Fashion blogs first appeared in the blogosphere prior to 2002 and they are, also for the designers of Warmenhoven & Venderbos, a fascinating and continues growing phenomenon in the fashion media and fashion critics world. Just like many blogs and online communities in other fields they do democratise and challenge the monopoly of the online as well as printed professional fashion media but also challenge the professional opinion makers and critics who create this media. For consumers fashion blogs are a new source for fashion news and information or a source to simply get inspired by personal opinions, taste, styling choices and statements made by all these individual fashion bloggers from around the world. It is likely they will have a considerable long-term influence on the fashion industry.

The phenomenon of fashion blogging raises many questions, Journalist Kirstin Hanssen and graphic designer Felicia Nitzsche investigated these questions, together with co-writer Elina Tozzi and decided to capture fashion blogs as an intriguing piece of zeitgeist in a book.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. with photography by Krista van der Niet.

Some examples of blogs that are featured in the book are: Style Bubble, Garance Doré, A Shaded View On Fashion, Glamcanyon, Stil in Berlin, July Stars, Abdul Lagerfield, Street Etiquette, Les Mads, The Streethearts, Pretend It Never Happened, Moderniteter, Kate Loves Me, Sea of Shoes, Elinkan.

A handful of other notable and favorite fashion blogs of the Warmenhoven & Venderbos designers are: Stylescrapbook, The Coveted, White lightning, Liberty london girl, I love fashionnews, The Sartorialist, My Turn, After Drk, Facehunter, Mimic me, The Digitalistas, Song of style, Late Afternoon, This chicks got style, Yvan Rodic, Mode junkie, Dutch streetstyle, Modeblog.nl, Fashion blog.nl, Fashiolista, Freakdelafashion.

See also an earlier posted artcicle about head fashion editor at the Herald Tribune Suzy Menkes interviewed on the topic of fashion blogs.

Source: Kirstin Hanssen | Kirstin Hanssen Blog

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An interesting Video interview by Mary Sherpe that was presented at the Premium Exhibitions in Berlin about Fashion blogs versus the traditional Fashion Media. Suzy Menkes, the Head fashion Editor at the Herald Tribune as well as Yvan Rodic from Facehunter, Jennie Tamm from The Coveted, Julia Knolle and Jessi Weiss both from LesMads where asked to share their opinion on fashion bloggers and  fashion media.

Video : Mary Sherpe | Lois Kainhuber | Vimeo

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