I Sold My Soul for a Haircut: Sponsored Content as an Influencer
Navigating paid brand partnerships as an influencer and when money has you lose sight of your beliefs and business goals.
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Alison Gary of Wardrobe Oxygen Offers Personal Wardrobe Advice at IKEA
On March 9, 2013, Alison Gary of Wardrobe Oxygen was invited to speak at the College Park IKEA. With over a decade of fashion experience, Alison Gary offered tips and answer audience questions about how to organize, curate, and update their own closets. The topic of Alison Gary’s presentation was, “Closet Cleanout and Organization: Refreshing…
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Blogger Burn-out: How to Get Reinspired for the New Year Jan 12, 2013
The fabulous Kat at Ginger, Adorned recently asked on Twitter what fellow bloggers do to get through burnout. It reminded me that I had started a post on this very subject a few months ago but never did anything with it. Kat inspired me to finish my thoughts, and made me realize that my experience…
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Hive on the Hill: The Shoe Hive’s DC Pop-up Shop
Like fashion, I believe in quality instead of quantity for my social life. My evenings and weekends are primarily dedicated to my family, and only a few choice blog events. Last night I attended a fabulous and quality event; Hive on the Hill from The Shoe Hive. While The Shoe Hive has the most adorable…
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Why Bloggers Close Their Comments
Don’t say douchey, it’s misogynistic. Don’t judge that woman on the Metro, I feel so bad for her, she’s just riding minding her business and you’re critiquing her looks. You’re being insensitive to those who have trouble finding fashion – you need to consider those with disabilities, in wheelchairs, who are over a size 26,…
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Wednesday: Sense of Humor
“If you can’t laugh at yourself, life’s gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like.” – Sam (Natalie Portman), Garden State When figuring out a costume for today I couldn’t pass up making fun of myself as a fashion blogger. I’m proud to be one, and I am so glad blogs are out there…
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Blogging Gets Alison Down, News at 11
Blogging gets me down pretty often. Sometimes I wonder why I still do it. And then I realize that The people who make it suck are the minority. People are far more likely to bitch than to compliment – this was true in retail, and it sure as fuck is true with blogs. The bigger…
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Requesting Your Assistance Aug 15, 2012
I don’t often write about blogging on this blog because well… it’s a fashion blog, not a blogging blog. But sometimes things happen in the blogosphere that I think you readers need to know about. And this topic is something that I believe is very important to many of you. And something where we bloggers…
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Why I Blog my Daily Outfits
I don’t take pictures of myself because I think I am beautiful, or young, or a fashion maven. I don’t think I am perfect. I take pictures of myself because I am not perfect. I share my daily outfits because there aren’t enough examples out there of women who are not a model size, or…
