No, this isn’t anything to do with abortion campaigns but if it was it’s a bit of a given that I’m of course going to be pro-choice. I therefore take the same attitude towards my style. Lately, I’ve been receiving comments/emails that veer beyond the obvious ‘Oh you’re so ugly/fat/retarded!’ territory. An outbreak of imagination that is most pleasing to my good self, except that of course they’re still negative but more constructive. "You try too hard/You’re OTT/Rumi/Karla/Camille are so much cooler than you" (delete as you like…). We fashion bloggers are an increasingly larger circle now but still small enough to invoke comparisons which isn’t necessarily a bad thing seeing as we do share common interests.
Still, I would like to take this opportunity to remind people of the obvious facts that make some of you construe that I’m a lesser citizen; a) I’m a little older than the aforementioned sparkling trio (and they do sparkle in a way that I don’t…) and b) I’m less endowed in the skinny/pretty vibe that they possess. I’m cool with it seeing as I already made my Ugly Bed a while back when Saved by the Bell was still on television – let’s get over that and move on shall we? If David Baddiel is ok with it, then so am I. But the really obvious point is… well… I’m a completely different person from them. That’s not an American teen movie statement where saying ‘I’m so different’ immediately gains you an audience of other so-called misfits. I am just throwing out a dumb and obvious fact that I happen to be a different person with different genes, DNA, brain and the like. Yes, it might seem like all bloggers are converging into a fash blog NATO that means we might have to start wearing badges of united allegiance one day but I can safely say that as it stands, we are still individuals last time I checked.
Tofu black blazer, Smack dress, Tabio tights, Sergio Rossi wedges
The honest truth is that remarks like the ones detailed above and which you can find if you look back at any number of outfit posts that I have done of late, sting a little, because without meaning to sound like a complete twat – I KNOW that if I rolled up my Lanvin blazer sleeves, donned some cut-off denim shorts, black opaques, my Balenciaga-knock off boots and an AA tee, people would remark that I looked half-decent and vaguely dare I say chic? I’ve come to realise that the cliches about fashion conformity don’t exist for no good reason. Originality is encouraged but god forbid if you don’t worship at Christopher Decarnin’s feet, think Carine Roitfeld is elegant amd that the Olsen twins are effing cool and want Alexander Wang to be your gay best friend, then you can just F right off and hide in a fashion cave, banished forever into the realms of un-cool and downright dorky.
I’d like to repeat though that I am in agreement with the statements above to varying degrees. Yes Balmain is pretty cool but why so bloody expensive considering the materials and workmanship? Carine Roitfeld is elegant but I’m not hankering for her to be my mother as I’m happy with my own. The Olsen twins are admittedly cool but only in comparison to other celeb dimwits who all like to claim fashion stakes in their own dubious clothing lines. I own an Alexander Wang top and skirt which are wearable enough but I happen to have a gay best friend who’s infinitely better IMO.
Tim Ryan cardigan, Joseph grey sheer top, vintage grey t-shirt, Preen leather trousers, Sam Edelman boots
The point is, knowing all of that and knowing that tight body con dresses do make me look less deranged than I normally do. Knowing that greys, blacks and navies in varying textures are in fact very flattering. Knowing that leather trews worn simply and with killer boots are ‘very Givenchy AW08-9’. Knowing that an oversized check shirt with a lot of black eyeliner, some black tights and Doc Martens is just so darn cool. Knowing all of that… and ALSO knowing that people (I’d like to refer to the trio if I may…) wear these looks in a devastating way and might I add, in a way that they can call their own…it’s all not lost on me. I’m not in fact a mental case with hats, headpieces, necklaces and tights taking over my apartment and threatening to tangle me up in a cycle of style schizophrenia that a lot of people feel makes me look like an idiot. When in the right moment and for the right occasion, I do dress like the pics illustrated here.
BUT… if I don’t happen to feel like it and if god forbid, I want to wear a ton of hot pink, a zipper-inspired head to toe outfit, lots of pom poms, fringe and scarves, a croc skin top with a fish scale skirt… etc etc… AND… it makes me very happy to do so and is in fact not offending anyone or hurting people in their life paths then…. by jove, I think I might wear those things. The choice in fashion is what has always endeared me to it and I will be damned if I’m to be limited to a palette/selection just for the sake of adhering to those fashion truths. I like those ‘truths’ well enough but what is so disturbing about wearing a simple Acne dress with studded heels one day and changing into a multi-coloured puffa jacket and floral tights the next?
Boyfriend’s Lanvin shirt, Topshop black sequin shorts, black opaque tights, Doc Martens, H&M necklace
Hence, the Pro-Choice mantra. Why not take all those things into consideration; sponge up all of that knowledge, those fashion do’s and truths that people love doling out, the combinations of outfits that are in most regards ‘fail-safe’, all of that AND more (the more in reference to something personal and harder to articulate here) and then mediate all of that into something of your own.
Of course one might say, selection is key! Rolled up blazers/jeans/trinkets a la Alexa Chung smack of insouciance and nonchalance. Oh those last two words which have dented my brain time and time again. Perhaps I never will quite understand the true meaning of them in which case people lambasting me are more than welcome to. Then there’s the other cry of ‘Oh but you must have a signature style – you can’t wear EVERYTHING in the whole goddamn world…’, to which I’ll say ‘Ikea gave me industrial storage and damnit, I’m going to fill every freakin’ crevice with all manners of clothing.’
Therefore the aim here is I suppose not to chide the negative outcries but to present some sort of a defense argument, which I’ve been pondering about the past few months as I continue to be amused and saddened by how the cliches within fashion (there are others that I won’t expand upon…) are so often spot on.
Uniqlo jumper, vintage denim shorts, Graey leggings, Salvatore Ferragamo flats
P.S. To the trio I mentioned in this post, I bear you no ill willin’. You do inspire me in ways that would feel odd to express as I’m in fact a blogging granny compared to you guys yet I feel like a sad banal dork anyway when in your online presence. I’m only responding to your loyal fans who seem to think that we should all walk under the American sun in matching outfits to appease their eyes. If you don’t mind, I’d prefer to walk on a disgusting British beach under grey skies in a crazily patterned dress, mis-matched tights and non-suitable footwear.
Ta very muchy.
P.P.S. This is also not some sort of "Boo hoo poor me!" post. This has plagued my mind for a few months now and I feel like it’s gotten to that theres-a-pink-elephant-in-the-room stage and nobody wants to talk about it. Let’s get it all out and just point out the obvious as I do sometimes feel like I’m taking ker-razy pills.
I think everyone has seen this slouchy white tee with jean shorts, black blazer, black boots, possibly beanie/hat combination so many times on the internet that erin wasson can shake a stick at. I dont understand why anyone ever will go out of their way to say anything weird, or leave bad comments. Its beyond puzzling. Move onto something else. Theres so many blogs that dress similarly, I dont see why theyd give you crap! I guess there always has to be an underlining to blogging, and its the same crap we’ve all had to deal with since the beggining.
I read your blog from time to time, but I do think you are a talented blogger, and I think you have a very personal style, and I really admire you for having the courage to stand up for your ideas, definetely, we would need more bloggers with the “balls” for doing that
Girl, I like you just the way you are!
Bravo! While I do prefer a black and grey palette, I agree with you 100%. Sometimes when I’m doubting whether I can carry something (even if I love it) I look to you for inspiration. I think to myself, I love this, and it makes me happy, so I’m going to wear it. I got a jeans chain to go with my Karl Lagerfeld Halloween costume that I think makes a fab necklace. I thought, wow, maybe this is a little weird at first, but then I thought, you know, I like this.
Anyway, I thought I’d let you know that you inspire me to take fashion baby steps in ever-dowdy Boston.
xoxo
Susie, MARRY ME.
i don’t understand why people would suggest you need to tone down your outfits! don’t we all read your blog for your absolute originality? x
love the first outfit 😀 u look gorgeous. the leggings seem to blend into the door though 😛
hmm might need to have another look at them patent docs for myself.. ehhe.. *drooool*
I have noticed lately that most people in the blogging fashion world feel as if everyone should think like and dress the same. It is kind of like being stuck in high school all over again. People act as if you’ve grown an extra head if you aren’t in love with Erin wasson, would kill for an Alexander Wang shirt or hunted the wtb for any kind of balmain look alike. I’ve realized that blogs that adhere to that kind of rules tend to be more popular. And I could probabl drop 30 pounds and wear Erin wasson for rvca and get more comments but I’d rather stick to my own boring style and be content. I always thought the best part of fashion was that there were millions of ways to interpret clothes.
Susie, I’d just like to say that I’ve been reading your blog for a few years now, and I think your so-called ‘crazy outfits’ are incredible and I wish I had the guts to wear what you do, often falling back into the ‘safe’ ‘fashionable’ choices instead. Keep wearing whatever you like, people read your blog because of your originality and I for one would hate to see any little bit change.
I read your blog often and I’ve never been compelled to comment until now (mostly out of anger at those immature brats spamming you with hatemail). You’re beautiful the way you are and I appreciate the fact that you dress differently because it dares me to look beyond the trends and the fads. Take care.
i guess it’s just the way of the internet that people feel some impulse to complain or harrass people just for not being something the griefing commenter thinks they should be. but it’s pretty absurd, especially in a world like this one where you have to go out of your way to keep up with somebody’s blog.
anyway, i don’t question the sincerity and originality of the scores of young fashiony bloggers that happen to be quite trendy. but i very much appreciate the fact that you seem to have your own very specific, sometimes really avant-garde tastes. and i know you’re not fishing for compliments, but it’s hard for me to imagine anybody thinking you’re anything but pretty.
Susie, I love you, don’t ever change.
xxxx
You’re one of the first blogs I started reading on a regular basis and it was you and Rumi who inspired me to start my own blog. I don’t understand why people would send you negative comments–it seems that if someone doesn’t like what you’re wearing/writing, they should just move on and not come back. Maybe I’m a bit more passive than the average blog reader, though. That said, I love your blog and want you to keep doing what you’ve always done!
Your outfits inspire me much more often than another go ’round of Kurt Cobain drama nostalgia. That’s not say that I don’t admire and appreciate those looks, but your outfits much more frequently for me are the epitome of fashion for fashion’s sake, as creative inspiration and execution regardless of social mores. Cheers, Susie!
don’t worry susie! I won’t be dropping 30 pounds anytime soon just to get more comments on my blog. LOL. I’d rather get the lovely hate comments than look rail thin. And I forgot to say in my previous comment that your urban outfitters dress looks amazing on you!
whoa, whoa, whoa. What is this about you being “less endowed in the skinny/pretty” vibe???? You’re so beautiful, and your style is absolutely inimitable, which is what makes it so great! You inspire me every day!
I really don’t know how to say this, but I’ll try my best:
Your wonderful-ness always inspires me and while Rumi and Camille inspire me as well, it’s your truly individual look that makes me wake up in the morning and think “I want to dress like Susie today!” In other words, YOU ROCK!!!!
keep on being yourself, susie! 🙂
P.S. Balmain is nice but the prices make my eyes burn, especially for stuff that you could find at a thrift store/H&M and DIY!
Susie, I fucking LOVE you! You are (although I am sure you don’t want to be) MY FASHION HERO!!!!! Keep doing your thing!!!!
Hear hear! Suzie, I like the trio you mentioned quite well, Camille in particular has some great DIY skills and imagination, but, and perhaps my age prejudices me here (i.e. past high school, uni, and grad school), you strike me as more sure of yourself because you are so willing (and very able) to step out of the louche/insouciant look in favor at the moment. I like that look, and wear it myself on lazy days when I’m not at work, but you are Iris Apfel-ish in your ability to juxtapose styles, fabrics, colors. And that ability, that well-honed eye, only comes with experience!
P.S. #2 I honestly think you are quite beautiful.
Well said!
I love your unique style. That’s why I read your blog…
I now the feeling standing in the tube and people looking me like I’m some kind of freak because I love to wear very bold colors, very pouffy dresses, fringe, feathers, flowers, colorful tights …. and I’ve sometimes thought “oh I wish live was simple and I was just another indie chick” but it isn’t simple like that, I can’t help just picking out the most bold statement prints and the most outragous dresses, this is just what pleases my eyes! And Oh I’m so happy you that you are very different from the other ” it” bloggers because you just dress like your personality wants u to and I really respect that.
People who comment like this are always the ones that have the lowest selfesteem, thats the truth, and deep inside they wish they had the guts to be a little different like u!
You are a true inspiration miss susie! keep it up!
your style is phenomenal. i wish that i could have your wardrobe…but we are not at all the same size. you are perfection doing what you do, and this post was proof of what you are:
classy and very much yourself.
susie,
“I’m less endowed in the skinny/pretty vibe that they possess”
you’re wrong!!
Honestly, you are way more inspiring than that “trio” you mentioned. I find them a tad boring and a little too trendy for my taste but I do respect everyones choices in fashion. Trends are fine and good, but knowing how to incorporate them into more fun and artsy outfits is what makes you unique and therefore have such a great sense of style. Please, keep up your beautiful ways and those trolls will figure it out one day when they grow up and realize that not everyone should look the same. I heart you for being you, a creative, inspiring, beautiful woman with a love of fashion that transcends age, looks and negativity !!!!
While I personally am extremely glad and respect that you have your own look and style that is more singular to you than I can even express, people are always going to bitch anonymously or semi-anonymously about whatever they can think will annoy you. I really hope that you don’t take any negative comments that compare you to me/k/c seriously – in the face of such a homogeneous “blogger” style it’s so refreshing to see that it hasn’t affected you in the slightest. I’m sorry that recent negativity has come your way that references any of us because seriously, comparisons are so pointless but I suppose inevitable. In the end it’s just another way for people to bring you down, I can’t even tell you how many hilarious topics my bitchy anons address – apparently I’m a really ugly anorexic bulimic cokehead low class trash thai whore…oh yeah and a horrible role model? I had no idea that was one of my responsibilities. Anyway, your creativity never fails to impress, don’t ever change.
Bah, it’s infinitely more effort to look good and *complicated* than just picking all the slimmest silhouettes that *cough* some bloggers do. Any fool can pull a slim blazer over slim black pants and look “put together”. Whereas almost no one can pull off the crazy cool that you do. And for that you get loads more credit in my eyes.
what a great post.
i agree 100%
its pretty digusting that the blogger style has become cutt off tights a tank and rolled blazer.
and people dismiss anyone who doesent wear it as weird.
i mean i love it, but i appreciate other looks as well.
In the end it is always ALWAYS those who defiantly choose to wear exactly what they please despite public mockery/criticism/humiliation that stand the test of time!
There are loads of style blogs ridden with the practically infinite masses of hipster youth in the urban west in their indentical platform-gladiator-slouch-beanie-fringe-bag-latex-legging getups that will NOT leave a scratch in history because they are too concerned with being “of the moment” and not with personal expression.
Sure, fashion is unavoidable and even the most wild and original of us will still overlap with trends, but atleast these rare “freaks” are just wearing what they like, whether or not everyone else likes it!
Over time the skinny hipster types will go horribly out of fashion – and soon, given that the huge mess that the economy/world is in will inevitably change things. Their “look” will become extremely dated, and they will come to represent everything that is awful and ugly from the previous decade.
This happens over and over again: in the nineties, we looked back at the eighties teased-hair-sequin-shoulder-pad excess with horror, and said “what were we thinking?”
(and to continue the cycle, now it is back “in” again)
Those of us, however, who stood independent despite ridicule, will emerge victoriously as the true icons of the era.
Never back down!
the blogosphere is no different from real life. there will always be people that can’t wait to bring you down. i know it stings, but you need to turn the other way and really not give a damn, because i think there’s little you can do to turn these folks around. me, i take you as you are.
that said, like everyone else who follows your blog, i applaud your sense of style and coordinating looks. i can tell it’s innate in you, and you absolutely must dress like your life depended on it! you, me and all those fashion-obsessed darlings are cut from the same cloth in that no matter what we do, we love fashion.
i think the internet and fashion breeds an interesting “herd” mentality in that an opinion can have a few select voices singing it’s praises, then a bunch of people come to believe it to be true and follow their lead. and you know, many readers are very young, and still finding out about themselves and their personal style. i mean, i love carine roitfeld — love her! but if her look suddenly came onto the scene, there would be scores of people lambasting her for not dressing her age.
susie keep on doing what you do, and hopefully the idiotic comments will lessen their sting.
Go, Susie! I was blown away the first time I stumbled on your blog and saw your totally unique, inspired and inspiring style. Keep it up.
amen, susie.
Ive been reading fashion blogs for some 3ish years now and to be honest the vast majority of them have blurred into one indistinguishable, homogeneous mass.
The reason why I have remained loyal to you Queen Susie [!?!] is you have a your own style and personality [oh, and you are able to write sentences without excesses use of the word “like”.]
Bollocks to anyone that leaves negative comments, you’re fabulous just the way you are.
p.s saw these and thought of you: http://www.soletrader.co.uk/soletrader/product/Brands_SoleTrader_THOMASBURBERRY/TBMDBTBK.htm
Thank god you wrote this post! I don’t read you blog because I want to copy you, in fact I don’t read any fashion blogs because I want to copy them, I read them because I enjoy it and I want to get inspired.
Even on the “trio’s” blogs I have been noticing negative comments when they deviate from what seems to have been defined as their style. I don’t understand the point of people leaving negative comments.
You are a very inspiring person and I hope you keep it up.
Fabulous outfits!! You have such a knack for layering and color, love the simplicity of the palettes here.
I am not familiar with most of Balmain’s designs, and I definitely have no clue who Christopher Decarnin is. All I know is that I love Alexander McQueen and John Lawrence Sullivan. And you have made that okay. Thank you. C:
P.S. You are definitely NOT fat/ugly/all of the above/etc. Your eclectic style pushes the boundaries and constantly makes me look at fashion differently. That, I think, is worth a whole lot more than conforming to so-called fashion “truths”.
Your blog is the only blog I’ve consistently gone to for the past two years mainly for the reason that your blog doesn’t tell me ‘what’s hot right now.’ Your outfits have inspired me to think outside of my traditional ideas of colour combination, fit, and most of all, layering. I guess the creative effort that you put into your outfits really shows, and I am impressed by your ability not to conform to the conventional fashion trends. I wish my closet had the variety yours did so I could have endless outfit possibilities!
P.S. I love the image of the patterned dress contrasted against the grey-skied British beach.
i’ve only been reading stylebubble for about a month but already i have got more inspiration from you then from almost everywhere else. i love the way you dress, its happy and passionate. the way those other girls dress, though they do look beautiful is not really very interesting, and far more self conscious then any of your outfits. and regardless, how can anyone be so rude and awful to something so positive as your approach to fashion? even if you don’t like how someone dresses, that really is just a little bit gross.
your brilliant,
Alice.
What I’ve always admired about your style is your willingness to take chances that the rest of us are too shy to. Keep doing what you’re doing.
thank you for this post!! I have been feeling the same way for a while, especially upon returning from the every-so inspiring Japan. As everyone else has said, people come to your blog because of your personal style, and if they don’t, then why are they here? Seriously- thank GOD for people like you in the fashion blogging world, because I am getting sick to death of the homogeneous balmain/wang/lace/body con/etc/etc/etc/ fashion bloggers who all look the same.
I completely agree with you. Admittedly, I have been feeling a little insecure about my style, since the aforementioned others really have emerged as the “trendy blogger” style. I’m so glad you made this post, you have said eloquently what I (and I’m sure some others out there) have been thinking for a while!
YOU ARE MY HERO.
You summed up so much of my own thoughts in one coherent post!
I’ve never really understood the immense hype with Alexander Wang + Erin Wasson, and you’re pretty much the first blogger I’ve seen not go ‘OMG I WORSHIP THEM’. The way you take risks is inspiring, and kudos to you for standing your ground!
If you were identical to other bloggers out there, why would I bother reading it daily?
Thanks for the post. Keep it real.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
That’s all I can really say.
These photos show that you can dress with the trends and look phenomenal doing it (in my opinion, beating the other bloggers at their own game…but making a comparison would contradict the point of your post, right?).
You look really quite striking in these pictures–not less well endowed in the looks department at all–but I appreciate most the undeniably Susie Bubble outfit posts. Your blog is always fresh and original, not least because your outfits exhibit a fresh and original approach to fashion.
This is just a little Valentine to our own Susie Bubble. <3
I’m so glad you wrote this because I’ve been thinking of this stuff for a long time but would never know how to go about writing a post about it. (I probably can’t even write a coherent comment about it) It’s funny how many fashion blogs have popped up since yours, and all the little fashion blog cliques that have developed. I always want to think that I don’t fit into any, but I just know that I fit into the vintage-cutesy style one for sure. I think it’s the only style that would look decent on me, because as much as I can appreciate the Carine Roitfeld looks or Alexander Wang (I never got the Olsen twins, though)style I’d look like a fool in it.
You’re one of the few bloggers who doesn’t fit into any clique, which is one of the things I like best about you, along with your writing style.
Also I know you’re not looking for compliments here but I just have to say that you must be the only person who doesn’t think you’re pretty. Come on!!!! 🙂
I applaud your style, originality, and eloquence. Yours is probably one of the most prominent fashion blogs out there, and I think with prominence comes the haters. Think of them as an annoying side effect of staggering success, and don’t give them any more attention or thought beyond that.
I have never seen anyone that I think has a better style than you, Susie! Really, I’m a big fan of your unique and original style, you are so inspirational!
The look in the first pic is so gorgeous I can’t stand it…
I rarley comment, but if they can take the time to diss, I can take the time to praise.
you’re original and a blogger style icon. comparisons to other bloggers don’t help anyone.
i love your blog more than anyone elses. i don’t give a damn about cut offs jeans and long legs. thats not new. you are.
Let me tell you the truth, at first I didn’t really feel for your style but I still liked your blog. But this entry made me LOVE YOU. You managed to write down exactly how I’ve been feeling about the whole fashion blogging world recently… Truthfully, I’ve just discovered this whole fashion blogging world very recently (about 7 months now) and I’m a super chicken and will not even dare to try and start one of my own but I love you for what you said and I agree with you 100% and please stay like that, keep being the way you are!
Oh god, as fabulous as Rumi/Camille/Carla etc are, they all kind of blend together into one sort of hipster-ish style.
You’re much more daring in your fashion choices, and I’d personally take your wardrobe over anyone. Plus, how many bloggers can say they’ve been personally complimented by Charles Anastase?
to be honest, i still consider you the QUEEN of fashion, for you have such originality and creativity that is so amazing….i love youuu!
Good Job, girl! I’m sick of the safe and boring styles floating around the blogosphere.
It takes courage to be independent and creative! I love the way you dress! Keep it up!
like you, i can change from the sullen rocker look with all the black and mascara going on, to a whimsical dress with lace and the works, and my friends will all stare at me and think i’m weird, but it’s just frustrating that to them and so many others out there it’s so important to have a ‘signature’ style…
i say, just wear whatever damn well pleases you!
Susie you are my favourite fashion blogger. Even though what you wear isn’t necessarily my style(I’m a 50s freak), you always inspire me so much. Susie I salute you.
I love how you have said exactly what I’ve been thinking about the fashion blog world and maybe even fashion in general. It really is ironic that the ‘fashion insiders’ who criticise those who love the style of jessica simpson, lauren conrad, victoria beckham etc, are in fact perhaps more sheep-like themselves in their admiration for wasson, roitfeld & co. There is such a lack of originality nowadays but you along with selina from flying saucer seem to stand out amongst the endless parade of black and denim shorts. Makes me proud to be British-even if our weather does suck!
I especially love style bubble for the fact that it doesn’t seem to be only a fashion blog or one of those rather gratuitous blogs where bloggers post endless photoshoots of themselves and not much else. You are so eloquent and all of your fashion posts are so diverse and well-researched. Your love for fashion and point of view is so clear, whereas to be quite honest many blogs now seem so self-involved and all about garnering compliments.
Sorry that was such a long post but this has been on my mind a while now, ever since i started discovering more and mroe of the blogging community. Though like many others, yours was the original blog that made me realise the potential that existed.
susie susie…i am familiar with those three other bloggers you mentioned but i adore your style so so much more. i agree with what you said whole heartedly. i also appreciate the fact that you’re so knowledgeable about the fashion world and share with us so many great up and coming or lesser known designers. i love your writing style and in my opinion, you look more beautiful than the other three.
people can get so nasty on the internet, hiding behind a computer screen. please continue showing us your great style, as you know there are so many of us who love you for who you are!
(p.s. the fact that you work for dazed digital – doesn’t that attest to your incredible fashion sense and writing style? (and may i say, superiority?!)
just do what you want to and we’ll just watch you.
adorable wits. so good at taking the piss
that trio is a bunch of losers with no brains.
ps: balmain is so tacky, carine roitfeld alike. sick of the sad neurotic parisian look.
The world needs more fearless individuals and less clones – why does everyone care so much about what others think?
The last thing I wanna be pondering on my deathbed is ‘why didn’t I wear those stripper heels and that neon pink miniskirt to the shops that day? ‘
Well, no regrets I say!
Wear it now and save the hard thinking for other issues, like, what hair colour captures my personality and matches my skin tone best and other pressing matters
etc
hehe x
You have such mindblowingly refreshing style- it’s like I am looking at an inspiration board whenever you update. Throw in encyclopedia-like fashion expertise, an adorable British accent, and well-written entries… how could anyone hate?! This blog always makes me want to expand and explore the concept of “wearin stuff.” Thank you.
Also: You’re adorable. Even when you “tone it down” (a la these shots) you are still fierce!
In case you’re wondering, you’re pretty much fabulous.
here here!!! i love everyones’ individual styles and I especially like your British style too 🙂
p.s that Smack dress looks hot! by the way 🙂
Susie, susie, I am so far down the line of comments but i hope you read this!
I rarely comment, but I read your blog every morning in my google reader. Sometimes I like what you wear, sometimes I really don’t like what you wear. But I appreciate so much how you are so original! You are so into the fashion scene but have not conformed to it, and THAT for me is inspiring. And you don’t care if people think your outfits are ugly, or unflattering on you, because you have the confidence to experiment.
I give you a standing ovation and encourage you to keep on blogging, and writing, and I expect to see you working in the fashion industry WELL into your old age! Thank you for being YOU, and not like every other blogger out there.
Also, you are a REALLY GOOD WRITER!
I understand people saying maybe you’re out there but thats what fashion is its never been staying the same i dont think when john galliano made his things they thought wow but they might think that looks odd but fashion is being different and to offend someone for that is dispicable you could say you dont like the outfit but to go ahead and characterize and say your this your that your trying to hard thats stupid ive been on this blog for more than a year and your fashion sense has always been a little out there but if your here and you dont like it get out and stop reading becouse your the one who is on this wonderful website and most of us come here to see her dress a little different and mismatched and get inspiration if not we’d go to all the other blogs
I am about to go to cheesy and creepy/stalkerly extents that NO MAN SHOULD EVER REACH-but I have to, I do.
Susie, I love you, we all love you. I hate sounding like a condescending twat and it’s such a cliche, but the people that say those things really are jealous. You’re gorgeous (not the slightest bit ugly or fat or any of that sort) and unique and wonderfully quirky. Your blog is very popular and tons of people come on here every day because they respect your opinion and what you have to say, and your outfits are oozing with inspiration. It’s expected some people are jealous, yet they deal with that in the worst possible way which is really not affecting anyone but themselves
There can only be so many Kate Lanphears in the fashion blogosphere (and it’s really not a difficult look to duplicate). It’s so easy to lose your style in a blog world full of Erin Wassons so for the love of all that is good in this world thank you for standing out and friggin being yourself. It’s easy to throw on a blazer, ripped shorts, tights, a white Hanes V-neck, and a pair of Docs, but finding the perfect balance between textures, patterns, layers, colors, etc-that takes a lot more effort and is way more interesting. Your blog is by far the most original I’ve ever seen-though you even work at a magazine and get front row seats at runway shows, you still maintain a style that is completely unique, original, and far from generic or trendy. It’s also a huge cliche to say fashion is art…but that’s seriously what your outfits are. Like I said everything is balanced, but the fact that you have the confidence to wear it just makes it even more wonderful! If people that are in such awe of OMG A BLAZER AND A BEANIE don’t like what you have to display…that might be a good thing. It means you’re doing something right, in my opinion.
Don’t change, I know you’re too strong for this 🙂
I’m not always a fan of your outfits but you are the only fashion blogger who isnt making bank out of being totally derivative…as you say in your post. I read your blog for inspiration and unique taste–not to see nylon magazine-redux.
I’m not saying this to flatter you, like i feel so many of the comments before this are trying to do.
i’ve followed your blog for awhile, and comment from time to time. i love your unique style and the way you layer-mix-match and have an air of grace, style + clash:) as an american who can’t stand the hipster style of copying models & magazine spreads..thanks for being whatever you want to be when you post. i love your blog! (and also love moohoop, dreamecho and the now-defunct fops & dandies)
Wear what you want.
—WendyB
Be you.
—me
“I love you just the way you aaaaaaaaaaaaare!”
—Billy Joel
hey susie – yours was the first fashion blog i ever followed religiously, and i still check it every day hoping for updates. i lost my style “mojo” for a couple of months and i think it was because i was following too many bloggers who all had similar styles. you have always been an inspiration and a wonderful fashion resource, and i almost had a panic attack when you considered shutting your blog down. i was in london a couple of weeks ago and if i had seen you on the street i would have knelt down and bowed a la Wayne & Garth. you are a true pioneer and i hope you never give up blogging. i don’t think you need “balls to dress like that” or that you’re “brave to walk down the street like that,” i just think people need to be more open-minded and appreciative of your independence and creativity. thank you and now please give me your basso&brooke leggings, i dream about them.
your blog was the first i found and read daily/followed religiously (which sounds creepy but its true). I actually started my blog after reading yours, you pretty much introduced me to the whole fash blogging world. So i just wanna say thanks for that.
And I don’t think anyone can imagine Susie Bubble without her protective layers of crazy. Your style is unique and i think tonnes of bloggers admire your style, including me.
Please don’t give a crap as to what those hate commenters say.
And you, FAT? Waaaa?? What are they talking about?
susie, keep changing! that’s what i love about you, your style is always evolving. you never get stuck into the rut of whatever is deemed “fashionable”. i will love you and your amazing sense of style always.
you are wonderful just the way you are! the first outfit in this post is beyond amazing! and your skin is glowing! you look beautiful.
Hi Susie!
Although an avid reader of your blog, this is the first time I’ve commented. Anyway, I really admire your personal style and I think the mismatched layers/crazy accessories make you, well, YOU. And even though I prefer to stick to classic pieces because that’s just what I feel most comfortable in, I’m always inspired by your creativity
Ps. I wore these fringe pants not too long ago and they sort of reminded me of you. Ha
Take care Susssie!
Hey! I’m a new reader and I really like your refreshing reads better than others, which are usually ripped out of style magazines and very simple insights. Well, I love it whenever you spice this fashion trends with realities in your life. It makes it feel that fashion is real and for everybody instead of being luxurious, far-fetched dreams of the middle-class. I love your style. 🙂
I for one am thankful that someone (you) doesn’t look like an acolyte of Erin Wasson or Kate Lanphear, who were fine to me until they were over-elevated to goddess status for basically dressing like they are going to a concert. Anyone who thinks otherwise can go fuck themselves as far as I’m concerned.
Oh and thanks to ENC for quoting me like the goddess I am, dammit.
I love this post! I have read your blog for a while now, and while sometimes your outfits seem over the top for my own personal style, I always admire the way you seem to pull them off with such amazing confidence. And whenever I don’t feel confident enough to wear some clothing concoction that I think some people would deem “weird,” I think of you! lol so keep being awesome!
Well, I know I’m late to the comments, but I just feel like I have to add my two cents here.
Though sometimes I think, “Susie’s mad!” I wouldn’t go about saying that you need to wear this this and that. It’s your own style, and if it makes you happy, so be it! You’re inspiring to others who may be too afraid to wear things that are supposedly out there.
I live in Puerto Rico, as I think I’ve said before, and like you, I guess my style could be called…”distinct.” Add to that the fact that I’m also “weird” looking by PR/Anglo standards, or so people have said. Sometimes I do think “oh shit, people are going to talk” when I wear something. But if it makes me happy, who cares. Screw everyone else. Wear what makes you happy.
Most importantly, whenever I read your blog, I feel that you are just trying to be you. Not anyone else. And in a world where so many people are trying to emulate/copy/look like others, it’s refreshing to see someone say: this is me. So keep it up!
BRAVO! I love your uniqueness, and in fact am quite peeved when I come to check in on your blog and see you in ‘regular’ clothes. I totally agree with everything you have written here, and find your personal style to be very liberating and inspirational. Keep up the wonderful quirkyness- I love it.
xo
angela
To me, your blog serves a different purpose than the three you mentioned. Being a follower of all (especially yours) i’ve grown to love, not just your difference in style, but the fact that you actually WRITE a decent blog. I often find that most fashion blogs haven’t even come close to traversing the literary ground that you have, relying on outfit posts and pretty pictures instead which are fine until the gloss wears off and I find myself wanting more… There’s substance behind your images in the form of relevant debate and opinion!!! And a respect for grammar, syntax and bloody hell, even punctuation!! And for that I thank you very much 🙂
oh god.. you make me smile even with this seemingly serious narrative.
I wonder sometimes why these people with negative views even bother to leave comments. If they don’t like what they see they can just look away. why waste keyboard strokes on negativity.
Sure those trios are darling to look at but they look the same to me. Actually after a while I stopped looking at their blogs for a simple reason – I got bored.. did I tell them that they were boring? no I didn’t.
As your blog is so famous you attract all kinds of people it seems. for various reasons I suppose. Jealousy will be one specially among girls. I think that’s a typical attribute of women.. getting spiteful against other women. God damn it.. what can’t we just get along like guys do. well all this difference makes our lives more interesting I guess.
I hope you feel better now after that ‘letting it all out’.
I started reading your blog not because I always agree with your style (some I find rather not agreeable, esp. 80s looks because I am a bit older than you and I can’t stand that fashion era and some of that 80s look is creepy back…) but anyway, I read your blog because I love the fact that you can embrace the different styles, have a true love for clothes, and a very original. And oh, you are a good writer. You dress the way you dress because its you and its original. And from the looks of things, you have quite a following…cheers!
I heart you!
Susie, keep up on your originality and creativity on dressing up yourself. You are one of my inspirations which doesn’t end up looking like most of the cool girls walking on the street out there. :]
i like the blogs you mentioned too, but keep in mind they are west coast and not necessarily what all of america looks like. there are wonderful east coast american blogs that look quite different. but back to you…i’m glad that you have kept up your blog and shared your discoveries despite all the negative feedback you have received lately and over the years. you are truly one of a kind and that is greatly valued!!! and i adore your free spirit and your style that is very much your own. you are fabulous and gorgeous!!!! so please keep your chin up!!
Tell them to kick rocks! You’re gorgeous, skinny and your outfits rock…
dear susie,
i came by here years ago, and something drew me to you. i thought, for sure, it would be a passing phase, as your style was much too eccentric for me, but time and time again, i found myself here, still drawn. and now, i finally understand it (and seek your posts every morning).
after having just come from another blog community (non-fashion oriented) recently, and seeing how it developed from a crazy inspiring/elevating/creative outlet to one that merely propagated the same ideas to one another, and became disappointingly mean-spirited and competitive in the process, i now see it happening here as well. it’s a shame especially as i have just now officially joined the fashion blog world this past october.
while it saddens me to see the direction the community is going in, i know that there are bloggers like you who are truly one of a kind, and who understand the beauty in cultivating one’s individuality, in the face of a world who does not always appreciate what is ‘different’.
knowing this, you don’t know how happy i am to know you are still here, toughing out the negativity, and sharing your ideas, your inspiration, your creations with us. while i can’t say that i am as bold as you are yet (even after all these years of following your blog, before rumi, before camille, before karla), you have certainly inspired me to throw caution to the wind. slowly, but surely, i will come into my own, in fashion, as in life, and, at the risk of sounding dramatic, you are playing a crucial/motivational part in my “becoming”.
i get a little worked up sometimes, as i am now, but it’s my way of saying that i absolutely adore you, and appreciate the way you are shaping the online fashion community, as daunting as that can be, and without ever having asked for it.
thank you, susie. you are a gem. and i don’t need to tell you that i’m not the only one who feels this way.
best,
kym
lamodeestdansleciel.blogspot.com
“I’m only responding to your loyal fans who seem to think that we should all walk under the American sun in matching outfits to appease their eyes. If you don’t mind, I’d prefer to walk on a disgusting British beach under grey skies in a crazily patterned dress, mis-matched tights and non-suitable footwear.”
AMEN!!!!!
Susie,
Just ignore the haters they’re not worth the time of day.
And you are STUNNING just look at the photos in this post and see how gorgeous you are.
Can’t stand Erin Wasson (especially after the design plagiarism debacle) and am indifferent to Alexander Wang, but love love love you, your inimitable style, your courage and sense of adventure!
negative feedback means you’re doing something right. 🙂
I think tat reason people read your blog is becuase of how different you are from the “trio”. I sometimes fell the same way, luckily my city isn’t full of openly negative people, but there are times when the pink elephant is definately in the corner. I think my favorite thing about you is how you just pwn up to who you are and empbrace it instead of trying to conform to what others tell you you should be.
Hear, O America
Deuteronomy 6 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
America has turned its back on God, or people that have invaded America have turned their backs on God. I don’t know which one is correct, but if we don’t listen to and hear God’s still small voice, we are in danger of something greater than what has already happened. God called to Elijah in a still small voice; how does he call you? God speaks to me but I have to be willing to listen.
I have heard more boring rhetoric from political candidates that it gets to be sickening, but they babble on and spill out more lies.
The Word of God is truth and I like to stand upon the truth of the Word, and meditate on it day and night. I know I could spend more time in the Word than I actually do, but God feeds those who pursue Him in righteousness. Are you pursuing Him in righteousness?
The Nation of America has become so much like the nation of Israel of long ago. From the time of captivity in Egypt to the time when they (the Israelites) asked God to give them a king, named Saul, their full trust wasn’t in God but in man or something other than God. Here we are, Democrats, like the Israelites, blaming the Republicans, like they (the Israelites) blamed Moses and God, for their troubles. The Democrats don’t want to point fingers at themselves, but when they point a finger at President Bush or the Republican Party, three fingers point right back at them. The 3 fingers represent their own party under the leadership of former Presidents Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and most recently the Democrat controlled Congress, that has caused the financial problems in America today. Now America may elect a man who I will not stand in judgment of but will say that any man who endorses the killing of unborn babies and then even the killing of babies born out of abortion doesn’t sound like a man who God would put in the Presidency of the United States of America. How can any Christian vote with a clear conscience for a man who endorses this! Again I say to you – how can a person who calls themselves a Christian vote with a clear conscience for a man who supports abortion up to even a time when an innocent baby can be born alive and then set on a table to die!
It reminds me of Pharaoh and his edict to kill all the newborn male Israelites by throwing them in the River, yet Moses was spared because of God’s divine intervention. Then years and years later another king, Herod, wanted to kill baby Jesus, so he commands all babies to be killed, but again God delivers Jesus, for the greatest mission of all time.
With Barack Obama as President, the nation will suffer. He cannot stand by many promises because so much of what he has said changes like the shifting winds. He has manipulated many Americans, even too many Christians who think change is needed – every day produces change – a new fresh set of clothes, new meals, new life, and newness is all around us. One of my favorite scriptures of all time deals with something new, Isaiah 43:19. I include verses 18-28 because after the new thing we have a choice to make as to what we will do with what God has given us:
Isaiah 43:18
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
20 The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21 the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise.
22 “Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob,
you have not wearied yourselves for me, O Israel.
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,
nor honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with grain offerings
nor wearied you with demands for incense.
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me,
or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied me with your offenses.
25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more.
26 Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together;
state the case for your innocence.
27 Your first father sinned;
your spokesmen rebelled against me.
28 So I will disgrace the dignitaries of your temple,
and I will consign Jacob to destruction
and Israel to scorn.
What will you do with the new that God gives you, verse 19 above? I plan on making something wonderful of it. We only have a life on this earth that is compared in James to that of just a mist or a vapor. Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. James 4:14 (NASB) – Are you making yourself useful in the Kingdom of God, or are you just biding your time, depending on others for what you can do yourself.
Those tired of President Bush may not want him back, but what is ahead will be worse unless God’s true people repent, humble themselves and turn back to Him and leave Barack and his rumblings behind. We have had for 200 year greater and more numerous opportunities to prosper than to suffer and now comes along a man, a Democrat, who will be like the Democrat controlled Congress, and Presidents Carter and Clinton before him and bring a struggling nation as of now, further down, HOPEFULLY THOUGH TO OUR KNEES IN PRAYER! God is wondering where your heart is! Is your heart willing to bring America back to God or is it in man made change that will crumble just like the nation of Israel because of it’s lack of total dependence on God (doG). As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. What about you?
Joshua 24:14 “Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
As you ponder the words above, there are more words I want you to read when you are ready! It is scripture and commentary from Matthew Henry:
Isaiah 48:9 9 “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10″Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11″For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.
Deliverance Promised
12″Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called;
I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.
13″Surely My hand founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I call to them, they stand together.
14″Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them has declared these things?
The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
15″I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
48:9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honor of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen vessels, and a good work of grace begun in them, in the furnace of affliction. It is comfort to God’s people, that God will secure his own honor, therefore work deliverance for them. And if God delivers his people, he cannot be at a loss for instruments to be employed. God has formed a plan, in which, for his own sake, and the glory of his grace, he saves all that come to Him.
I have chosen to be tested in the furnace. God refined me over numerous years. You would not believe it if I told you the number of years that God has spent refining my life. I wanted to give up on more than one occasion, but God’s pursuit never ends, but what we do is quite another thing. I would hope you would allow God to catch you and never let you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIAdgLR1ZGw – listen to the wonderful song about God never letting us go!!!
Your style is unique. If some people don’t see it, we can’t help them. I guess the more you show yourself on pictures, the more people feel free to criticize you. Don’t listen to them too much (even if I know it’s easy to say).
long overdue.
and hello to crazy overload at 5:36!!
suzie,i luv the way u r 🙂
and more to say… u r dmd pretttty n’ ….c….ute ! :))
You are so bad ass!
GREAT POST!
susie, no matter what anyone says, it is pretty clear you are #1 in terms of your knowledge and talent. you are THE #1 fashion blog in my opinion. i don’t read any others.. i hope you get far, i love your style, i’m nowhere near as talented in styling clothes, etc. so i really admire your work. anyone who says you are fat/ugly/or whatever other word you mentioned is as ghetto californians would say a “hater”. please keep being original, i and all of your thousands of fans who just observe (and don’t comment, this is my first comment) LOVE IT. don’t listen to any of the haters, i truly believe you will make it to the top in the fashion/writing field. your writing is so natural. you ROCK!
sincerely,
cindy from the berkeley, california in u.s.
Hi Susie,
I don’t usually comment, either…in fact, this is only my second time commenting to your post. Urgh. I was so consumed with finishing the project with Sandra that I didn’t get to talk to you much while you were here in SF. But I did get to see you a bit and you’re exactly how I expected! Innovative and absolutely adorable. I thought maybe you even tried to tone down a bit for the American audience? There are too many Erin Wassons out there…
Please don’t change.
I <3 yr style, suziebubble! NO illwill just personal opinion, but the gorgeous fashn blogcore bubs yr being compared 2 are, well, to paraphrase the immortal words of the mortal Heath, just a little bit w/out. <3 U, thx 4 being authentic N not 2cool4skool. Lix xox
Yes! I feel like this really need to be said. Although I like browsing through the trio’s blogs and respect all three of them, sometimes I feel as if those are relatively simple outfits I already pick out for myself. Your fashion choices are always more daring and more interesting and usually play up the complexities of proportion and patterns in a way that a blazer and denim cut-offs don’t. Keep doing what you’re doing, you’re beautiful.
What an amazing post, and equally amazing comments left by fellow bloggers! I agree with everything, and don’t have much to add..
I must admit I absolutely loved all your outfits above (especially the Sam Edelman boots, Tim Ryan cardi, Docs…)…although I think I understand the point you’re making with them…
Btw. I do recall someone complaining similarly to Camille that her style was boring and repetitive, so she too has had to deal with this ‘issue’.
As you already know, we all love your amazing style which is SO inspiring! 🙂
i think you are god
This is why I love you most.
It takes WAY more to be able to pull off some of your outfits, as opposed to being able to throw together a baggy shirt, blazer, cut offs and heels.
And what’s this about not having that pretty/skinny thing going? I’m definitely seeing it.
PRO SUSIE!
Been reading since the 04. And you never cease to amaze. Love the heartfelt piece, the writings and the outfits. <3
the reason i like your blog is that it inspires in a way that most magazines and other blog dont. they show us whats hot and how to put together an outfit so we look cool and like everyone else. the reason i read your blog daily is because you inspire me to think outside the box and not be afraid of wearing all my favourite items of clothing all at once. you have made me look at fashion and trends in a totally different way. thank you <3
and lol 5.36 is a bit intense.
Your style for fashion is quirky but at the mean time very chic! ^^
I actually intend to know where you’re from. Because you look very much like an asian
hey as a fellow honger i’m gonna pitch in and show solidarity by saying you have inspired me from the first time I stumbled onto this blog and now I steel myself for the quizzical stares and sneering family members I have to face each time I pile on the dressing ups and I am Happy doing just that.
I can’t tell you how much I love this post 🙂 And just for the record, I think that somehow, you managed to pull everything right off, even the craziest stuff. And that surely, is much more admirable than looking chic 😀
Hi susie I know there are TONS of comments before me but please don’t ever stop what you are doing. & I know you won’t 😉
susiebubble, you’re one in a million, and reading your blog is daily candy for the eyes. don’t pay such conformists any mind. just keep doing what you do.
O susie! geddit girl. you don’t need no Billy Joel’s “I Love Just the Way You Are” lyrics to remind you how fabulous you are. Those other girls can bite it. You have always been the best, most intelligent and stylish blogger out there.
i love this blog! i read it everyday. i have started to be more adventurous with my fashion choices because i thought, if you can, why can’t i? lol at 5:36 wtf?
🙂
You are an inspiration to many!You are unique! The “popular” look is usually banal thats why the majority likes it. Susie you are beautiful!dont ever conform or be disheartened by negative comments! Your readers love you!
Ker-razy pills v fash clone clique? It’s a no-brainer – keep on flying the flag in cage outfits or whatever you damn well please – the haters will implode with self-righteous bile and the world will be a sweeter place for it.
I think it’s great that you still remain true to yourself and your unique style… while some of the fashion blogs (American ones, in particular) have morphed into a homogeneous group that can be loosely summarised as blazer-denim-cutoffs, black, fierce heels, a lot of ripped garments. So, go Susie! Continue to inspire.
PS. Ever since your magazined review over tea video post, I can almost hear your beautiful voice & your crisp British accent saying everything I read here!
I couldn’t agree with this post more. Being a rare bird is …well, rare. They’re few and far between, and something to cherish, even if it’s not always accepted!
susie…
I read your blog everyday at work (sometimes. That’s probably a terrible thing to admit, but anyhow…) it’s people like you who inspire fashion designers. Some people may say things clash, but I think your outfits are uniquely you, and you make them WORK. So who cares what other people say. I have seen many style blogs but none other fascinates / captivates me more than yours. I’m really too lazy to follow blogs but I feel if I don’t read your blog for a day I’ve missed out on something, and fashion is pretty much my life…. (I work in the industry)… so, props to you for being who you are and not giving a shiyet about what is “so trendy” because I find it so relieving to see people wearing all the amazing, crazy and beautiful creations designers have made, and cherishing all of it.
So thank you, Susie!
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If I have to set eyes on yet ANOTHER Erin Wasson-alike I am going to shoot myself. Truly, I’ve been wearing boy blazers for many long years and I can’t bare to put one on anymore since I am so sick of the sight of them.
Whilst there are times I don’t always like what you wear, I ALWAYS admire the fact you are one of the few women who’s style does not revolve around wanting to look taller/thinner/cooler/trendier etc. I dress to flatter myself to a degree, but that naturally happens when you get older and you notice how your body has changed, but you are much too young to get caught up in that and thankfully you don’t. It’s very hard to ignore these rude people – I always end up giving them a mouthful, but you are nicer than me so you just have to try and shrug off what they say as petty jealousy.
Hey Susie, It’s all been said really. Keep dressing how you feel and doing what you please. Otherwise, what’s the point? To heck with the cookie cutter look.
it’s really funny how you were going on in the post and random outfit photos pops out, it’s like a reminder of how good you are in this and why you have over a hundred comments telling you how much you’re being loved for who you are.
susie,
you’re amazing & i love reading your blog because of your fantastic personal style. you stay true to yourself & that’s why i keep on reading. plus you actually know your fashion; you’re so on top of things. don’t let the hate mail bring you down, you’re awesome as is. go susie, stay fab!
OH MY GOOD GOD….. these comments??? Where fore art thou hast come from???
I myself have been lost at comment number 131 but I just want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU. I have read ALL of them, taking something from every one of them.
The words of encouragement will of course fuel me on but like I said, this isn’t a fishing post.
I am making a point to which so many of you have admitted that you’re not huge fans of my style…. WHICH I think proves that whilst people don’t have to the diverse things going on within fashion, they like diversity itself if that makes sense.
Also, this was never intended as a post to bash that wonderful trio who have all commented here (thanks Rumi, Camille and Karla….)…what they do is also inspiring to people too and they have become blogging forces to be reckoned with. I’m merely pointing out that I’ve felt that a lot of people…not the bloggers themselves…but others who are FANS of their blogs feel that that they are the ONLY way to look right and fashionable…
I really can’t accept that as fact and it saddens me if people do think that way…
Anyway, I’m late for work and the tummy is grumbling…individual comments might ensue but I promise you each and every one of your comment has been RE-AD, NOTED and DIGESTED.
To 5.36: KER-RAZY!!!!!!!!! I’m tempted not to delete it just because it’s so wacked out…
i dont leave much comments but i guess ive been reading u for last 8-9 months. so heres a long one…
u have taste and guts; and one without the other looks ordinary for me. people who think a style needs approval should relax and have a martini.
When i was in Grand Bazaar in istanbul, i bought this old, patterned azerbaijani boy’s cap with lots of beaded black fringes on top and some extra beige fringes with orange beads over those (description doesnt do justice but its really fun). its so small that i can hardly wear it over my bun, and im sure people think i look like a crazy she-rabbi. if im having guts to go out with my jingling jangling hat, its all thanks to you. i mean it. its not a huge “achievement” maybe, but my former attempts mostly ended up making extreme eye-contact with strangers trying to read their minds but now, really, who cares? and im saying this in a country where a regular ladies’ hat is enough to attract attention, not in UK, u know. all those curious eyes with heads shaking, i know they r dying to try it on anyway.
so yes, my compliments and a personal thank u note. and if u ever end up in istanbul, i’d love to see what u buy from grand bazaar. they have these central-asian “vintage” stuff in the backstreets with beads, fringes, studs etc. FYI 🙂
Oh and the ugly thing….I’d read the post that I linked to for further reference….it’s a pretty consecrated fact in my head in the same way that I know I have greater strengths…like making banana cake and writing lists…
refreshing post.
i think dressing can be very cathartic. it isn’t some equation. it’s clothes for god’s sake! yes, there are certain occasions where it might be in one’s best interest to dress smart (example: job interview) but most of the time it would be in one’s best interest to infuse a little fun, humor and creative experimentation into what can be a very mundane and, at it’s worst, soul shattering daily routine. i feel more buoyant when i leave the house if i dress to express instead of impress.
keep following your instincts. you’ve got a knack for this.
I don’t usually comment, but I just had to say something. It’s a shame but I guess there will always be fuckers out there who don’t appreciate that it takes a fabulous woman to wear anything and everything she chooses to! And we’ll have none of this nonsense about you being “less pretty/skinny” too…..you are utterly gorgeous. Oh….and that you may be a “little older”… well all I can say is that you sparkle all the more brightly for it! Go Susie!
I like seeing people like you, fun clothes brighten up the world! I believe that there is nothing wrong with wearing what suits you-if that happens to be plainer styles that’s cool, if you can pull off more crazy things (as you can) then that is great too
Love first and last looks. You are always so imaginative…Please, don¬¥t change!
Well. I think you are very pretty. And as a blogger of an older age, I can also say that dressing over the top is a thing you can only pull off when older and more confident.
But you are very pretty. And not a jolie laide. To me you are just jolie.
*also…i love those leggings in the last picture, they make me think of myths and magic!
they perhaps forget that the reason these ladies are ‘cool’ is that they tried something different once. Plus it’s all a matter of preference – if they prefer Camille they can go read Camille. Lack of homogenisation is why online blogging is great.
PS: my GBF loves your blog.
you’re gorgeous susie! don’t change!
your style is really personal. i mean sometimes rumi, camille and karla dress so much alike. but you will always stand out!
dearest susie,
you know that i love your style, always will, always have, because it’s so 100% you and so marvelously special. i drop by almost every day to enjoy your posts, which are always inspiring, well written, and always very interesting. and i absolutely LOVE that you don’t worship vapid wasson (dude, like, cool, like, homeless people have great style, cool, dude), love that you walk on a disgusting british beach under gray skies in a crazily patterned dress, and that you give the world your totally unique beauty and perfection that’s all your own.
your personal, idiosyncratic and wonderful style kicks the ass of the American beauties.’ Le freak is chicc!
x
I can think of a million reasons to love you and your style miss bubble so just ignore the crappy comments, also where is this fat and ugly person?!!!because all I can see is a very beautiful and gorgeous susie, so if anyone see’s other wise then they need to go to specsavers.
You’ll find this sort of (negative) mentality everywhere, also outside the fashion-blogosphere or highschool. Take my all-male colleagues: during lunch they sometimes diss other colleagues who dare to show up that day in a pink shirt, or even *gasp* red sneakers. They ridicule the guys that don’t match their norm (=checkered shirts and chinos…). It’s basic herd behaviour. Don’t let the sheep get to you.
I have always respected (even admire) people who stick to their own style regardless of others, which is not always easy. Even if I sometimes don’t personally like your outfits (you sometimes leave me pondering) I’ll always admire you doing your own thing. And that’s the biggest inspiration to me. If I’m worried about public reactions to my outfits I’ll think: “If Susie can do it, I can do it too!”
P.S. I know you’re not fishing for compliments, but I think you’re pretty.
i know everyone else will have said stuff along these lines, but i wanted to add my voice to the chorus.
i read those blogs too, but theyre just like the bread in my meal – you’re the delicious filling.
(not cheese)
if i dressed in shorts, blazers, big boots, i would feel like nothing. as you can see (http://modepass.com/emahelena) my dressing is colourful, different from day to day, and very rarely called chic.
but that’s how i feel comfortable. you go even further in your outfits and that’s awesome and gives us all energy to do the same.
susie, you read my mind! i have been having the same-ish thoughts as of late.
while you and i have very different styles, i always turn to your blog for information, creative outfits and intelligent posts.
i find it fascinating that people would heckle anonymously to try and get you to be someone else. it is kind of nonsensical. k/c/r have their very particular west coast style, while you have your very particular own susie-bubble style. i just scream, “people dress differently, get over it.”
i am constantly trying to figure out what “my” style is and i agree that there is no reason to dress homogeneously just to satisfy others so that they can label you…
keep up the colors, and layers and just being yourself. this blog truly is for you anyway, right?
damn, those girls are really popular. and i do really enjoy their sites.
but when we are talking about personal style, in the sense of my own personal style… i couldn’t wear what they wear, its more along the lines of chic, when what i want for myself is expressive.
i come to your site because you are so good at expressive dressing, same with kindom of style. i want more out of style than perfecting the art of tshirts and jeans.
besides, i find it hard to believe any woman would wear 7″ heels to the beach. it’s a pretty picture though.
don’t listen to the haters! you’re awesome just as you are 🙂
Susie, people want to fit other people in boxes. It makes them feel safe to have someone “figured out” and if they can’t do that, they get confused, mad and they react by bitching. I believe they most probably don’t even read your posts, they just look at the pictures to find things they can bitch about. If they read your thoughts they wouldn’t dare. They don’t deserve any energy from you.
Keep being you and writing those inspiring posts from time to time.
Your blog is the first fashion blog that I started religiously reading before “the trio” even existed. You’re one of the originals, and people that send hateful comments are just haters. I love that you have fun with fashion. I have always admired your sense of style and find your blog refreshing while the others I find semi generic. I also love that you actually write and report your fashion experiences and revelations rather than just post images of your outfits and where you wore it to. So keep up the good work!
I really like your post, but it’s a bit useless, people make non-constructive critics simply for the reason that they want to bring people down or are jealous, they couldn’t care less about what you are trying to explain. They are just twisted individuals.
I’m sure those bloggers you mentioned have exactly the same problems, the abuse directed to Rumi for example is just shocking, besides the fact that she’s called anorexic hundred times a day people do not even shy away from racist comments. There are a lot of LOW people out there.
Susie Bubble, you are amazingly stylish. I love the “trio”, but if you dressed like them that would be bad. Not because you couldn’t pull it off, as I’m sure you could, but because I love your outfits precisely because they’re really, really interesting. You put things together in a way no one else would think of, and it looks great. Also, your blog not only has wonderful outfits but also has some really deep thoughts and insight about things, which other blogs may be lacking. So basically, keep being your(extremely inspiring)self!
what’s really funny though with those kind of comments, saying the said trio look cooler or whatever than you, is the fact that all tree of them take you as an inspiration for their style / inspired them to blog etc..
I think it would be quite boring if I came to your blog to see you with plain or so called “chic” outfits, yours are more like little pieces of art that you put up together!
anyway, I think you’re pretty amazing, dont change! 🙂
Amen to this post. Yours is the first blog I check every day and it’s because of your individuality and obvious passion for the topic, not because of your physical resemblance to anyone from The Hills. I like all the bloggers mentioned in the post but as you say, we can’t all be the same and I also don’t understand the effort taken by the negative commenters to try and make you feel bad about yourself. In fact you conform fairly exactly to normative standards of beauty in that you are young, slim and pretty, and you are choosing to subvert notions of “hotness”. I don’t know what they want from you unless it’s to put on a Juicy tracksuit and get some hair extensions!
GAH! people hating on susie bubble make me sad.
you know how people keep saying “you have to respect my opinions! i’m entitled to carry guns if i want!”?
that should so apply to fashion. i know, this goes against a vast tradition of being sartorially judgmental, but even though you’re wearing it, not saying it, it’s still a point of view.
those velvety looking sergio rossi shoes are so great, by the way. but my fave pic of the bunch is the last one. you look so comfortable with yourself i just wanna stand up and applaud.
Stylebubble is the original, the favourite. It is unique, and so are you.
By the way, is that your door? Do you happen to know what paint colour it is?
Sure I may think some of your outfits are OTT…but who cares? It’s your individual style and I respect that you’re no run-off-the-mill assembly line fashion clone.
Don’t ever change to fit someone else’s perspective of what you should be.
I read your blog everyday and I love it.
and you are gorgeous.
Ignore the naysayers…they’ll always be there in their negative little world while you get on with your fabulous gorgeous life.
Keep up the good work. What will I look at on my teabreak if you dont?!
I know all of the aforementioned blogs. This one is the only one I visit everyday.
I get from you what I can’t see versions of in any magazine or celebrity tabloid.
I love your blog for all of the reasons stated above. I hate rules and I love clothes. You make me smile with my heart Susie Bubble!
And remember: Daphne Guinness loves you too!!!
Susie, I happen to think that you a)have amazing style and b)you are gorgeous!
This in fact is YOUR style blog, and it’s great that YOU wear whatever YOU want. That’s how fashion should be. I super duper sorry that so many people have been down on, especially when they have the choice to just not read the blog if they don’t like it!
Please stay strong and do not let the “haters” get to you, because, as evidenced from these comments, an overwhelming number of people love what you are doing!
<3
I completely agree with your post.
I do check out trio on occassion but I read YOUR blog everyday Susie. What keeps me coming back? Your unique style! While all bloggers have a unique style, I like the fact that you like to try things that can look a little crazy….and actually pull it off. I love that you don’t play it safe. It reminds me that fashion is about having fun. I also think that people don’t realise the courage it takes to wear some of your outfits.
Also for the record, the ‘less endowed in the skinny/pretty’ comment is complete rubbish. Your photos are lovely and I asbolutely adore that first outfit and I still love those leggings!
susie, i think you’re gorgeous and super talented! keep up the awesome work on this blog. 🙂
Wow 159 comments!
Just have to add my little say. I find your blog much more inspiring than any of the trio you referred to. I read their blogs every day and love them – but I know I will never look like them. Would love to be a supercool tall skinny teenager and be able to pull off their outfits but I never will be. Of course I would never be able to pull of most of your outfits either but what your blog does is inspire us to wear what we want to wear. Whether its flowery or bright or loads of layers or cool and minimal. You inspire people to have the courage to wear what they want.
susie, all those girls u mentioned live in the US, and i daresay us europeans/londoners have a much more eccentric and interesting style. u play with sillouettes, colours, and FUN combinations. this is not about being some 16 yr old layabout who wants to dress up like a model or ‘channel’ someone else. i see real life and real creativity in the way u dress everyday.and thats just awesome the way it is.
ooh I’m way too late for this post! I’m a fan of those 3 girls, but your blog is really one of the first to make me see the difference in fashion, I always enjoy your articulacy, not to mention creativity even if yor style is so varied from my own (but I think that’s the point, isn’t it?) x
Oh Susie don’t these people ever tire of bereating or comparing. how dull is their imaginations. You know I think you should ignor the little f*****s and if you were Sister Wolf you’d have the c word in the title which isn’t choice!
You have spawned a lot of copies and undoubtadly inspired others. Please keep thrilling me with all your many and varied outfits. And agian ignore ’em – who cares what they think, you got many good working years ahead fo you and you can jack this blog in when ever you want – you’ve earnt your stripes!
“I KNOW that if I rolled up my Lanvin blazer sleeves, donned some cut-off denim shorts, black opaques, my Balenciaga-knock off boots and an AA tee, people would remark that I looked half-decent and vaguely dare I say chic?”
You took the words right outta my mouth! It’s true that there is a certain ‘mould’ of what is chic and stylish, and heck, almost anyone could don one of the aforementioned items and call it a day. But it is those who take risks and play with their outfits, whom gets my ultimate salutation! Afterall, fashion is all about having fun, no? 😛
I’m so shocked to read that people actually leave comments like that. If they don’t like it they don’t have to visit your site. I live in Hongkong where many people dress nicely and/or expensively but in very predictable and boring way. So when I first stumbled onto your site first I thought your outfits were outrageous and not always flattering. However now yours & Daine’s Shaded View are the only fashion blog I visit daily as I don’t know what I’ll find and although I’ll not follow exactly the way you dress I do get lots of inspirations for how to mix different textures, colours and shapes etc. All other fashion blogs offer the same old boring formula so I don’t expand my horizons. Suzie please keep giving us wild, fun and creative ideas. Many thanks. Oh I also love your stye writing. Intelligent & sassy.
“I’d prefer to walk on a disgusting British beach under grey skies in a crazily patterned dress, mis-matched tights and non-suitable footwear.”
Amen. I think you’re fab.
there’s not much i can really add to this, but i’m amazed how well you’ve put into words something that has been developing over the past 6 months or so.
style bubble is without fail the first blog i check, followed by kos, partly because you both offer a lot more than the usual pretty outfit photos in way of new designers, diy, ideas, musings, whatever, but ALSO because your style is truly inventive.
having met you – albeit briefly – i can attest to a complete lack of fat&ugliness. and you can pull off the simple outfits if you want to, although i love the fact that even in the ones pictured above you’ve been unable to exclude the details which make them a little bit different.
i am a big fan of the trio you mention and think they are all inventive in the way they dress – camille particularly with her genius DIYs. but i think people take different away from style bubble that they do from the west coast blogs. not many of us amazing figures, great camera skills and a sun-kissed backdrop. and we have no way of aquiring these things. but we can all learn about new designers and get inspiration on how to put things together in unusual ways from style bubble.
criticism of your style and your blog is pointless as it IS so different from those you mentioned. i really hope this diversity continues and we don’t all become a homogenised DM wearing mass.
erm, having said that, I really want those DMs in the 3rd pic….
What can be said that hasn’t already, but it’s you who has stretched my imagination as far as wearing clothes is concerned. And I’m not sure why you think you’re inferior in the looks and body department – if I saw you coming down the street I would be paralyzed with awe! Do you look in the mirror? Style Salvage Steve must be banging his head against the wall!
OMG Susie, f@*k those haters! I have been faithfully reading your blog for ages now and I love love love your unique take on fashion. It’s refreshing to see someone who embraces so many different styles without condemning anything that isn’t sanctioned by Vogue Paris (or heaven forbid Paris Hilton). I may not be as brave as you, but you always inspire me to play more with my style, so to all your detractors, I say “YOU go crawl in a cave!”
Hugs from Zurich!
Susie,
All I can say is, to quote Billy Crystal “you look mah-ve-lous!” People need to get over the fact that a person must dress a certain way. What I have learned is that there are no rules, and that each day is a new day to express how you feel or how you are inspired. Rock on!
hey i have been reading your blog since it started and it is the first time I have commented. I think you are amazing and your style is unique. You should not feel under pressure by anybody and do not bow to the pressure please. The day you stop blogging will be a sad day.
A year ago my style became ‘normal’ due to peoples comments but I still carried on reading your blog and I was reminded on why I love fashion and you inspired me to return to my unique style. I am proud of the way I dress now and I am determined never to change.
It makes me sad to think that these people waste their lives creating negativity. Carry on with your style and dont let them win because at the end of the day there is a reason why they have posted negative comments and that is jealousy.
x x
Any and ALL wonderfully positive comments above I am seconding 100% Susie. Your stuff always brings me back to focus and remember my true self. Always enjoyed and your photos are to die for.
you are the best, your style is creative and an inspiration to the eye. bring on the patterns and florals and do what you do best! xoxo
When I found your blog it literally opened up the world of fashion to me. I wouldn’t have even thought people dressed like you do but I’m so glad they do! Your style amazes me every day. Anyone can wear a certain stylish uniform but you never fail to be imaginative and generally awesome. Also you come across as a genuinely lovely and interesting person.
I’ve been following your blog and you have amazing style that not a lot of people can pull off. Why the hell would you want to look like a bunch of people so you can look ‘chic’ anyway? It’s people like you who push the fashion boundaries and I think your blog is brill! Don’t listen to them – there’s no way in hell you’re fat or even close! Love the Smack dress btw!
LOVE! We love your blog because of your inspirational originality, and I love that you never force ideas onto readers, telling people to wear this or that, you’re just showing the world things you love in a passionate way that doesn’t make me feel like I’m a clueless fatty. That’s why I read it every day! There’s none of the ‘Oh, look at me, I’m so skinny and… insouciant. Aren’t you just SO jealous?’ patronising crap. Hmm. I went off in a bit of a tangent there but I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR BLOG. I LOVE THE WAY YOU WRITE. I LOVE THAT YOU’RE NOT A SKINNY RICH KID IN DENIM SHORTS!
Goodbye.
Oh god Susie, I’m tearing as I read this! It’s so true, if you don’t conform to these “minimalist” fashion parameters you’re deemed as not so stylish as some of the other bloggers and that makes me wholly sad. Your style is perfect on so many levels and inspires me to step out there just a bit more in what I wear and post on my blog. Keep it up and keep deleting those dreadful comments! Lots of fashion love, Stylish Thought
This is exactly the reason why you hold the place of #1 fashion blogger in my mind (KOS a close second, I’m in the same age bracket as you girls). I love and read soooo many fashion blogs every day, and find inspiration in each and every one of them, I really do. But I’ve always been the girl who was a little bit “off” style-wise, and nothing’s going to change that, and I imagine you are the same way.
I distinctly remember my mom and I getting into an argument about what I was going to wear to school when I was about 15. I was wearing some weird half handmade half vintage outfit, and she was saying “please, don’t wear that, you’re going to get teased! Why can’t you just wear clothes from The Gap, like normal kids!” To which I screamed back “Fuck the Gap, I don’t care if I’m going to get teased, I want to be myself!”
I still feel the same, and I’m so happy that there’s a person out there like you who will wear what makes her FEEL good, with the LOOKING good (to others standards) coming in as a lesser concern.
So often it’s the negative people who get really vocal and agressive, so just remember that for every negative comment you get, there are 50 people who think wonderfully of you, there really are!
Hi Susiebubble,
You have no idea how much this post means to me. People need to try (although some never will) to appreciate what “individual” means
While I’m not a fashion blogger, (mine is more arts and crafts and who knows what)
what you say here re:
“Yes, it might seem like all bloggers are converging into a fash blog NATO that means we might have to start wearing badges of united allegiance one day”
Trust me I was stunned when I figured out how condescending, critical, even nasty and unkind a lot of the bloggers are. It affected me so much that one day I nearly deleted my blog and quit. Then I thought oh screw that. I don’t have to sign up with a secret design decor blogosphere clique.
Anyway what you have said is an important message. The fact that it comes from a person as talented as you are makes it even more weighty 🙂
Thank you Susie for speaking out for originality and individuality. I feel better now. Because I love my blog and I plan to keep it 🙂 I definitely don’t want to join a blogger clique where a bunch of fakeness is hurled back and forth 24/7. Sometimes I love my zero comment status.
and now an addendum message to my critics who might read the comments here.
addendum:
next time you have the inclination to tell other bloggers how to be just like you in your hopes that the blogosphere become as boring as your own special mediocrity just know how lame that is.
And while I have no magic wand to help you overcome your desire to turn home decor, design, arts and crafts, and fashion into on giant size Target brand, or that every blogger should aspire to your brand of blogging, at least Susie has expressed the equivalent of a magic wand:) Yes. She did.
Love your fashion Susie
thanks for your post today!!
Michele
thecraftycameleonincalifornia
i think you are thin! if you’re not seen as thin, then my whole life is over and i must be morbidly obese!!
god reading through all these comments has been the highlight of my day!? it’s been too long since there was a big slice of blogging opinions. it was about time the changing world of fashion blogs were noticed i guess. i was just thinking about how in the past all blogs were different and every post each day was something crazy and new, my wardrobe was seriously random! but maybe now it’s as bloggers develop personal style or just that there’s a look out there that everyone wants to be a part of, so everyone is blogging about it? i think that’s it, like how rumi/karla/camille all have a really edgy and very flattering look so a lot of people buy into it. also it’s tempting to follow a blog format that works, such as outfit posts in deserts or dirt roads! i love those blogs and look at the stunning pictures enviously, but i got even more enjoyment when you do a post of loads of outfits around a new item you’d found in a charity shop.
i think a major factor though is that these bloggers are american. it’s known that us brits are more eccentric and americans are more solid and classic. there are an insane amount of american blogs and they have the strengths of teen vogue’s blogging involvement and their cool teen zines like nylon. also i guess not many people read blogs for the same reason, and the ‘trio’ are very aesthetically pleasing and aspirational, not many want to wear the more outrageous stuff that may not be as easy on the eye.
and Susie you are my fashion hero! forget the negative commenters, reading through some of camille’s and rumi’s makes me nearly cry despite them being gorgeous, people are always going to be negative whatever happens. well comments like that aren’t even negative, they’re just mean! i’d welcome a comment that was like ‘mmm doesn’t work too much for me, try adding xxxx’ than ‘are you really a man’ (I HATE that one the most). i remember last year i used to post whatever the hell was on my mind but now i think ‘ahh this post is pointless/boring/would certainly not be attractive to people’, and i’m trying to snap myself back into posting my own stuff , which is hard after spending an hour or so seeing people who wear hot pants and killer heels with no tights- maybe it’s the british thing but i would surely get molested if i walked even five steps in that get up!! this is getting way to long, just please remember that like everyone has said, we love your blog the most, your doses of inspiration that’s new/renewed/totally random are great and hands down my favourite posts are your outfits and when you’d just happily gone round your favourite London spots and discovered something great looking, regards of whether it’s on the runway/super skin tight and sexy/the ‘trio’ approved. please keep being you! we’re being brainwashed by looking at the same images everyday. you are truly beautiful, end of.
please! I have never commented before but have been reading you for awhile; I have seen your blog, and I have seen those other three; you are on the list of blogs I read every day, they are not. coo-kie-cut-ter!! boring!!
who cares about “flattering,” you are gutsier and therefore far, far cooler than they.
I also don’t think that there is any reason for you to be apologetically deprecating yourself figure/beauty-wise (eg. “they do sparkle in a way that I don’t…) and b) I’m less endowed in the skinny/pretty vibe that they possess.”); you are a BABE.
don’t even begin to accomodate people who (anonymously, over-the-internet) tell you otherwise.
Susie, you have one of my favourite blogs, and I think anyone that decides to commment you/ or anyone negatively is just stupid and should occupy their time in a way other than one that does not please them. I find your unique way of dressing refreshing to the otherwise “conformist” type of fashion, and think people should dress whichever way makes them happy, be it the ordinary (like me) or someway considered odd.
Susie, your blog is the first I ever read (way back in 2006) and it’s inspired me in so many ways. I’m so picky about the blogs I read, so things appear & disappear on my bloglines list all the time, but your blog (and a few others admittedly) has never once left.
This is the best post I’ve read in a while and it’s really lifted my spirits so thankyou!
I personally resonated with this article. Your eloquent defence of the individual and unique rings true with many of those quirky fashionistas among us who don’t want to subscribe to some American standard. The rules of Fashion are not finite and unbendable. In fact, the rule of fashion should be that all rules ARE breakable!
I commend you for your wonderful, articulate defence of these people!
And while I think you DO look stunning in our new industry standards, I think you should be doubly commended for staying true to your crazy, fun and daring choices!
In response to your “Ugly Bed”, I disagree. Your face is unique, but I think you are a different kind of beautiful. These photos above are testiment to your beauty. I think you’re downright adorable. Don’t forget that some people do think that.
For what it’s worth I think you have a fantastic sense of style.
what can i say when 189 (! !) people from all over the world already told you everything one can say (and i think you knew all of this already)?
you know you’re original and you don’t seem like you care, normally… so go on doing your thing and thus support my mission: against mediocrisy, for uniqueness.
or, like Oscar Wilde says: Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
yeah. 😉
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Does that get my point across?
You are the original, and the best.
I’m pretty sure you inspired Rumi if you read her first post, and yeh I like her style but that’s not what a fashion blog is all about.
I remember when I first read about your blog in an asos magazine, and since then you’ve been acknowledged all over the place for your brilliance, intelligence and downright coolness.
It doesn’t get any better than the iconic Susie Bubble, and anyone who sends you pointless messages like that just likes putting other people down.
England is behind you! (:
Can I just say that I got very sniffy and teary reading all the comments which I believe might hit the high of the Gucci dress pic that i posted a while back…
I do want to acknowledge that yes negativity exists on the trio’s blogs and I doubt any of those girls would hurt a fly…. some of the comments are fucking horrible….
It still baffles me why people would do this, wasting a minute of their life when they could otherwise be clipping their toe nails/drinking more Ribena/watching Friends re-runs/staring at space…. any of those activities would be more fruitful than leaving an anon comment that has no point other than to provoke…
Rather than saying one thing is better than the other…and I do realise this is starting to sound like some sort of basic manners manual that a primary school teacher might have been teaching from….let’s just accept that everybody is different….
See….it sounds so basic and ridiculously infantile even as I type that but it does come down to those basic rules…
Fashion presents itself with INFINITE opportunities and factoring in figure/looks/money/resources/location…. it just means that you can set yourself up with varying challenges and seek out fashion on an infinite number of fashion paths as it were…
I happen to choose this particular path… you might go somewhere else and I’m bloody glad… let’s have millions of paths, interpretations and takes shall we?
Also, if you don’t agree with what I said that’s even better…come forth….this is THE post to get it all out there anyway…
While I occasionally read those blogs that you mentioned, it is Style Bubble that I read every day! Your blog and style is much more interesting that those other bloggers, and I love that you post about new and underrated designers and not the same old Carine Roitfeld-Kate Lanphear-Erin Wasson-blah-blah-vomit. And you are gorgeous! Not to be rude, as she is lovely, but I think you are much prettier than Rumi.
SUZIE!!! you rock.
That is all.
people should grow up. just because YOU don’t dress in a way that is appealing to them, who’s stopping you from blogging about it? they should at least have the decency to restrain from commenting, as such comments sound nothing short than useless, if they don’t even like the style. plus, as you pointed out yourself, your style and that of the trio is not comparable on ANY level.
let me add, your blog is first of all amusing to read. i do like some of the outfits (although sometimes i scroll past faster as they are not always eye candy to me, but i don’t even demand them to be), but what i like most is your point of view on all sorts of things related to fashion, not because you know more than i do (which you probably do but that’s not the point), but because you bring such an interesting point of view that these days it would be stupid to miss out on it.
Susie; you are awesome, often I compile an outfit that I love, but then think ‘I can’t actually leave the house like this’
but then I decide that ‘Suzie can, it is acually ok to wear this, yes! I can!’
I’m going to finally wear my headscarf OUT tomorrow. Dare me. x
As I can only assume the previous 196 comments have said, I will now reiterate, that this was an extremely badass post, you have amazing amazingly unique style, and are not only inspiring in that arena, but also inspiring as a writer. And hey, we’re here to READ blogs right? Not just look at pictures, though the pictures are quite fab too!
Lovin’ all the outfits but if I was to be asked about a favourite, it has to be the first one.
It’s too good for a runway look!
Argh learning of this makes me horrifically mad.
I often find the above mentioned fashion blogs a little predicatble and boring at times- I still read and enjoy them though, don’t get me wrong. I will always pride myself on being someone who takes fashion risks, which is why your blog always strikes more of a chord with me than any other because who takes more fashion risks than you? Ok, I don’t always like them, as I’m sure people don’t often like some of my fashion choices, but I LOVE that you do take them! Real fashion and style is all about taking those risks and constantly raising the bar. And I hope you never ever ‘chicify’ your style or whatever. I love love love love love x21938892372 your kooky finds and your outfits inspire me everyday.
AND ALSO YOU ARE GORGEOUS. So you can take that ‘Ugly Bed’ crap somewhere else because it’s rubbish. I would literally kill for your looks/figure so whatever.
So in conclusion, thank you Susie Bubble for your amazing style and dedication to real fashion.
Hey Susie! i know i’m probably just saying the same things everyone else is saying, but I felt like i had to comment, because i completely disagree with the haters. It must be irritating to have strangers/lemmings trying to tell you how to dress! Besides, I love to read Stylebubble for YOUR thoughtful posts and YOUR ideas, and YOUR amazing, unique outfits! If I wanted to look at “Trends!OMG! It girls!” I would pick up a US Vogue!
Anyway, keep up the good work :)! Sorry if the comment is long…
Hey!
I agree with everything you said because i feel I am different than a couple of my ultra tiny ultra fashion friends. I wear what I wanna wear and it doesn’t always have to be sexy all the time or revealing in some way. I just bought a pair of knee-high white doc martens after remembering my patent moc-croc ones from when I was a kid and I love them! people give me weird looks, but I don’t care rock on chick! x
I think out of all of the fashion blogs that I frequent, yours is by far one of my favorites, and it’s because I relate to your eccentricity and intuitive style much more than I ever could understand the impulse to dress formulaically “well”. I think most of these comments will be repeating a similar sentiment, but like you, I’m not someone who rolls out of bed and pulls out an interestingly disheveled A. Wang homage.
A guy who works in the administration offices at my school was talking to me the other day about how he’d seen a middle aged woman walking behind me one day and scoffing at my mismatched prints, weird clothing proportions and general oddity. He told me that although he didn’t even know me, he’d gone up to the woman and told her that she wished she were creative enough to dress like me.
Just know that for every one person that doesn’t understand the instinct to wear whatever you like and not belong to some code (even a “stylish” one), there’s one or two more people who appreciate your actual originality, and look forward to clothes that aren’t a manufactured condensation of cool.
oh, please do not compare yourself with other bloggers! maybe blogs like the trio you mentioned have a lot of followers, but it is like s.o. already said: all these blogs are just one big blurry mass, that noone will miss, once they are gone. but you have your own style, which is much more “fashion sense” than copying and restyling something you saw in a magazine. you really have established something.
oh – and calling you fat? i can’t believe it. when i see those skiny legs and hips of someone like rumi, i am a little digusted. THANKS FOR THE SPEECH!
So stupid! People who supposedly don’t like you but still waste their time by stalking oyou? Don’t believe them. Envy
well done girl! keep it up with your style 😉
There are a lot of truly tragic people out there who hate individuality. They are down on you because you dare to stand out from the herd. You have STYLE! And what is more it is unique and completely your own.
hey susie your post (and all the subsequent responses) has inspired me to share a personal account of my approach to fashion to convince you that dressing ‘outside of the lines’ is actually a worth it. bear with me.
I used to love fashion as much as you (I’m just a wee bit older)but I’ve since gotten jaded. That said, I still follow your blog everyday, because it reminds me what I found magical about fashion in the first place, which was first and foremost the creative process. For me, functionality came with age ;). Like you, I always had to have some quirky personal twist (on a very limited budget) whether it be reconstructing thrift store finds or wearing my t-shirt inside out because I thought the exposed seams were more aesthetically pleasing. It was a lot of fun, and I spent more time trying to be inventive than wondering if I fit the desired mold, which of course I knew I didn’t and that awareness was truly freeing. Your enthusiasm and ‘dans le vent’ approach to fashion is a gift and a catalyst. And like all relevant, creative exercises, they’re going to love you or hate you. My best years of dressing (like I said I’ve simplified) and biggest compliments happened when I broke the rules.
Like you, it was the attitude and the enthusiasm and resulting aesthetic which others responded positively to. I personally think you are visually reassuring instead of the other way around.
Do not water yourself down, please.
It sucks when you have to post things like this, but I guess it’s necessary every once and awhile and you are so eloquent when expressing your views on your style! I think the trio you mention get similar flak too, I remember when Camille first started her blog (I found her early on) people started complaining that she dressed too boring and had to switch it up every once and a while and she responded with great grace that if they wanted a more adventurous dresser they should go and check you out!!
susie, your blog is the only one i actually sit down and read. not just look at the pictures and shout “ohh-ahh!” too. i actually read, learn and am so incredibly inspired every time i scroll down the page.
youve inspired not only in the stockings department (always in your debt for that!) but also to embrace myself and my own personal style that much more. youre fabulous, susie!
Susie, don’t listen to those shit heads. Whenever I check your typepad I am constantly smiling. You’re willingness to experiment reminds me a lot of myself. And it’s nice to have someone to relate to. In a world where the vast majority just rolls around in some urban outfitters and calls it a day. You are a part of my daily routine.
Susie, keep being interesting.
I know you will.
p.s. In the picture where you’re wearing the Sergio Rossi wedges and the tablo tights, your legs look about thirty miles long.
Just to let you know.
<3 matt
Just for your own tally, to balance out the nay-sayers, I have to comment. Style bubble is the first blog on my ‘bookmarks’, and the first reference in my mind when putting an outfit together. Not to emulate, but to be true to my instincts, to keep in mind the endless possibilities of fashion, and yes, sometimes, to lend a bit of courage when needed. Bully to the nay-sayers, and thank you to you; You are an inspiration and a darling.
x M
I think your blogging and outfits are great, its good because your style is quite different to mine, but that gives me inspiration for ways to be more creative. I just checked out the trio’s blogs for the first time, and Camilles and Karlas were cute, but not a patch on your blogging style (exprience+more creativity+being funny mean you win, susie). But Rumi’s…. hmmm!
i do like alexander wang though..
ive only just seen this so sorry for being so slow your personal style is amazing
Haters hate, players play. It’s the game.
Truth.
God, I’ve never heard of the Trio but just checked out their sites. In 5 minutes, literally. When I discovered your site about a year ago I read the whole thing from the first post to the last in a day. I just couldnt stop. Just keep on doing what youre doing, so I can have my fashion treat every day ;D
You’re perfect! You *do* shine, your style is so much more personal and idiosyncratic, not purely dictated by “what iD says you should wear”. Ignore the haters…
I’ve always admired your stance against these haters!!
I think you’re beautiful myself.
Your style is fresh and original and I have a sinking feeling some of these kids are gonna look back at themselves in 10 years and clap a hand to their forehead…
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
x
we love your outfits and your blog in general!! you are beautiful and smart!! love us some style bubble!
Umm, I think you can officially say you are “big time” when you get spammed by God him/herself…hee hee
Hey Susie
I read a hell of a lot of blogs…some I flit in and out of, others, including yours and KOS, I read daily. The reason I read yours is that you dont make me feel ugly and fat. You are gorgeous, despite what you say…but not gorgeous in the way that makes me hate you and want to rip your head off! You are original…sometimes I love what you are wearing and other times, I think wtf? Either way…its all good. Anyone can wear what their fashion mag of choice tells them is fashionable or what the current hollywood IT girls are wearing. It takes talent and courage to put your own style out there for all to see!
Ignore the haters. In the words of my mother ‘They are just jealous!’
Sarah xxx
I thought you were pretty awesome before, but after reading this post, let me just say: Susie Bubble, you rule! Don’t let the haters get you down.
I LOVE THIS POST
Susie : Often Imitated Never Duplicated !
I cannot begin a day without reading your blog .
You are a source of inspiration more efficient than the “trio” ( so boring and already old fashion for me … )
LOVE YOU !!
and you did a killer post !
Susie, you are beautiful. This post captures what has been bothering me about the fashion-blog for awhile (and actually about the American hipster scene, since I am American and am sick of the Erin Wasson/Alexander Wang look).
Also, I would like to point out that while I used to quite enjoy the trio you mentioned, I am beginning to be bothered by the blind worship of Erin Wasson. She does not seem like a good person. Not only did she (allegedly, but I believe it) her jewelry designs from a young designer (Bliss Lau), but she also said this: “The people with the best style for me are the people that are the poorest. Like, when I go down to Venice beach and I see the homeless, like, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, they’re pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pulled shit out of like garbage cans.'”
How phenomenally insensitive. Unfortunately, the “trio’s” continued coverage of Erin Wasson has led me to stop reading their blogs. Just as I will not vote for a president who calls his wife a c*nt, I will not support women who value fashion over ethics.
Sorry for the long comment, but you are a vastly superior blogger. And you should know it. (And people should talk about how terrible Erin Wasson is!!!)
I guess this is something that a lot of us have been thinking about.
FYI, Rumi is actually OLDER than you. Maybe by a year or so? Give or take a few months.
Oh Susie,your blog is practically what started the whole blogging craze! I read lots of blogs but yours has been the one I’ve stuck with the longest. In fact yours was the first I ever started reading and really made me interested in fashion in the first place. I’ve often found myself comparing other blogs to yours (and of course none of them match up)! There will always be people who criticize anyone who doesn’t fit the norm, I think some people are simply afraid because they’re too dim to understand that individuality is truly a beautiful thing.
I haven’t read this blog much recently but I have to comment that while I do like the Alex Wang thing popular now, I have a big appreciation for people who have PERSONAL style, even if that means wearing completely varied outfits from one day to the next. No one will ever be inspired by someone who tries to look like everyone else and who choses to be someone other than themselves. It’s not inspiring. It’s boring. And if someone has something negative to say about someone’s style or appearance in general then they shouldn’t visit the person’s blog because they obviously have no other reason for visiting it other than finding excuses to be critical of others. You never look like your trying too hard no matter what you wear and you’re not fat or ugly (plus you have great hair). Anyone who says so is taking out their own self esteem issues on you. Same goes for comments to Rumi since I noticed her post. I can’t stand when people make rude comments about people’s bodies, especially when we live in a society full of females with body issues of one kind or another.
I haven’t read this blog much recently but I have to comment that while I do like the Alex Wang thing popular now, I have a big appreciation for people who have PERSONAL style, even if that means wearing completely varied outfits from one day to the next. No one will ever be inspired by someone who tries to look like everyone else and who choses to be someone other than themselves. It’s not inspiring. It’s boring. And if someone has something negative to say about someone’s style or appearance in general then they shouldn’t visit the person’s blog because they obviously have no other reason for visiting it other than finding excuses to be critical of others. You never look like your trying too hard no matter what you wear and you’re not fat or ugly (plus you have great hair). Anyone who says so is taking out their own self esteem issues on you. Same goes for comments to Rumi since I noticed her post. I can’t stand when people make rude comments about people’s bodies, especially when we live in a society full of females with body issues of one kind or another.
I haven’t read this blog much recently but I have to comment that while I do like the Alex Wang thing popular now, I have a big appreciation for people who have PERSONAL style, even if that means wearing completely varied outfits from one day to the next. No one will ever be inspired by someone who tries to look like everyone else and who choses to be someone other than themselves. It’s not inspiring. It’s boring. And if someone has something negative to say about someone’s style or appearance in general then they shouldn’t visit the person’s blog because they obviously have no other reason for visiting it other than finding excuses to be critical of others. You never look like your trying too hard no matter what you wear and you’re not fat or ugly (plus you have great hair). Anyone who says so is taking out their own self esteem issues on you. Same goes for comments to Rumi since I noticed her post. I can’t stand when people make rude comments about people’s bodies, especially when we live in a society full of females with body issues of one kind or another.
I haven’t read this blog much recently but I have to comment that while I do like the Alex Wang thing popular now, I have a big appreciation for people who have PERSONAL style, even if that means wearing completely varied outfits from one day to the next. No one will ever be inspired by someone who tries to look like everyone else and who choses to be someone other than themselves. It’s not inspiring. It’s boring. And if someone has something negative to say about someone’s style or appearance in general then they shouldn’t visit the person’s blog because they obviously have no other reason for visiting it other than finding excuses to be critical of others. You never look like your trying too hard no matter what you wear and you’re not fat or ugly (plus you have great hair). Anyone who says so is taking out their own self esteem issues on you. Same goes for comments to Rumi since I noticed her post. I can’t stand when people make rude comments about people’s bodies, especially when we live in a society full of females with body issues of one kind or another.
I haven’t read this blog much recently but I have to comment that while I do like the Alex Wang thing popular now, I have a big appreciation for people who have PERSONAL style, even if that means wearing completely varied outfits from one day to the next. No one will ever be inspired by someone who tries to look like everyone else and who choses to be someone other than themselves. It’s not inspiring. It’s boring. And if someone has something negative to say about someone’s style or appearance in general then they shouldn’t visit the person’s blog because they obviously have no other reason for visiting it other than finding excuses to be critical of others. You never look like your trying too hard no matter what you wear and you’re not fat or ugly (plus you have great hair). Anyone who says so is taking out their own self esteem issues on you. Same goes for comments to Rumi since I noticed her post. I can’t stand when people make rude comments about people’s bodies, especially when we live in a society full of females with body issues of one kind or another.
love your style and love your blog xx
great post and response to the hardcore lovers of the bandage look. I love your style from the very beginning back from tfs.com times and you keep on surprise me with your creativity and orginality which I would never want to exchange for a look which happens to be repeated lately in various blogs. Sc please keep on wearing your joyful outfits and give a shit about ignorant readers who are not open-minded enough to for different styles. The super high heels look works for the trio but that does not mean that everybody can or should look like twins of them.
I have no idea why people come to compare your look with the other bloggers. Its like comparing different genres of movies. It just doesn’t make sense. and they totally dont have the right to insult you. I mean you put your self out there inspiring so many and they have no right to be so disrespectful. You totally inspire me to wear clothes that are socially out of the norm in public, just something random that you should know.
I’m a lurker whose been following your blog for quite a while (but who is clueless about the fashion blogosphere outside of the blogs I love) and I just wanted to say that though I can’t pull off all of the wonderful, interesting things you try, pretty much everything you post inspires me in some way by just exposing me to new things! Internet haters are lame.
Sad, that you need to be defensive at all.
Fashionblogs are full of copied looks, at least the doc martens tell you, if they’re just new bought or a piece of personal taste from “ancient” times ;-).
Your blog is not comparable to most of the others which represent just trends. To me it’s the most free, progressive and creative blog in the whole fashion blogosphere.
I hope all the criticism and the resulting thoughts of your’s about what you are and what not won’t damage your free style ^^
While Rumi/Lulu/Camille/Karla etc blogs are on my daily reads I am constantly reading your blog for inspiration. You have a style that is crazy awesome and have balls to try stuff other people wouldn’t dream of. For example your outfits in Paris, I am picking a lot of people would’ve been channelling Carine and the like ( not bagging them, Emmanuelle Alt is my fashion god/icon ) but you came out of left field which is great.
I find rumi/lulu and the like an attainable style which is great alas can get boring at times.
Keep doing what you do and don’t worry about all the less than constructive comments.
You are so fashionable and talented – Don’t listen to the haters!
rock on susie!
That’s why I don’t post pictures of myself :/
You put yourself out there people will comment, you say you are fat, people will say no you are beautiful…is this what fashion for the mespace generation means now? Writing articles to seek approval from your peers? I just didn’t find this very thought provoking, just all sounds like a silly playground spat made into something “intellectual”. Sorry all, thats what i think….
you don’t go blathering on about carine, the olsens or whatever it fashion designer or trend that’s force fed and regurgitated on every other style blog. seriously, who wants to read another fucking teeny-bopper blog about the same old ‘rebel’ fashion editors/it girl/it item? fashion should broaden one’s style horizons not stifle it.
you find fashion for yourself. you dig, immerse and educate yourself. you educate others and share each fashion discovery. with your blog i see a creative fashion process that’s constantly evolving yet remains distinctively ‘Susie.’
also comparing your physical appearance to the ‘trio’ misses the point all together. none of these bloggers are stereotypically attractive anyways. so what? were talking style/fashion not the attributes of the face god gave you.geezuz.
i see you as the anna piaggi of fashion bloggers. beautiful, colorful, unexpected, experimental, enlightening and yes elegant.
rumi and camille have similar style but karla has a very elegant style that is all of her own. she doesn’t seem to possess a hippie ish vibe like the other part of the trio do but either way your blog inspires me to think outside the box!
Fantastic post, Susie!
I don’t understand people who post unnecessarily negative comments on fashion blogs. Style is so subjective and personal; people need to realize that not every blogger’s aesthetics is going to mesh with your own.
I would never go out in some of the outfits you’ve donned, but I still find inspiration in them. What attracts me to fashion is that it makes you rethink what is beautiful. And your style truly explores different territories, which is why it’s so cool. Not the Alex Wang MOD cool, but still cool.
I really admire the way you wear anything you want to wear, whenever you want to, and you do it shamelessly, confidently, and beautifully. Just remember that those anonymous people hiding out there are anonymous for a reason – because they know that their true identity couldn’t speak for themselves. Good luck to everything, Susie!
I love you, never change! Your style is INFINITELY more captivating than any old Wang-worshipper.
see? you look better when you toned down your style. originality also comes with how to make the clothes matching you and compliment you, crashing style may suit some people but it certainly does not suit you. these photos above, i think they look good on you because they do match in a way that still give you your own style…without trying too hard, casual but chic. i noticed you have a bit of make up on, which is good, your face looks fresh. why don’t you grow your fringe? everyone has a fringe these days, they all look the same…you may look good showing your whole face.
when you are working in a fashion world, sometimes you will be bored of seeing poeple even models themselves trying to be different, you can see the difference between someone trying hard to look original and someone look original without trying.
i admire “kingdom of style”, very individual.
Ms. Bubble, I’ve never commented before, but I simply had to this time. I’ve been reading your blog for years (I’m “old,” too), and this post truly brings home the bacon. I can only say that you must have a window to my brain, because nothing else could explain the piercing accuracy of what you have to say here (down to the Balmain and Wang details!!). Besides your fashion sense (which is peerless, independent, strong, adventurous, need I go on?), you are the only blog I have ever found with VOICE, and with VISION. Your writing is warm, bright, and WITHOUT PRETENTION, which (let’s face it) is a very common and very poor substitute for talent. And, believe me, I glance over all the other “fashion” blogs out there…but I always come home to stylebubble.
And by the way, yours is the only blog I ever seem to remember by name. And it’s the first one I search out every single day.
Keep up the great work, forever and always.
dear susie, throughout the years I have haphazardly browsed through blogs but yours is my one and only staple that I keep revisiting
i really appreciate how you challenge the status quo, defy conformity and condescending looks, and provoke people to keep rethinking what fashion and style means to them
the people who left those negative comments are only voicing their own insecurities
keep up the good work!
with love from Canada
Hello darling Susie!
I read your blog every day for nearly three years, but for the last few months haven’t been to your site at all. Oddly enough I had been dabbling a bit in the (i can say it because i don’t have the English rose grace of congeniality you do) fascistic likes of “chictopia,” but something was definitely amis. The trio and their ilk are not inspiring at all. Though they look great and seem like lovely people, I can’t imagine why their loveliness doesn’t show more in their writing or style choices. Your style is YOU: complex and changing, like a real person, but better than *real* because it’s pure imagination and fantasy. No one should ever ask you to hide the radiant colors you possess or to stop singing in your intriguingly just-off-key way (if you’ll indulge some silly metaphor there). You remind me of New Wave music with your serendipitous experimentation an reinvention-reverence for history and culture. It’s funny you should frame the above post in terms of “pro choice,” etc, as–though this may be a bit of a stretch–I see fashion as a realm for expressing politic and theory, and there is something very feminist indeed about the freedom with which you ricochet from feminine layer cake queen to cheeky cyborg–a fascinating dialectical rollercoaster I could never expect to find in the Girlchildwaif’s Republic of Chictopia…or anywhere else for that matter, save for in the annals of true English eccentrics and in the hearts of artists and dreamers the world over.
and to the helpful, insightful Miss Suon Jen, I think Cruella Deville is looking for a new puppy trainer or Anna Wintour might need someone to separate her fringe…or maybe Rachel Zoe needs someone to blow on her lattes? Don’t you worry, there won’t be any hot pink or pesky fun there.
yanky doodle dandy,,, whata lota guff, at a glance camille seems to ape you a bit, in her poses and seems to ham it up too 🙂 the other two are, well, lovely, very nice girls indeed.
LONG LIVE THE BUBBLE !! LONG LIVE FASHION HERO’S, CRIMINALS, DEVIANTS & THE MISGUIDED !!
One hundred percent support.
I started my blog because after 6 years in NYC and LA, I was fed up with American hipster style… Sure, most my Harajuku looks are unwearable, but I take the “tranny-chan” cat-calls as compliments… and I feel a lot more ME than I was a few years ago. <3 <3
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there is a girl at my school, she only wears in sports jerseys and stuff, but she isn’t butch, and somehow without realising it, she has made it her style. she calls it daggy but she can’t be bothered to go shopping. everyone at my school respects her kinda lazy style of dressing and even though she has this wonderful athletic figure (plays soccer i think), she wears sports wear wear so much that once when one of the popular girls bribed her to wear “normal” clothes, it just looked weird.
though i suppose she is quite conformist too. but people express individuality in different aspects. some don’t and feel caged.
i find the same applies to you, if you suddenly changed your style just to appease the conformists it would feel like we’d lost something very important. the right to the freedom of dress. because you are one of the most individual dressers i have ever heard of.i love your style.
Susie, well said.
Ah…. doh…only got Hannah’s comment…. on my Mac, they look like dashes…on PC, they look like hearts….thanks….
I just wanted to say THANK YOU again…. the thing is, ppl don’t have to agree with me… and the point is I don’t WANT ppl to be making comparisons between myself and other bloggers…the trio and someone else… it just seemed like a stupid thing seeing as we all come from such different backgrounds and have completely different situations… it’s like apple and pears…
Accept that there is MORE than one way of being stylish/fashionable….or even at a simpler level…just that there is more that one way of ENJOYING fashion (seeing as there are those that see me as neither stylish or fashionable…)… and we’d all be a happier bunch….
I do feel a little embarrassed that my rant might seem somewhat pointless to some but judging from the emails/comments it does seem a lot of people here have been trying to put into words what I said… just to reiterate though…. again, that aforementioned trio are wonderful bloggers in their own right…. emphasis on in their OWN right… so no bashing them please as that wasn’t the point of the post….
soung jeng/soen rea jen… ah… nice to see you here… yes, KOS is a hero of mine too… but, seeing as I’m so UNFABULOUS to you and not living up to your high standards… WHY are you still reading???
Hey Chee Sin Mui (also “Lang (pretty) Mui”, just in case you need some assurance),
It’s all a big school yard now, the blogosphere, isn’t it? Everything that involves people and opinion/choice somehow has a knack of turning into one.
First, there was the real school playground in primary school in which you get laughed at for bringing an Incredible Hulk lunchbox instead of a standard girl-issue Holly Hobbie one.
Then there’s the secondary school parade square where you risk being ostracized by people who you thought were your friends for wearing the “wrong” brand of white school shoes.
University is like a John Hughes movie.
The real world, you have celebrity fashion-following clique-y workmates who think owning an ‘it’ bag or two is IT. Nevermind investing in decent clothes or well-made shoes. And they look at you weird and whisper behind your back for wearing an outfit that they’ll be gagging to wear only a year down the road.
The things that we have to put up with for expressing our sometimes-loopy selves, our opinions and choices. It will get easier, girl. Chin-up and “weng yun (forever) chee sin”! x
I love your style, the fact that you are taking risks and breaking rules. make me think that fashion is so much more interesting! ;D
Excellent post! Well done and said!
hi suzie!i really loved your outfits in this post. i think you have a great style! don’t change it cause you inspire us.
mila from loveology has led me here and i have fallen for both your amazing style and words~ i am not very familiar with the fashion based blogosphere~ but i do like what i see here~ your style is fierce and i think you back it well with your brainy words~ i will be back;)
x ashley
Your style is great – playful and exhilarating when compared to the ‘uniform’ looks everyone seems to adopt each new season. Long live bonkers layering and wild prints!
You couldn’t be more right.
In general, fashion is held back because people are afraid to be criticized. Conformity is safe, but it hinders progress. You and I both understand that’s not good for anyone.
Great post.
From Farren’s comment:
“I have noticed lately that most people in the blogging fashion world feel as if everyone should think like and dress the same. It is kind of like being stuck in high school all over again.”
I completely echo the sentiment – that kind of mentality at school put me off fashion for years and I hate when I see it now..
Fashion is flippant and fun, it’s constantly changing and all about reinvention. It’s not practical, it doesn’t necessarily need to be appropriate – in fact it probably doesn’t ‘need’ to be anything at all… Surely fashion is about enjoying clothes, celebrating style and design – and yourself – and looking (& ideally feeling) good?
Susie, you are definitely stylish and fashion aware – I think my personal distinction of stylish rather than fashionable is based on the negative aspects you’ve touched on here. Blogs like yours and KOS have made me re-evalute my fashion/style bias and I really hope you don’t take those comments to heart, although I’m sure it can be hard not to sometimes. Your originality and the strength of your style/taste (which is so well informed but totally personal) are what make this blog – and you – so popular. Don’t let them water you down to be more mainstream!
pish posh!
you’re amazing!
And this is exactly the reason why I comment again, again and again on Style Bubble, why I insist on meeting you in real life one day and telling you that I really like your style/ideas.
I just like the way you write whatever you think, and insist on doing things the way you think is RIGHT.
honestly, I’ve been reading Rumi/Karla/Lulu’s blogs and I really love them in their individual styles, but come on. Everyone is different and why the F would we want an entire blogger’s universe consisting of same looks, same clothes, same ideas? What is the fun in that?!
Plus I’ve seen their blog comments and lemme tell you, there are Lulu/Karla/Rumi haters too. There are haters everywhere, and frankly whose time are they wasting but their own?
I really like you just the way you are, whether you’re an old blogging Brit granny or a chee-sin-mui as you’ve previously put it.
I’ve watched your style evolve from your style diary days to Style Bubble to Style Bubble Daily Wear to Dazed & Confused Digital… and you’re still the same Susie, but different.
I was about to say ‘don’t change!’ but I know you won’t.
Your fan and friend, Stephie
I know this comment comes WAY late, but I do hope you’ll see it Susie, even if you can’t respond..
I love the style of The Trio, and really admire Camille’s DIY skills and the fact that Rumi runs her own eBay shop alongside the blog- but why on earth do the idiot haters think you should dress like them? We’re not clones, after all.
Like you said, you’re not any of those girls, and honestly I could write reams about just how much of an inspiration you’ve been to me over the years that I’ve been reading Style Bubble- at first in terms of pushing the envelope (whatever little pushing I could do) with the way I dressed, and then to start my own fashion blog- and I know for a fact (as do you) that there are others like me, who are slightly awestruck by what you’ve achieved but aren’t silly enough to put you on a pedestal. Thank you for sharing Style Bubble with us, and don’t let the haters get you down!
And yes, like Stephie says, Rumi/Karla/Lulu/Camille et al do get their own haters. It does look like no one can please everyone 🙂
I think you take a lot of chances with your style and outfits and though I don’t LOVE everything you wear, I think it speaks for itself and is really unique and original. the trio girls you spoke of have okay blogs but their styles seem to run more generic-they all have a very similar style. And it’s very different from yours. Keep doing what you do. It inspires me to take chances with my style.
i had always loved you for being real and original!
You know what?
about 5 mins ago I thought ‘I’m bored of other style blogs, i’ll go see Susie Bubble because she ALWAYS LOOKS DIFFERENT’
From the WTF dress to the cage skirt (personal faves :)) you always pull it out of the bag.
WE LIKE your ingenuity, and even if there are people who are scared of your boundary-pushing style.. they will always come back to you because you NEVER FAIL TO INSPIRE YOUR READERS.
I don’t always feel compelled to comment, but this time I did. Because it is important for you to see your effect on people. Which is incredible, btw.
Don’t stop doing your crazy thing! If you conform and turn up next post in a some totally safe combination… i’ll cry.
Sorry for the essay, we just want to get through to you that you are BEAUTIFUL, INSPIRING and more importantly UNIQUE.
Kisses XXX
Wow… Look at how many comments you had with people supporting you from left and right!!! Well said by the way. I couldn’t agree more.
I guess the fear of judgement is what keeps me from posting photos of myself in the blog; it took me years to build up my confidence and feel accepted in the fashion world and ill comments would probably do me no good!
I love what you wrote and that you have the guts to do it. Individuality is key to style and you are a great example of what it means to have ‘your own style’…
Keep up the good work and know you are an inspiration to me!
XX
For Fashion’s Sake – Grazi
You rock and I totally agree with you. You should check out this blogger Underbaraclara,http://www.folkbladet.nu/?cat=91 she has the same sort of crazyness regarding fashion as you do!
I love this post! Those fashion bloggers listed and many others are very chic and beautiful, but I also feel like we’re falling into kind of a nazi-ish version of cool, in that if you don’t wear the aforementioned standard “fashion blogger” outfits, you’re not considered stylish. I love that you show us something new, whether I like the actual outfit or not. Thanks!
Your style is totes amazing!
A fair way from the style of the trio that you mentionned, and who I also read and love – but no less amazing. People are entitled to their originality, and you display yours so confidently I am in awe of it! Comparison to others in reference to ‘coolness’ in fashion can never work, because people have different ideas of cool, and everyone wears clothes in their own way!
Your style is different and unique, and thats one of the main reasons why I read this blog – its a breath of fresh air to see someone who can wear so many trends with such style, and wear what she damn well pleases – as i see it, anyways – and look amazing in the process.
Go Susie! You rock! lots of love!
your style looks uniquely ugly. we always come to your blog to get a laugh and we always get one. carry on your individuality to amuse us! please.
i know you’re not fishing for compliments or anything and this post i’m commenting on is a couple days old, but i just wanted you to know that stumbling upon your blog is what got me into reading fashion/style blogs. i’d occasionally read a few of the other well known ones, but not on a regular basis. while i read more of them now, yours is the only one i read obsessively. thats because its so original and i personally like the way you write. i love your outfits and the way you find interesting ways to put things together. its very inspiring.
and you share my love for the “deets”, as you like to say, that another reason why i love stylebubble!
if you weren’t doing your own thing,and kinda fell in with the trends and followed the ‘rules’ all the time, this would be a very boring uninspiring blog.
“I’d prefer to walk on a disgusting British beach under grey skies in a crazily patterned dress, mis-matched tights and non-suitable footwear” ANYDAY! Susie you’re stylish bubble is refressshing in a non-chalant type of way…….
X. . to susie !
Susie, I agree completly with what you have said. People do not need to critcize you for having your own sense of style. I do feel that alot of the fashion blog world is close-minded and very clone like. For one thing, the style is very west coast. I am from the East Coast and prefer very put-together, done, gossip girl like fashion, yet heaven forbid I share anything that isn’t a cut-off shirt and cropped shorts and 5 inch black heels. Like you, I know how to dress to their sense of style (actually I feel like it’s mind-numbingly easy) but I don’t, I have my own sense of style that i prefer more, and if it’s throwing on pink tights with a purple overcoat and black sheath dress and patent leather heels whatever, it’s mine, sorry it’s not a mirror of others, that’s probably why YOU have the blog and they are just reading it!
I honestly think that you are one of the most original and unique bloggers [writing and style]. i find you to be more approachable than the trio that you had mentioned. i’m glad that you are in the know about the fashion cliches..but refuse to wear it on a daily basis. also, i’m getting really sick of seeing girls sporting the whole erin wasson look…c’mon girls, honestly…get the fuck over it…
keep on being who you are, fuck the little immature readers who thinks high fashion is monochromatic colors and overly hyped designers.
this post made me want to cry. people are mean and ignorant and im SO happy for you that you can see past all that and rise above. your fashion is sooo inspiring!
Uniforms ain’t that bad to wear, but only some of the time.
I must admit I read all three of the trio’s blogs and truthfully do admire a good deal of their sartorial choices; however, I do understand that their look comes across as repetitive to some, especially in the face of Susie’s very personal and wonderfully eccentric clothing choices. I myself like to keep a simple color scheme and relatively comfortable choices (much like Kate Lanphear, I rarely wear skirts or dresses). That can all be found within the trio, but have you seen Lulu? This may seem useless and repetitive but it goes to show that there are varying degrees of both sides of the argument. There needs to be more tolerance of all types of style – “trendy” or “eclectic/eccentric”.
Fashion is about personal statements and reflecting everyone’s unique personality and point of view to the world in a visual manner. To those who criticize Susie Bubble for her choices, shame on you! Not to sound condescending, but if such anonymous commenters cannot understand that fashion is not dictated by one “look” of the season (Balmain/Alexander Wang) they truly do not appreciate the creative freedom fashion allows. Much like the variety of designers showcasing a variety of unique, thought-provoking collections there can be a variety of viewpoints. You may not dress like Susie Bubble or like Rumi/Karla/Camille (or the AWESOME variety in between) but at least try to be tolerant of everyone’s fashion choices – there’s a spectrum for a reason!
P.S.: While I do not read Style Bubble often, I only hope to attain the fashion knowledge, self-confidence, and insight Susie has acquired. I am only 17 and right now am still developing my tastes. Although I truthfully cannot embrace Susie’s eccentric color schemes (gray entices me too much), I completely admire her fearless choices.
Girl if we all looked the same the world would be intolerable in my opinion. Those who get that and appluad creativity and orginality will get you. If they dont,screw them my dear. I get that crap too,it used to bother but i figure if everyone liked how i dressed then something would need changing. Susie is Susie,Karla is Karla and Rumi is Rumi! You are three different women with differing taste,inspirations etc i think its only short winded dimwits that would expect you to all be clones of each other.
I have personally never wanted to look like the next woman,thats a nightmare to me just because I like uniqueness. Keep doing you hun,you must be doing something right for them to even bother checking your blog. When you have haters your doing something right ;o)
stay fabulous!
marian
Yves Saint Laurent once famously said that fashions fade, style is eternal. And you, Suzie Bubble, have been gifted with a wonderful sense of style.
Hey Susie,
I have to say that your outfit with that Smack dress in the picture above is defo my fave so far! I have been looking for that dress or anything else by that brand on the net but i’ve had no luck so far… Any hint or pearl of wisdom to share with me about it??
And while I’m here, congratulations on your blog, it’s very complete and accurate (and cute!)
you are a great looking woman with an incredible eye for clothing, style, patterns, color. unfortunately, the world is full of small people and haters that love to hate.
I meant to comment on the post earlier but I easily get distracted. Anyway, Susie, I think that you are a beautiful and very intelligent woman. I love the fact that your style is totally your own and is based on a larger scope of fashion not just what’s popular today. Most people dress based on the trends even when they claim otherwise. You should take pride in not only your sense of fashion but how you look. I cringe sometimes when I read posts where you talk about not being “thin”. I think your BMI is just fine and I’m sure your Bf would agree. I’m sure it must be hard esp. in the fashion world but the world is slowly changing that’s why JLo’s rear is celebrated and Vogue Italia had the all Black issue. You are beautiful be the first to recongnize it and others will follow. I have also come to enjoy your blog because of your skills as a writer and the fact that you highlight what some might categorize as obscure fashion. Your brain might just be an encyclopedia of all that is fashion. Ignore the haters and keep doing what you do best.
As someone said right here before, there are space for everybody and every style at the fashion world…
keep doing the great job!
a kiss!!
Kira
What I like about your blog is that is seems fun. And human. Your tone and your approach reminds me of a best gf inviting me in to play dress up. You’re a great blogger because you give a lot. It never seems like a vain or dispassionate exercise and your clothing choices reflect this.
God, it makes me sad you even had to write this post, seriously. The only excuse I can even imagine for these people who try and criticize you is that they are 13 yrs. old, bored, live in the suburbs, and are not even close to reaching the point in life where creativity, fun, and originality count for something. No, you don’t look like an AA model or a barbie doll or a 16 year old girl — you look better!! You look like a gorgeous original — someone people look at and think: I want to get to know that girl!
Perhaps I am a tad late but to be honest I’ve never classed those blogs to be on the same level as you. I’ve always considered you a step above the rest. I’ve read your blog because of the reasons you stated, I like the fact that your English, I like that you don’t fold into the monotonous obsessions of most other bloggers, I like the fact that you actually bother to write something interesting rather than just taking photos of how dreadfully cool you must be.
I’ve never commented before and you look like you probably have enough comments already on this entry. You’re an intelligent girl.
Oh I also like that you have a bit of wit and humour about you.
Keep doing what you’re doing. Generic is sooo boring and those who worship Erin Wasson – WHY?
The thing is, you look so good!! You dress with such style and confidence, and probably the people who make those stupid comments are a bit jealous of that fact. Most people are full of fear and angst about being a bit different and beeing noticed in the crowd. But they wish they dared…
My self I would never dare dress like you, but still I find your blog so much more inspiring than I would one of the Olsen twins if hey had one. And I find you absolutely beautiful!!
As well as that you have a very strong and good head placed right there on your shoulders… Your blogposts are not just interesting as for fashion, but because you write well, honest and bring out interesting ideas.
Rock on Susie!!
(I love the second photo in this post. Very beautiful of you!!! But very different from how I normally would think of you.)
I love your blog.
Not just for the photos, but because of how well you write.
Screw the trio.
I’ve always found them B-O-R-I-N-G, boring like my chemistry textbook with their tired, tried and tested combinations.
I’m a little late catching this post but I really want to comment! First off, as to what you’re saying here — keep it up! For me, your voice adds something really unique and perceptive to the whole question of what fashion is. And second — you’re beautiful and stylish and there’s really not a whole lot more to say about that question.
BE WHO YOU IS – and that you do and that’s why we love you so. and for those sounding of negativity in your way is their way of validating their trendy, pointless fashion choices. you are shaking people up – redefining the boundaries and not all people are comfortable without rules. be a rule breaker, be yourself, and no one can touch that. not even a 16 year old wearing chloe and proenza schouler with their parents money.
i know i’m late to post. but i do love your blog and the inspiration it gives me to discover.
you rule pussycat 🙂
Susie, don’t stop doing what you are doing. It is all too easy for people to express their negativity on the internet, and that is why i never read comments on blogs. However i’ve made an exception to this rule simply for the sake of letting you know that I for one admire your style and adventurousness when it comes to matters of dress. Don’t let other people’s negative comments get you down!
<3 Avarine
ive been aware of this too, and it does get quite annoying how everyone keeps thinking this cliche is so “chic”, when it gets really boring!
but i think the three dress that way because they look best that way, like the way you look best in the unique way that you dress.
Susie i think your GREAT you are the first ever fashion blogger i came across and i remember when i found your blog i was so excited and i couldn’t wait for you to post a new entry! You opened my eyes more towards fashion with your personal style and the way you put your clothes together its fun to look at and inspirational to me. ALSO i have found out about so many events, exhbitions, young designers and the lot just from reading your blog! YOU ARE SO GREAT and my favourite blog writer to date!!! PLease keep going don’t let them haters stop you!!! I LOVE STYLEBUBBLE!! 🙂
This post is BRILLIANT. I’ve been reading your blog for as long as I can remember, and never commented before, but I just want to say YAY to you for standing up for yourself! And I (and basically every other person who’s commented on here ^_^) happen to think that you’re amazing, and that you don’t need to change, or lose weight, or be anything you aren’t, before you’re beautiful as you are.
Kudos to Susie for being awesome!! xx
i love you!!
i love that you have the ability to wear what everyone else secretly wants to wear, and you pull it off oh-so-well.
susie,you are beautiful, your style is brilliant, all your outfits are amazing!!! please dont ever stop blogging!!!
You are truly one of a kind, Susie! I find your unique and distinctive sense of style refreshing. You have always posted being true to who you are. No doubt. What you do is respectable.
Your work here is inspirational and IMHO groundbreaking in so many ways for so many people. Many a new blogger, fashion/style ones specifically, have popped up all over the place and I sincerely believe you have paved the way for all of them. They are not afraid to take fashion and make it her/his own.
I wouldn’t pay much mind to those who think you should be anything different from Susie Bubble.
:o)
you are amazing just the way god made you to think, act, and breath. we are all different and that’s the novelty of this crazy world.
it’s posts like these that set you apart from so many other sites. yes, your style is entirely your own which is wonderful and something to be celebrated everyday! sometimes, i really don’t like what you wear and at other times, i want you on a pedestal in a public place to admire you always, but i always admire your sense of self. it’s the same for everyone who dresses according to themselves – they’re not out to please, so of course someone out there won’t like it. the important thing is you’re not governed by what I like but by what YOU like and that’s something everyone should respect. the trio are all very well and good but personally, i get much more excited by your posts. it’s like blindfolded pick and mix. and where would we be without mixing it up a little?
Bravo Susie. Absolutely one of the most brilliant posts I have read. I agree with you 100%, and although I myself ascribe more to the minimalist palette, I consider you to have a style that is devastatingly unique and inspiring. I know I am among many in holding you in this regard.
Keep on keeping on, and I look forward to seeing more of you.
i freaking love you.
Ahem (clears throat):
VIVE LA DIFFERENCE!
Thank you.
I think you have a smarter reading audience than most fashion blogs.
Yous blog is incredibly informative. Not many blogs are. Posting pictures of ones self is 2 dimensional and unoriginal.
Your blog is UNIQUE!
Plus, do you really want the same audience that Rumi and Karla (etc) have?
A bunch of fashion victim teenage clones
“OMG!!! you are like so coooool!” OMG like you are sooo like Erin Wasson. Your so skinny and pretty, I love youuuuuuu!! LOLZ :)”
makes me cringe when I read it.
seriously Susie, your not missing out on anything! You are fantastic the way you are. Don’t let the haters (and clones) get you down.
xoxoxo
I have to say that you inspire me to be more creative and expressive in my outfits in a small island where people usually don’t see with good eyes anything “different” from “normal”. I follow your blog all day, and even though there ARE some sort of standards that one can take, its the way you play with those standards, the “rules” imposed by our moment in time. I really wanted to ask, what if you star a new fad or a trend or maybe people stop being so judgmental and start dressign more expressively … if this may happen, wouldnt it become a trend ? and by being acceptable” wouldn’t it eventually, become a cliche too? a labeled style?. I’ve had that thought in my head, and not just about fashion but in art and design to. Like when andy warhol fist came to the scene in the 60s nobody liked him, he was a reject and now everyone adores him and BECAUSE of the way he treated his “art” he has become a sort of cliche… just asking, i don’t even know if you’ll ever read this and if it actually make sense but let me be clear that you are by far one of my fav bloggers and of course you are my main source of inspiration :D:D:D
Susie you have got the most amazing blog online, forget about all of the other’s they’re all crap, your’s is true high fashion meets real life street/ people style!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! YOU ARE AN ICON!
susie bubble > the trio. always.
i don’t find them very inpsiring because i dress like them, and so do all the fifty hundered other girls here. there is nothing avant garde or new about it. they are wearing a uniform of current trends. this is why i find your blog infinitely more interesting because you bring something new and creative to the table, that isn’t so trend based. blog on.
susie you have an amazing and unique sense of style! Your blog is highly informative and witty to boot..I can always count on learning something fresh about fashion in your blog. Keep doing what you do, ’cause clearly you do it best!
On the other end of the “I hate your style” spectrum, someone stopped my Fashion Me Fabulous to inform us we were too Doris Day. Down with the classics it seems.
the original and the best..
OK, I’m a bit behind the times…but just started reading your blog at work, my god don’t these people have anything better to do…they should A. not look or B. just accept that people are different and it would be a bloody boring place if we were all the same, I mean variety is the spice of life and all that! I mean I wouldn’t go out wearing what you wear but your the only blog I read…your style is just so much fun!! I love it…its a pure talent to just make these things work in the way you do! as you say your not like these typical Model types who can wear a bin bag synched at the waist with coke bottles as shows and still look hot…ok maybe loose the coke…but really your style is unique and really works! I mean really! Clever. Ok I just wanted to get that off my chest…and BTW I am investing in a line of white trumpet in case you need to get your hand on one of there fab dresses. Keep it up chicken!
Oh and BTW I think i know how you feel about hiding behind fashion…I mean jeese I was teased at school… I didnt even wash my hair conditioner out properly untill the age of 15…plus my mum cut my hair…so I was forever gap tooth or mushroom head…ha.
a greater loss but has had the rock, lyrics miss his talent and infected us with a rage of others, wish you were his art and his talent here with us the man was alone on their own ..
I miss you so deeply that my love just like a kite has broken its line and won’t stop flying until it reaches you at last. Do you like it?
You are such a breath of fresh air and an amazing writer too. x
I happened to find this by accident. I really love this article and it stands strong today in 2012, that everybody can’t be the same on blogs of it’s no fun. I love that you’re different.