Behind the Wardrobe

But I have been thinking alot about fashion and the way fashion is covered by mainstream media and particularly blogs. I haven’t reached any big conclusions but there is something I want to explore, not only in this post but through this blog as a whole. The biggest fashion blogs – the ones whose bloggers are jet-setting all over the world on the dime of the biggest fashion houses or Vogue – definitely serve their purpose and who would I be to bash them here in my humble little corner of the Internet? But I don’t feel that they are in touch with what I feel fashion is really about. I understand that avant garde style is fun to look at and ultimately is the starting point for many high street fashions that come into the mainstream after being filtered and diluted from some of the most outrageous runway looks. What I don’t understand is how much time, money and coverage is invested in this kind of fashion. Surely, ready-to-wear – and by that I mean clothes that women specifically would actually wear out of the house – should get the most coverage and most money invested in to it. After all, it is what we can and would actually buy and wear in our day-to-day lives. You only need to turn on the TV at any given time to see one of countless makeover shows taking women with seemingly no dress sense and making them over in to polished sophisticated women. Has anyone stopped to think that maybe if we want our neighbors to be more aesthetically pleasing we should focus on real fashion and not try to confuse them with anorexics walking down runways wearing only toilet paper with colanders on their heads and makeup that looks as though it was applied by Ke$ha?

Therefore, I am re-dedicating this blog to real fashion for real women. Will this result in my getting invited to sit next to Anna Wintour at the next fashion week? No. But I do believe that it may make fashion more pallatable for the people who need it or simply for those who appreciate real-world style. I am not hating on high-fashion bloggers or high/avant garde-fashion at all and I may in fact cover some fashion news about it but I do want this blog to be a testament to the fact that fashion is attainable for every woman, at every budget, you just have to know where to look – and you’ve found it!

P.s. My one profound conclusion about the meaning of true fashion? It’s not just about clothes, it’s a lifestyle. Look forward to more about food, events, books, movies, etc. I’m excited just thinking about what’s in store for you!