Comments on: London Fashion Week AW 2010 – New Digital Era Spells Trouble for Fashion Bloggers

By: Robin Scott

Robin Scott — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:17:02 +0000

Two points in response: 1) this article is from last year; 2) I was, and still am, principly a blogger; the main reason I wrote this article is because something went badly wrong at this fashion week – notice that I do not criticise bloggers themselves, rather the (lack of) organisation.

I all honesty, I should not have been given accreditation for this event, but I was certainly not alone.

Please also note that I use Danish pastries as a device to highlight the fact that there were about 200 people in a room built for 20 or so. The principle issue was not the pastries; it was that people were queuing to get into a 15 minute show for an hour, and, in many cases, the doors were shut, and they were not allowed to enter because the show was too full. This should not happen at a well organised event.

By: Risa May

Risa May — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:17:21 +0000

I’ve never heard of you (got here via a link) but this sounds like sour grapes to me. Bloggers, who aren’t even being paid to write, getting equal attention to you, a drone on yet another mediocre news site? Scandalous! Something ought to be done! (Especially if they’re beating you to the pastries!)

Pretty pathetic.

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By: Lola Re

Lola Re — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:54:45 +0000

I think a major problem with the fashion world as it’s stood for the past hundred years is that a few people have control over what fashion lovers worldwide think of as beautiful and trendy. High fashion especially relies on perceived exclusivity to survive. The blogosphere is shifting that silly balance of power to one that’s much more democratic.

We can all write about what trends and designers we prefer (known and unknown, with backers and without). We can reject models that are too skinny and looks that don’t translate to real life. We don’t have to read secondhand about the shows using preselected photographs and trends that someone we don’t know has dictated.

Ultimately, this can only be a GOOD thing.

Like anything new, we have to develop infrastructure as to how we’re going to handle these new power players, but consider this when you scorn them — the only reason I even read this article was because it was linked from one of my favourite blogs. lolz

Lola Re

By: polka dot

polka dot — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:24:45 +0000

Interesting article, Mr. Scott. Thank you: it’s interesting food for thought.

Speaking of which.. I’m sorry that I ate your free food in the press room and crowded the catwalk shows. AND sorry that I’ve got a blogspot at the end of my name. Someone should tell all those nice people to stop visiting my blog. Perhaps you’ve got some spare time?

p.s. Elliot: LOVE your comment!

By: The Style Scout

The Style Scout — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:22:55 +0000

Mr. Scott it saddening that some writers feel so threatened by the enthusiasm of the bloggesphere . However your readers may wish to be aware that thestylescout.blogspot.com had as of last year over 2,150,000 page views which may even be comparable to this websiteâ€¦

Also, every posting we upload attracts at least some comments which honestly exceeds the interaction this website has with its readers.

Except of course for this article, which seems to have exceeded the combined total of all the comments ever posted on the entire. Consequently, confirming the you along with the junior staff at PR companies you are also deriving great benefit from engaging with bloggersâ€¦

Meanwhile, I hope that you manage to keep up the controversy driving traffic to your site â€¦.

If you see us around daytime fashion events please say hello. We are the couple who schlep around a smiling fashionable baby in his Mclarenâ€¦

By: LFW Day 2 Outfit

LFW Day 2 Outfit — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:53:25 +0000

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final fashion Â» click click â€“ 26-02-10 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:22:19 +0000

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