Following Fashion: Exploring the World of Trends

As a student hoping to find a place in the fashion world after graduation and an avid fashion enthusiast I decided to dedicate my blog to just that topic. My blog will delve into the world of fashion; its current issues, trends, and controversies. In my quest to create a legitimate and credible blog I searched the internet for sources that compliment this quest. I used many search techniques and sifted through a plethora of information to ensure my sources were both credible and informative in the fashion industry. Many of these sources can be found to the right of my blog under the linkroll enabling my readers to access the information themselves. The criteria for which I decided to add certain sites to the linkroll are based on both the Webby and IMSA standards. In searching for these sites I used many resources like search engines, online directories such as the Librarian’s Internet Index, and blog engines. To begin, I added prominent fashion magazine’s websites such as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Style.com, where Vogue resides online. These magazines hold a great reputation for authority and content; both Webby criterion. Furthermore, these magazine’s websites are very visually stimulating, easy to navigate, and function extremely well. All of these standards pertain to the Webby criteria. Secondly, I added well-known shopping websites that are recognized for having the latest trends and celebrity style such as Shopbop. I also added some newspapers’ websites such as The New York Post which have fashion sections that generally have biographies of famous designers and featured stories on the fashion industry. Lastly, I looked at blogs through the blog search engines. I found the most helpful of these engines was Best of Web: Blogs. The blogs in my linkroll have credible writers and go into depth in content and opinions, both of which are important IMSA criterion. One blog titled The Cut is a blog from New York Magazine while others have a large following giving it authority such as WhoWhatWear. With these sources as my guides I aim to create a fashion blog that builds upon what is being said in the fashion world while adding my own opinion on these topics.