Showing posts with label Links a la mode. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Links a la mode. Show all posts

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup


When Fashion Gets Ethical

Edited by Retrochick


The ethics of Fashion can be a blurry area. With so much to think about when we buy, from construction to provenance, how can we pick our way through such a minefield of issues and emerge with our ethics intact?


We all have a duty as consumers to be as informed as possible about the purchases we make, and this weeks Links à la Mode can help. Amongst this weeks picks Fashion in My Eyes talks about locally made fashion, Style Eyes discusses Organic Cotton, Hello Beauty buys some recycled sneakers, Oranges and Apples sorts the wheat from the chaff in second hand clothing and Shrimp Salad Circus brings you natural make up.


Once your done being educated we also have a good smattering of fashion frivolity to be getting on with too, and there’s even more on the original forum thread!


Links à la Mode : April 29

  • Avant Garb – Dedicated Follower Fashion grills Sandra Mendoza-Daly of Debutante Clothing
  • Betsey J – Why do we feel it’s necessary to financially compete with our fellow bloggers? Is it really worth it?
  • Dramatis Personae – Interview with Indie Designer Ureshii– fabulous made-to-fit clothes for the modern gal!
  • fashion in my eyes – Made in… Buying for the label
  • Glossary – Fashion 101: Back to Basics
  • hello beauty! – my new eco-sneakers, which are basically a jumble of hemp, recycled plastic bottles and car tires…
  • House in Tillford – Fur isn’t fashion! My rantings about fur
  • Idiosyncratic Style – Swoon-worthy Spring runway trends
  • Independent Fashion Bloggers – How to Contribute Articles to a Blog or Magazine
  • La Moda Dubai – Photoshop isn’t the only to manipulate a photo
  • Le Quaintrelle – Outfits inspired by Michael Kors Resort 2010 collection with pieces out of my own closet.
  • Mystery Creature – Look great for a sleek and sophisticated summer wedding with these 1930’s inspired wedding dresses
  • Oranges and Apples – Taste and secondhand clothing: sorting the wheat from the chaff
  • Out Of Order – Interview with Marisa of New Dress a Day
  • Retro Chick – The Lost Art of Dressing Up
  • Return to Sender – Little black dresses for the FATshionista.
  • Ship-shape and Bristol Fashion – These days knock-off trends are common place but is cheap fashion still a taboo?
  • Shoe A Day – How does fashion fit into Earth Day?
  • Shrimp Salad Circus – Get high-fashion makeup looks for less with all-natural, afforadable handmade mineral versions!
  • Style Eyes Fashion Blog – Organic clothing – should I bother?
  • Style Symmetry – 5 Days of Symmetry Challenge ~ Wear a 100% Vintage Outfit
  • The Coveted – Why Say Never? Chambray Jumpsuit & Clogs

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If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode group will be published later today. ~Jennine



Friday, April 16, 2010

Links à la Mode : April 15th

Fashion is Booming

Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily

Style cares not about the economy, so we continue on, falling in love with a fabulous pairs of shoes, lbd, and the perfect little cardie. New boutiques, designers, ideas, and innovative, avant garde concepts continue to emerge, and we can’t help but start a new love story with our latest DIY project, amazing vintage find, department store score, or simply a fabulous floral umbrella. And so, as the title suggests, fashion is booming, creativity is soaring, and we can take a big exhale and shove our worries aside – it’s time to allow ourselves to get excited about wearing some new or all-time favorite spring-weather garments and accessories.

As expected, there was a fabulous round-up of links in the forum as well, all worthy of your eyeballs!

[Note from Jennine] Oh, and if you’re looking for something to do this summer… IFB is looking for interns!

Links à la Mode : April 15th

  • 39th and Broadway – An Interview With The Person Who Really Determines How Your Clothes Fit!
  • Chic Steals – What happens to a piece of clothing once it is donated to a charity such as Goodwill?

  • Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Explores the new Spring/Summer Collection from Stylesmith:

  • Denim Debutante – Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Jeans

  • Evoluer – My best friend & I came across mint condition vintage Chanel at the local thrift store!

  • Fashion Pulse Daily – Discovers a new way to think about dress via Linda Grant’s ‘The Thoughtful Dresser’

  • Fasshonaburu - Need inspiration on fun color combination? Try looking at wedding palette articles!
  • For Those About to Shop - Breeyn McCarney’s eco-conscious collection finds beauty in despair

  • House in Tillford – An interview with two big blogs: learn from their experience on how to grow your own blog

  • Idiosyncratic Style – Recycled Style Project: DIY paperclip necklace

  • Independent Fashion Bloggers – Microsoft Launches KIN : The Social Media Phone

  • Maple Sucre – The Women x Women Exhibition: Inspiring Young Women to get Behind the Lens

  • M.I.S.S. – The Rag Trade: Wear it Now or Wear it Later

  • Oranges and Apples - Ways of wearing vintage

  • Retro Chick – Video Tutorial: Vintage style victory roll fringe bangs

  • Some Kind of Style – Mr. Sartorialist In Town…

  • Style Eyes - Couture: What’s the Point?

  • The Coveted - March Springs, April Showers…. Floral Umbrella for Spring

  • TheWellAppointedCatwalk – Suneri on Newbury

  • TheWorkingWardrobe – Battle of the Blazers: 25 different blazers for 25 different styles and body types

  • TrueQueen – Can Sweat Pants be Sexy?

  • Tweet - Simon Ekrelius: Chalk, Mirrors and Confessions

  • Widespread – An Interview with a new SF based store who gathers inspiration from the world