Browsing Author Mia
Wave Goodbye to Dry Winter Hands & Feet
We’re about halfway through winter. Here in San Francisco that means more chilly temps and rain to come. In many places around the world that means more freezing temps, snow, ice, and freezing rain – all those things I don’t miss about living in the Midwest and on the East…
How To Write The Perfect Holiday Gift Guide
We all loved Tierra M. Wilson’s last post on IFB ‘Fashion Bloggers Claim Your Media Credentials Today‘ so I was delighted to get her tips on creating the perfect holiday gift guide… As a fashion blogger November and December can be record readership and/or subscription months for your fashion blog…
Layering Skirts: Mini to Maxi for a Rainy Day
Mini skirts. They’re sexy, fun, and come in handy quite a lot. Maxi skirts. They’re romantic, comfortable, and fun on breezy days. If you’re worried about looking frumpy there are loads of sheer maxi skirts, and when there is sheer there is opportunity to layer. I’ve been seeing a lot…
Objects Without Meaning: The Brand That Doesn’t Pretend, Yet, Still Profound
Have you ever read a fashion label’s about page? Or a fashion show review? Often sounding more like those little placards you’ll find next to a painting in a museum, the language used in the fashion industry is heady, full of rag jargon. I get it. I went to art…
Beauty Review: Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nailed It
Do you have a hard time painting your own nails? Maybe you don’t… but as someone who has never been able to paint her own nails, I was delighted to hear about the advent of Sally Hansen Salon Effects… which is essentially nail polish in sticker form. I had seen…
Ode to the Slow Blogger
Bobble Bee is a lovley blog written by Patricia Yägue a stylist in New York City. Bobble Bee has been a regular supporter of IFB since it’s inception, you can read more of her IFB posts here. For the last couple of months I’ve been reading several apologies from bloggers…
Suecomma Bonnie
Of all things fashion, shoes are my first love. They are a bit like sculpture, particularly these days, when designers tend to take it to the next almost un-human level with shoes. Where a sensible pump was once the norm, now a days shoe designers are able to go as…
Wearing: Geometric Patterns
My whole life I’ve had problems with patterns. Even as a teen, I anguished over mixing polka dots and stripes. Handling one pattern is even a challenge, as a picky person, I’d always toil over questions like “Do the stripes make me look frumpy?” or “Does the floral pattern look…
Traffic School: SEO a Go-Go
Beka Lynn from reLYME not only writes a lovely fashion blog, but her day job entails helping people monetize and drive traffic their blogs through affiliate programs… so when she asked to contribute some of her knowledge, I jumped at the chance. Here she give us SEO tips.. SEO (Search…