Young Fashion Bloggers Make Waves

Are you an aspiring fashion editor? writer? stylist? Well you don’t have to wait to get started on your dream career. Just take advantage of all the (free) technology and start your own blog! It can take you places.

“Young Bloggers Have Ear of Fashion Heavyweights,” September 14, 2009, NYT

There’s an article in The Times about teen (and young) bloggers making their marks both as online journalists and in the fashion industry by circumventing the traditional model (working up the ranks for established fashion publications) and, instead, doing it on their own. According to the article, “Fashion is one of the few fields which accepts people with little formal training,” Ms. Dormoy said. “Through these blogs, these young girls show their ability to work as stylists or photographers.” So, these young bloggers are basically taking advantage of technology to get their names out there, produce content, attract readers and advertisers (including some of the big boys), and muscle their way into the fashion industry (even Fashion Week). While I’m not one to throw the “journalism” label around haphazardly, you gotta love the democratization of the Internet.

What fashion blogs do you read? Or better yet, have you started?