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Style blogs

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jinglymum · 31/12/2013 17:36

Hi hoping for some advice please, does anyone have any recommendations of style blogs, don't want anything too high fashion, just general every day wear, in need of some inspiration.

Thanks :)

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Imwoodword · 31/12/2013 18:05

I like Does My Bum Look 40 in This and Style Guile.

chanie44 · 31/12/2013 18:12

School gate style blog.

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jinglymum · 31/12/2013 18:28

Thank you will check these out, ones I've found before are too trendy for me

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dexter73 · 31/12/2013 18:30

This is my favourite.

buttercrumble · 31/12/2013 18:31

This is a nice one fashionmumof40.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-power-of-bretonand-school-runs.html?m=1 you may be younger but she picks lovely classic and fashionable bits and pieces

trixymalixy · 31/12/2013 18:32

My favourite is The Frugality. I also like Wearing it Today.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2013 18:37

Oh that one is nice, Dexter. I'd forgotten about her.

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jinglymum · 31/12/2013 18:41

Thank you so much, I am sat looking through these instead of getting ready.

I'm 26, work full time and have a 2 year old little boy, so want work/toddler friendly ideas. I'm a social worker so work is pretty causal clothing, unless in court.

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CointreauVersial · 31/12/2013 21:20

My faves are Does My Bum Look 40, Style Guile and School Gate Style.

Twentymumthing, written by MN's very own AmberNectarine!

Allwornout, a slightly more "amateur" blog but some nice ideas and a variety of styles.

Poppy's Style - she lives in the US but buys a lot online; makes some...er.... interesting choices.....

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:27

I love WIT and obviously Allwornout not that I blog anymore - I think its one of the few blogs that does it just for fun and not for freebies so I guess it is amateur

AlaskaNebraska · 31/12/2013 21:31

there area thousands of htreads on this

a lot of them are just bankers wives in scarves

AlaskaNebraska · 31/12/2013 21:32

style guile too prim fgs
I want to get her hammered on tequila and make her wear something outrageous

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:32

I'm currently obsessed with Esther Walker's food blog which is very very funny.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2013 21:33

Bankers' wives in scarves! Grin

Mrs CB - have you stopped altogether?

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:33

I think the key is to find a blog where its someone whose a similar shape/size to you. I like doesmybum but none of her stuff works on me as we're totally different shapes.

Where as I'm a dead-ringer for WIT Wink - I also like how her blog is a bit aspirational.

AnnBryce · 31/12/2013 21:33

Bankers' wives in scarves!

Succinct & spot on!

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:35

Yes, I went back to work remus - too busy now Wink

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2013 21:36

Aha! :)

AlaskaNebraska · 31/12/2013 21:36

cb - twitter

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:36

And despite loving WIT who clearly gets freebies and discounts galore, I don't really like blogs where its clear that the posts are sponsored/whatever.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2013 21:37

WIT far, far too expensive for me, and some v odd choices at times.

AlaskaNebraska · 31/12/2013 21:37

yup old kat and her collarless jackets and victoriana shirts makes me look like the wife for the prospective tory Candidate for Henley

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 31/12/2013 21:37

And she's mostly just trying to flog stuff nowadays too. I liked her in the v early days, when she lived in Breton tops.

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:39

I think its very very hard unless you do work in fashion to provide enough different outfits to make a blog really interesting.

And most bloggers know what suits them so just wear variations of their uniform the whole time.

MrsCampbellBlack · 31/12/2013 21:40

Kat is tall and slender so looks good in pretty much everything.