Can we chat about fashion Instagrammers/influencers..

My favourite style instagrammer is backofthewardrobe70

I've just followed #50daysofshoppingmywardrobe which sounds like it could be interesting. I think the concept is, challenges / themes using your existing wardrobe, shoes, accessories rather than going to buy new. It should be 'normal' people and not those who have gifts thrown at them to promote left, right and centre so might be worth a follow.

My favourites are Lizzy Loves, Hayley Hall and Midlife Chic. I like to see the human side of their stories as well as the fashion/beauty

Nothing to add I’m afraid other than I still follow Goodbye Crop Top as she does growing old gracefully in style, and she seems quite unique. I stopped following all the fashion bloggers ages ago though (apart from her) so what do I know 🤷🏼‍♀️. My bank account is nowadays a lot healthier, (as is my self esteem), I found like others here that all bloggers - whether fashion, interiors or, um, being a mum - merge into one due to ad deals and being ‘in the club’. No originality anymore!

I really like Erica Davies. Her styling tips on Instagram stories on a Sunday (?) night are genuinely useful.

And while I know this is another thread entirely, I really wanted to like Mother/Father of Daughters but can't help but think they just come across as really holier than and patronising.

I do like some Instagrammers for their personalities. Emma Hill seems genuine. I think the mummy instagrammer world is a slippery slope. You get some honest ones like susie verill, but also some that harp on about their brilliant lives/impeccably behaved kids and it's so obvious it's such BS (thefashionbugblog, who is more of a style blogger, but honestly that level of perception management must be exhausting for her).

I think it's best to realise much of the content is paid for, but it's fun to scroll. Just avoid he ones that can make you feel like shite (ironically, their lives are no better, they're just good at masking it).

placemarking as just started on Instagram and looking for interesting bloggers to follow. I like Wearetwinset and I'm a size 14 to 16 but like their styles

YouWereRight - that's exactly it. No creativity, no originality - Instagram is just a business platform these days...... and built on promoting insecurity in their readers.

I think I saw a blogger/instagrammer at a major visitor attraction once and it really put me off.

I don’t know who the person was, but what drew my attention to them was what they were wearing. The outfit was OTT for the location. The blogger was posing all over the place and the photographer kept showing her the photos they had taken.

I like the idea of seeing how people put outfits together, but they need to be realistic.

what's with the bent leg in all the photos? does she need to pee?

I think the days of genuinely interesting Instagrammers are long gone now people are more aware that it's a business. Now, it's all the same items that have been gifted or are ads. Still, at least things are more clearly marked as ads or gifts.

Can I join in please...I used to love a bit of mindless house/fashion related insta scrolling on my lunch break or waiting in car for kids to appear from activities, but lately it's all so samey and soooo pricey. I don't have a massive clothes budget, nor can I abide waste, so used insta for inspiration on how to wear my clothes, but now it seems unless you have the latest "must haves" there's no inspiration to be found.

Agree with @ChardonnaysPrettySister , they are all so same-y. They follow a certain type of demographic and aspire to look like that demographic and in turn end up looking like each other and not very unique.

I used to follow the sweetest and cutest Asian American girl at uni who was going through the different types of cleaners and creams, then bam! She got a Brazilian straightener on her hair, boom! She discovered some big name clothes brands, kerpang! She got style! And it happened over the summer 'break', and she was no longer genuinely interested in skin care comparisons of the brands. Now she might as well fit into The Only way is Chelsea etc, because she seems to flaunt very expensive and elusive clothing brands and skin care regimes and she does nothing but brand drop in her You tube videos.

They are all very same-y though.

They get their gifts and wear them for a bit and it's all the same all the time.

Oh yes, I used to love Fashionlift and Bum40 but now it's just advertising innit.
So so dull and so so expensive.

I wish I liked more of these. Instagram should be a really inspiring platform but I find that they all start accepting #ads and then practically merge into the same person. It is very obvious when you start noticing it. However I love love love Sammi Jefcoate. Pretty much the only style account I look at anymore. If anybody has similar recommendations im all ears!

Kate of ‘The Small Things’ ventures into fashion a bit. If you can call it that really. I think she must own thousands of basic tops alone. I like her stories though and never look at her blog like I used too. I would if she mentioned something interesting in her stories that was going on her blog. She’s mostly hair and makeup.

I tend to follow a lot of ‘instamums’ with nice clothes and end up finding things that way.

The ultimate UK fashion girl has to be Victoria of ‘Inthefrow’ 😱 her posts dropped off my feed for ages, literally years. Recently they started appearing again though and I was like whoa this girl seems to have gotten really high end and famous in the last few years.

The most famous ones all get the same promotions and ads, so you see the same thing over and over again. It does get dull - I usually unfollow when that starts to happen.

Two of my favourites at the moment are Fashionfoiegras - similar body shape to me, does try ons, different style but sometimes overlaps with mine and very sweet on Stories.
Thatgirlwiththebob - completely different shape to me but love her style.

🙋🏼‍♀️ Can I join 😊 I don’t have anyone to talk about this with IRL either and have been thinking of starting a general Instagram thread. I’m going to look at your suggestions. I live in Australia and don’t follow that many UK based people at the moment. I’ll normally end up adding accounts that are suggested when I follow someone new and they all seem to be in the same circle IYKWIM. Tbh just thinking about it now I don’t think I follow many fashion accounts 🤔

I need some new grammers to follow as the mainstream ones are So so so repetitive and significantly and consistently very expensive.