Do you think it would be good if influencers noted value of wardrobe?

[resistingreality]

I know this would never happen. But I was scrolling through insta today thinking I quite like the content provided by some influencers but it also makes me feel a bit crap as I can’t replicate their style but I also know I possibly could get closer if I had the sheer amount of clothes they have. I sometimes think they should give us a monthly tally of amount spent/gifted just to remind us that what they are ‘selling’ is totally unattainable, to most of us anyway. It would be more honest perhaps?

I think that needing to be reminded that influencers have more stuff/money than you do and ‘feeling a bit crap’ that you can’t replicate their style is a bit silly, tbh. They’re not being dishonest, they aren’t claiming they’re scrimping and saving, and you know (or should know) they get lots of stuff for free.

I don’t get what you’re looking for.

I think anything that shows how unrealistic social media is is a good thing. We are being deeply manipulated.

I think it would be good if people stopped looking at stuff posted online by "influencers" and got on with doing and wearing the things that they like and enjoy.

You clearly know they have way more clothes than you (or than any normal person) - you clearly stated that yiuknow this. So why would knowing specifics make you feel any better?

@KingHungDong I don't think that's really necessary. Influencers are generally good at coming up with new ideas to style things. I personally have watched an Instagram video, then gone upstairs and pulled an item I haven't worn for ages, as they've given me new ways to try with it.

I just don’t follow any who bug me in this regard. I find them pathetic, especially if the start out being good with styling high st clothes and then get gifted tons of high end and sell out. I unfollowed Lizzie Hadfied for this reason - she used to be an inspiration but now she just shows off Celine bags and ridiculously unaffordable clothes. They all do the same in the end it’s so boring and predictable. Just unfollow them.

Don't follow them. It's just a materialistic and shallow way of living.

It's all a big con isn't it? I follow someone and she churns out some face cream /make up time after time and each one is THE best ever . Yes get it via the link. They would put a bin liner on if it got them money.

OK, but is the occasional gem of an idea enough to make the whole influencer-following thing worthwhile? It sounds to me like a perfect recipe for being depressed and unsatisfied with your life. I’d rather avoid that, even if I occasionally miss out some fun tip on jazzing up your handbag by knotting a scarf around the handle or something or other.

They are not to blame for how you feel you are doing that

You don't have to live through them, the life they show you on screen is only part of their life, surely you must realise this?

I only follow Kat Farmer, Nadine Baggott and Sali Hughes and all 3 give prices and years the product/item of clothing was bought, if it was a gift etc. Nadine and Sali always give "save or spend" on skincare ingredients etc and will recommend £4 Superdrug as often as £120 Skinceuticals. Kat Farmer does paid promotions with M&S among others but is always very upfront about it.
I stopped following Caroline Hirons despite her undeniable skincare knowledge because of the paid promotion stuff and thousands of different products.

Not really tbh. I would like to see more chat or some numbers on the carbon footprint of all the garments and products they are being sent and then selling? Even though the world is moving to a greener emphasis, the influencer world seems oblivious…

I'd say SH and KF are the worst offenders.

Just how many clothes or jars of moisturizer does the average person need?

It’s all so ridiculous.

Buy face cream when you need it (they are all basically the same anyway). Buy clothes when you need them. Have an interesting hobby in your spare time and put your bloody phone down. Easy.

I agree that Kat F is good because she regularly uses items that are already in her wardrobe or High Street and she’s stuck to her usp regardless. I used to love Karen Brit Chick but now it’s all about attending fashion shows, only moderately interesting and not the content that she used to do.

I do like the blogger is this too young for me, she's really into cruelty free, as I am, but when I question why she has botox when it's tested on animals, she never answers me. Kat farmer i like , I brought her book.

They aren’t influencers. They are sales
people, there to sell products behind the guise of being “your mate”.

I'm afraid I just think "Wtf" to the whole shebang.

Wear what you like. Do your hair the way you like (or don't do it at all). Ditto make-up. Just enjoy being yourself.

It would be better if no-one followed them. Then they could do a real job, there are plenty out there.

There are plenty of "influencers" who base their page on charity shop purchases or "shop your wardrobe" stuff i.e using what you already have. Maybe you need to seek these out?
The whole influencer thing is so shallow, I find it a bit of a turn off. I'm very careful not to click aff links, do you know that if say it's an Amazon one they'll get a cut on anything you buy from there not just that item. So loads share aff links for things they haven't even bought just to get the affiliate money.
They absolutely are just sales people and lots of them have management companies behind them now telling them what to post and when. It's basically a cheap form of advertising.
Once you realise this it's much easier to just see the whole thing as a glorified magazine spread and realise it isn't real life.

I don’t follow any influencers, and I tend to unfollow and not shop with companies who use influencer marketing. It automatically devalues them as a brand for me.

As far as I’m concerned, any business that can afford to give its products to (usually already very wealthy) influencers for free, sure as hell doesn’t need me to give them my money for the same stuff! Why the fuck should I pay £££ for, say, a baby carrier, when they’re throwing them at Millie Mackintosh and the McFly wives like they can’t give them away quickly enough?