Is there any blogger who doesn't follow Garance Doré? I am a recent convert; I don't know why, she somehow just slipped me by. I predict her recent post on cutting her hair will spawn a thousand new hairdos. A bit like A Cup of Jo - who seriously is a taste-setter (if there were such a thing). Very little makes its way into the territory of the style blogger, or Pinterest for that matter, that hasn't had its debut on Jo Goddard's blog. Case in point: navy nails. Who knew I needed this in my life? Jo did.
Next the power of the blog incentive to shop. Over the years (I am well into this blogging malarkey now; this is year four) I have been encouraged to buy many a style item. Case in point this week - the perfect Miranda Kerr-esque leopard slippers. Been looking for donkey's years, never found the right fit or price. Due to this blog post, I stumbled to the Ecco site - could it be true? Simple, comfortable shoes in leopard (my fave) and they do half sizes. Yes they do. It used to be magazines, curated by careful editors; now it is bloggers who know their stuff.
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Style and elegance are so elusive. But what I notice is that the truly stylish always have something surprising about them. A quirk or a feature that differs them from the norm. This is the elixir of style. Everyone can copy a magazine (or a blog) but what I love is the moment of branching out; the fresh and the different. Who are the modern icons? It's all too easy to refer to Jackie O and Audrey Hepburn. For me these women have it: Thandie Newton, Emily Blunt, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Helen Mirren....
