Links Out + Links A La Mode – Week Ending 12/Feb 11

This week’s Links Out will be much shorter than usual, and supplemented with Links A La Mode because my Know Your Fabrics article made the list! These are a few of the other digital goodies I’ve stumbled upon this week:

This Week in Fashion, Blogging & Etc.

• I can totally relate to ‘how do you manage your online personality, offline?‘
• How another blogger manages her free time, planning is kind of a key thing!
• This is a great interview with Vice President and Publisher of Teen Vogue Sabine Feldman about the Teen Vogue Blogger Lounge and the launch of Teen Vogue’s personal style blogger network Fashion Click.
• Great tips on growing for blog traffic, she knows what she’s talking about!
• How to follow fashion week online: Easy, consult this guide for a complete round up of which designers are live-streaming and when.

Links A La Mode

• This is an innovative idea on behalf of beauty brands, let customers order sample-packs and try before they buy.
• Is First Lady Michelle Obama too old and too large to wear a gorgeous Alexander McQueen red gown?
• An interview with vintage expert Doris Raymond of The Way We Wore regarding her sale, vintage trends and vintage lingerie.
• Tips for taking outfit photos, behind and in front of the camera.
• Super eShakti Discount, 20% off c/o Dramatis Personae
• Vogue India promotes an extremely narrow standard of female beauty – only light skin is beautiful!
• A look at celebrity branding from Danni Minogue to Jane Birkin
• In praise of older women in fashion editorials
• A peek at fashion trends in Japan this February
• How Three Successful Bloggers Monetize their Blogs
• Know Your Fabrics! A Guide to Wool, Cotton, Polyester, Viscose and Silk
• Photos and notes from a 19th century fashion exhibition. Lots of ruffles.
• Runningwithheels.com launches new iPad issue with an emphasis on… de-constructed heels?
• You’re a fashionista but you live in Alabama – should you dress down to suit a small-town vibe? I can relate, Auckland is not a street-style mecca!
• Have you ever wondered what to wear to the theater?
• How to put a little bit of Lady GaGa in your step.
• I am completely behind the 10 Commandments of online shopping
• Superstylin*: A Common Thread featuring contemporary label Threadware: The fashion industry itself is small and we are all bound by a common thread.
• Great idea: The Digital Mini Fashion Film Festival: A round up of the latest short films, campaign videos, and creative video-projects of the fashion industry.
• Istanbul Fashion Week runway shows by designers Günseli Türkay and Mehtap Elaidi: Review and photos
• A guide to wearing one color, yes this article covers black.

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Enjoy your weekend, maybe check out a NY fashion week live stream (if you’re into that sort of thing!).