Two months ago, Digitalista M. was asked by journalist Kirtsin Hanssen to write a forward for her book about fashionblogs. Of course she said yes to this huge honour. Which hardcore blogger did ever expected 3 years ago, that somebody would write a whole book about the phenomena fashion blogs? We did not, so we’re very happy with this cool and above all Dutch initiative…
Fashion blogs are crucial sources of news and inspiration for everyone who wants to stay up-to-date on fashion. Therefore, they compete with traditional media, both visually and in terms of content. The phenomenon of fashion blogging raises many questions: Who are the people behind these blogs? What drives fashion bloggers to spend such a great amount of time on running a web log? Who or what are their news resources? Can we speak of them as professional amateurs? Do they earn a living with blogging? In what sense has blogging changed their lives? How do they deal with negative comments? How do they view the future of printed media? Journalist Kirstin Hanssen and graphic designer Felicia Nitzsche investigated these questions, together with co-writer Elina Tozzi.
The main content of the book is divided into five categories: fashion journalism, street style photography, party photography, personal style blogs, and men’s style. Interviews with bloggers from around the globe are accompanied by attractive visual blog material. Featured are: Style Bubble, The Cobra Snake, Garance Doré, A Shaded View On Fashion, Glamcanyon, Sea of Shoes, Stil in Berlin, Abdul Lagerfield, Street Etiquette, Les Mads, The Streethearts, Pretend It Never Happened, Moderniteter, Katelovesme, Style Salvage and many more.
Extra: an additional URL-index contains over six hundred of the most original and fascinating fashion blogs. Of course our blog, The Digitalistas, is noted too! And so is Digitalista’s M. opinion about fashion blogs.
Fashion Blogs is an important book about a phenomenon that is conquering the world by storm. And at the same time a visual spectacle that presents today’s fashion and all its different aspects.
Fashion Blogs – K. Hanssen, F. Nitzsche, E. Tozzi
Publisher d’jonge Hond
ISBN 9789089101525
NUR 452
€ 22,50