Fashion bloggers with an edge, career edition

November 23, 2014 5:39 PM

I'm looking for fashion blogs for inspiration as I'm trying to "dress for the job I want" in a creative field. Think tough but a hint of feminine. O Mefites, who's on your edgy creative fashion blogroll?

I'm pretty inspired by Cindy Gallop's look, and trying to find fashion blogs for style inspiration.

I like some looks from Keiko Lynn, but most of her style is a bit too frilly/feminine for me. Fashion bloggers who might help me develop a style that says confident, on it, stylish, sharp, and fierce?

posted by airguitar2 to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (9 answers total)

Best answer: Atlantic-Pacific is not my taste, but she has a definitive POV.
Man Repeller is practically an industry, but again--she's not mixing and matching J Crew and thrift store stuff in Salt Lake City.
The Sartorialist stepped on his dick in India, but I like the photos he takes of people who wear stuff I could never pull off.
posted by Ideefixe at 6:05 PM on November 23, 2014 [4 favorites]

Best answer: I like Esther Quek. She is on instagram and this Autostraddle article has a bunch of links that may be useful.

I also like Arabelle Sicardi, who has a website and a blog.
posted by bile and syntax at 7:17 PM on November 23, 2014 [2 favorites]

Best answer: I'm a big fan of Closet Visit. Most of the women featured are from southern California but there's a definite variety in styles.
posted by smorgasbord at 7:19 PM on November 23, 2014 [3 favorites]

Best answer: Racked does this feature called "Working It" where they go into the office of a fashionable brand and spotlight what workers there are wearing. It's perfect creative office wear inspiration.
posted by mynameisluka at 7:30 PM on November 23, 2014 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Stop It Right Now
posted by citron at 8:59 PM on November 23, 2014 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I use Instagram for this. Based on Cindy Gallop's look, it seems we might have similar style aspirations? As a warning, I am currently rather obsessed with Scandi-style 'normcore'.

- fashionably.fit
- woahstyledotcom
- xmyde
- figtny
- theworkinggirl her stuff is crazy expensive but le sigh.
posted by like_neon at 1:59 AM on November 24, 2014 [3 favorites]

Best answer: Two ladies that impress me with their mix of Damn! Yet still a grown up:
qualityrivets.blogspot.com
thetinycloset.com

Also, she seems to be on a posting hiatus at the moment but the Gallop pic you posted reminded me of odysseyhome.com.
posted by Ness at 6:42 AM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Zoetica Ebb is a grown up goth who is into being super skinny, leather, drapey things, black on black, leggings, etc.
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:18 AM on November 24, 2014 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Girls dressing cute for work.
posted by bobobox at 6:27 PM on November 24, 2014 [3 favorites]