LOOKK! Last Chance to Vote for your Favorite New Designer

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

You have just one more day to look at the designers in the LOOKK 1Hundred Designers competition and vote for your favorite. There are 129 designers in the running to gain entry into the hundred that will be voted upon by the panel of judges, including Manish Arora, Susie Bubble and our very own Samantha Lim). The grand prize is worth over 10,000 euros and will help the winner on their way to sartorial success. We told you about the many categories and prizes, now vote! Just click the heart on the item you like, and that designer will get a boost in the ranking. Vote your favorite in the running before the time is up!! If the designer is on the list tomorrow, they will be considered by the judges. Take a look at the top 5 as of this minute. 

Net-a-Porter Ranks Most Powerful Blogs, FashionIndie Snubbed Once Again

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Online super retailer Net-a-Porter asked a panel of industry experts, including Paper Magazine‘s Mickey Boardman, gal about town and Harper’s Bazaar Editor-at-Large Derek Blasberg and Bloglovin’ founder Mattias Swenson to select their top ten favorite blogs. If FashionIndie hadn’t done enough coke at 54 to powder the nose of every actress in Hollywood ten times over thus rendering all emotions dead below the larynx, our feelings would be super hurt right now. Check out the list below, if you care to (you shouldn’t).

Putting the Lady Back in First Lady

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

To celebrate the release of his book,  Power Dressing: First Ladies, Women Politicians & Fashion, author Robb Young asked a few of fashion’s best and fiercest — including Simon Doonan and Nicola Formichetti — to style some of the most powerful women in the world with the help of illustrator Charlotte Hoyle. The result finds nary a pantsuit or a sweaterset in sight.

STREET HERO: Susie Bubble’s Lanvin Remix

Edited by Saynt

Seems like this is one Bubble that refuses to pop. The stylish Londoner, Susie Bubble shows us how to turn a Lanvin for H&M dress into delicious top. Loves it. Insane shoes after the jump…

STREETHERO: Susie Bubble Tones Down, Gets Classy com

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

While Susie Bubble was always struck me as a brave dresser, she never really stuck out as a good one. I officially take that back.

Are Successful Fashion Bloggers All Trust-Funders?

Edited by The Fashion Web

Having your own fashion blog as your job seems kind of like one of those dream professions like modeling or acting where all you do all day is put together cute outfits and take pictures of yourself in them. The difference is that successful models get paid. A lot. That’s not so evident with independent fashion bloggers who might have a huge following but don’t seem to actually do much. They've got to have some money somewhere to be able to live like that, right? Recently, Susie Bubble had to confront this assumption after posting about a shopping spree on her blog, Style Bubble, where she disclosed the $338 (220 GBP) price of her Christopher Kane purchase. A reader got a bit curious, leaving the comment: “220 here, 220 there…how much money do you actually spend on clothes? and im not buyng the story…oh they are an investment, like some sort of fashion archive … how do you make money to afford to buy things like this and travel like you do.” Susie, slightly offended, retaliated, and detailed exactly how a fashion blogger supports herself …

PARTNER: meu amor por Susie – my love for Susie

Edited by The Fashion Web

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Eu não tenho como escrever algo similar; por isso mesmo indico a perfeição do post de Susie Lau. Ela discorre sobre a falta de fotos das costas das roupas em desfiles e lookbooks. Perfeita e divina – como sempre. Se não conhece o blog, recomendo!

LINK LOVE:meu amor por Susie – my love for Susie

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Susie Bubble Helps Us Fall in Love with Ellery

Edited by Saynt

Little Miss Bubble headed to the Ellery show and has us in love with the 60′s styled silhouettes, sequins and bell bottoms.

You can check out her full coverage on StyleBubble or look at more photos from the collection after the jump.