I would argue, the sentiment expressed, although it was certainly the worst example of each. The problem was she used the most demeaning language she could think of to describe a group about which she apparently cares. She used this language and neither her nor her editors nor anyone at Marie Claire saw fit to deny it. And Marie Claire's ridiculous mea culpa, where they celebrated the "discussion" they had fostered, was like saying the Titanic sinking was good for discussions about marine safety. Worst of all was the author's own apology: "I never wanted anyone to feel bullied or ashamed after reading this". So you used the most demeaning language you could think of--edgy!--and called people gross--keeping it real!--and were shocked, SHOCKED, to find them taking offense. I would call her a liar but out of deference to liars, she might just be an idiot. Think before you write - words are powerful.

Links à la Mode : November 4th

• A la Modest: This is vintage...now.
• Beyond Fabric: Portraying the essence of Autumn.
• Closet Hound: Do you wear his pants in the relationship?
• Dans Mon Boudoir: Tying scarves for Fall.
• Daisy Dayz: Menswear trousers the new way to cover up this winter.
• Employed Panache: Finding new ways to remix my wardrobe.
• Grit and Glamour: Why I'm not on Weardrobe, Chictopia, Lookbook, or Hypeed.
• Houndstooth and Tortoiseshell: The retail blues.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers: 5 Sites to Strengthen Your Writing Skills
• Kitsch by Kat: Better than reality TV!
• One More: Taking a risk.
• Other Dutch Animals: Champagne sequins: Worn two ways.
• Seamstress Stories: Cuteness and female rivalry.
• Shopgirls Blog: Jewelry with a story to share.
• Sidewalk Chalk: 6 perfect photo locations that are right in front of you.
• Style Activist: I love me. And I don't care if you don't.
• Stylish Thought: Five lessons Nicki Minaj can teach you about personal style.
• The Coveted: Women at work.
• The New Professional: The long and short of it all.
• The Sunday Best: Caring about what you wear is just caring.
• Tickle Me Chic: Everyone deserves to be happy - a response to Marie Claire's "Should 'Fatties' Get a Room".

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Many congrats to the amazing Vahni of http://www.gritandglamour.com/ for making the list with her powerful post!

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup 8/5

Jealousy, Race, and Summer Jackets

Edited by: Thom Wong of The Sunday Best.

A veritable cornucopia of stylish reading awaits you in this week’s list. You’ll get taken on a tour of (rarely mentioned) downtown Halifax, discuss again whether any role model should be based on image, and look into doing the impossible with a dying medium. Along the way discover what tips men might have for women’s style, whether a closet can be perfectly unisex, and what Mormons might know about minimalism.

Many congrats to Katy Rose of Modly Chic for making the cut this week! Well deserved!

Go enjoy the Links à la Mode for this week.

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly roundup 7/29

Looking back, moving forward?

Edited by: Florrie Clarke of Intrinsically Florrie.

This week’s links bound across time as we go from the first incarnations of the handbag, to both the glamour and reality of the mid-20th Century and the modern phenomenon of online shopping. And when, in all this, will women be happy with their bodies? Debenhams may now be using unretouched images alongside the photoshopped, but the Daily Mail and the UK’s new equalities minister have decreed a new, and for a lot of us unattainable, body shape for us to aim for.

Go check out the Links à la Mode here!