Vogue India racism: Only light skin is beautiful!

Vogue India cover by Tanya Bipasha Ling

I've recently ordered an issue of Vogue India on eBay to subject it to my most thorough analysis. As Indian culture is completely different from the European culture I'm used to, I wanted to see if that translates into a different Vogue too. I was particularly interested in whether Vogue India - like the Western ... Read more

Maybelline 2011 calendar presentation in Ljubljana

I attended the Maybelline New York 2011 limited edition calendar presentation yesterday. The event took place at Salon, one of my favorite restaurants in the city with super lavish interior design and atmosphere (it's perfect for the more glamorous occasions. I also celebrated my most recent birthday there, although it wasn't as glamorous as yesterday's ... Read more

Two lovely things that made me happy today

... fashion blogging-wise: 1. Dear Anne's comment on my previous post: [...] after following countess fashion blogs, I continue to follow only yours. This is because you are personable, you speak with your readers, you post with clear intention and make it relevant, unique and interesting to yourself rather than focusing on "being the first ... Read more

Franca Sozzani trashes fashion bloggers - or does she?

Fashion bloggers disease

Franca Sozzani, Editor-in-Chief of Italian Vogue, has recently written a clever article about fashion bloggers. As is often the case with clever writing, many people took it the wrong way. The problem: only Sozzani's negative sentiments about the fashion blogging phenomenon are echoing around the blogosphere. Yet more than half of her article speaks about ... Read more

Stop promoting TheCoveted.com!

The Coveted at The-Coveted.com is a blog founded in 2007 by Jennine Jacob. Jennine is also the founder of Independent Fashion Bloggers, the biggest online community for fashion bloggers. She's spent the last few years working like crazy on her brands. As a result, her blog and IFB are huge today and Jennine is incredibly ... Read more