I’ve been reading Nikki Parkinson’s book Unlock Your Style. Nikki writes the popular fashion blog Styling You, which I have been a fan follower since February 2013. Despite my fashion styling qualifications, there is always something new to learn when it comes to dressing yourself and other people.
I’m a big Styling You fan because by reading Nikki’s blog, I was able to get myself out of a style rut that I seemed to find myself in after leaving an office job for a trade, which was later cemented when I became a mum. Clothes and fashion became less important to me.
After going to Problogger conference last year, I was guns ablazing about re-starting my blog on Styled by Bec until a couple of months later I found out I was pregnant and the exhaustion hit me pretty hard.
I tried to keep the blog going, but I was still keen to maintain my plumbing blog. The Plumbette won out in the end. When I caught up with Rachel from Redcliffe Style at the Pregnancy, Baby and Children’s Expo, she told me that Styled by Bec would always be there for me to go back to. And it has.
While I have focused more on my plumbing blog, I have also been thinking about what would make me different to other fashion bloggers on the blogosphere. I’m aware that there is a responsibility when it comes to consumerism with fashion blogging. I don’t want to be showing off new outfits all the time because firstly I can’t afford to and secondly I have more than enough clothes in my wardrobe that I can show you which hopefully will inspire you to create outfits from what you already own in your wardrobe. But I am a woman and I do enjoy shopping and of course will share purchases as they are made.
Before children, I wouldn’t bash an eyelid spending hundreds of dollars on new clothes, but these days money is tight and I know that if I want you to read my blog, I need to show you how to shop in your own wardrobe before you start spending money on a new one.
When you have a wardrobe full of clothes that work for you the temptation to buy clothes for the sake of it disappears because there is no longer a need to be filled. I also think that when you’re not shopping week in and week out, it’s easier to find pieces that you love as opposed to items that little emotion is attached.
So on Facebook and Instagram I will take part in the #everydaystyle challenge to show you what I’m wearing and there may be times where I’m wearing the same outfit but there will be subtle changes with the accessories.
If you have any styling questions, don’t hesitate to email them to me using my contact form. I will admit that I did buy some new clothes this week, only because I’m going to Problogger Conference in a couple of weeks time and the pants I wanted to wear and create outfits around, no longer fit me. The two items of clothing that I purchased are very versatile and once I’ve lost my baby weight, I will be able to sell them online. Both came to a total cost of $90 which suited my budget very well.
So tell me, how often do you shop for clothes? How do you budget for new clothes?
I’m linking up with Essentially Jess for I Blog on Tuesdays.