This is a fashion blog, right? That's what it's suppose to be. I don't posts every day. Mainly, because I'm busy. It's rather time consuming to make a half decent post daily. I've had this blog for about two years or so. I started out super psyched about being able to have my own website with my own content. I even learned how to screw around with html codes so everything can be JUST how I wanted it to be. The blog was suppose to force me to stay in touch with the industry. Kinda like an electronic scrapbook. Or like taping magazine tear-outs to your walls as a teen. It was really suppose to be for me and whoever shared the same interests.
Then came the reality: No one cares about your blog!
I went to other blogs that had a strong readership. They were all pretty neat blogs, but they were in competition with one another. And the adverts! That made me feel some kinda way. I couldn't knock them, could I? They were blogging for money and free stuff. Great perks, but not my driving force. Sounds too much like a job.
I figured that I would stick to my plan, and just improve over time.
Besides, I already bought the url.
As time went on, I became more and more disenchanted with everything. Blogging. The industry. Everything! What was the point?! Pretty much anyone who gives a sh*t about fashion, has a blog. We're all blogging about the same sh*t too. The fashion weeks roll around, and thousands of blogs are posting the same damn picture. All of us! Before, I maybe disillusioned myself with the idea that posting pics from NYFW made me special. I wasn't REALLY special, because I wasn't there. Every fashion show I've been to, it's been backstage with me really wanting people to acknowledge my eye coming in contact with their elbow (I'm 5'2" flat on my feet. 5'6" in most shoes).
The last few season, designers are invited regular ol' girls to shows. This bothers me because a lot of them don't even work in the industry, or have a journalism background. What the fux?! There are girls, and guys, busting their hump trying to get legitimate work in fashion journalism. I don't have a problem with someone like Claire Sulmers, from The Fashion Bomb going to shows. She has the background. She's not a dabbler. But just random Jenny who copies and pastes like the rest of us??? I've never envisioned being at the shows unless I took the path of a buyer. Which I'm not really interested in (that's a whole separate post altogether). I prefer backstage. You actually get to SEE the garment.
Don't get me wrong. I know why designers invite bloggers. Money. But it just takes away from it's exclusivity. With the Project Runway, Top Models, and other tacky reality shows, everybody and their mama is into fashion now. You see them enrolling in school, only to drop before census week because they realize everything isn't solved in 60 mins with fewer commercial interruptions. They can't cut the mustard. And they don't like being challenged. They really just have great style, but not the talent. Which is okay, but they take up a lot of time and space.
Just dabblers!
*I'm using that word now after Barb's mom (from Big Love) called Bill a dabbler for wanting to bring on a 4th wife.
Then came the reality: No one cares about your blog!
I went to other blogs that had a strong readership. They were all pretty neat blogs, but they were in competition with one another. And the adverts! That made me feel some kinda way. I couldn't knock them, could I? They were blogging for money and free stuff. Great perks, but not my driving force. Sounds too much like a job.
I figured that I would stick to my plan, and just improve over time.
Besides, I already bought the url.
As time went on, I became more and more disenchanted with everything. Blogging. The industry. Everything! What was the point?! Pretty much anyone who gives a sh*t about fashion, has a blog. We're all blogging about the same sh*t too. The fashion weeks roll around, and thousands of blogs are posting the same damn picture. All of us! Before, I maybe disillusioned myself with the idea that posting pics from NYFW made me special. I wasn't REALLY special, because I wasn't there. Every fashion show I've been to, it's been backstage with me really wanting people to acknowledge my eye coming in contact with their elbow (I'm 5'2" flat on my feet. 5'6" in most shoes).
The last few season, designers are invited regular ol' girls to shows. This bothers me because a lot of them don't even work in the industry, or have a journalism background. What the fux?! There are girls, and guys, busting their hump trying to get legitimate work in fashion journalism. I don't have a problem with someone like Claire Sulmers, from The Fashion Bomb going to shows. She has the background. She's not a dabbler. But just random Jenny who copies and pastes like the rest of us??? I've never envisioned being at the shows unless I took the path of a buyer. Which I'm not really interested in (that's a whole separate post altogether). I prefer backstage. You actually get to SEE the garment.
Don't get me wrong. I know why designers invite bloggers. Money. But it just takes away from it's exclusivity. With the Project Runway, Top Models, and other tacky reality shows, everybody and their mama is into fashion now. You see them enrolling in school, only to drop before census week because they realize everything isn't solved in 60 mins with fewer commercial interruptions. They can't cut the mustard. And they don't like being challenged. They really just have great style, but not the talent. Which is okay, but they take up a lot of time and space.
Just dabblers!
*I'm using that word now after Barb's mom (from Big Love) called Bill a dabbler for wanting to bring on a 4th wife.
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4 comments:
Hey,
Thanks for mentioning me! While some of the top bloggers are 'dabblers,' I think most rise head and shoulders above the rest by providing unique, different, and sometimes refreshing points of view. Half of the equation is being uber creative, the other half is simply being committed and updating regularly. In regards to your 'disenchantment,' don't be, not everyone is a blogger. Just live fashion and find a way to make an impact in your own way...that's what I try to do:)
Good luck!
Claire
The Fashion Bomb
Hey AsiaA!
Feel free to take a moment but I have high regards for your "eye"!
Blogging seems like a lot of work but it's also fueled by passion which is evident you have an abundance of for fashion.
Please keep giving me style advice (via the looks you pull together) cause i do use them to inspire me not to look too outdated.
Many hugs!
akilah
I love this post! I feel this way so many days. I try to just ignore what other people do and ask myself if what I'm doing makes me happy. Most days the answer is yes. Other days, well, I can't get over the rant.
Part of running a successful blog is all about fresh perspective, and realizing that YOU have it, and probably always have. Don't worry about what other's write, worry about how your perspective can be better. You don't have to take it so serious, once you get Adsense into place or some sort of monetizing, if that's your goal, you won't have to do much routine maintenance.
Write from your heart and people will find you, just like I stumbled upon your blog.
That's all that matters. Good luck and keep it up!
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