Links à la Mode : May 21st

Recommended fashion reading from independent fashion bloggers.

Wardrobe Workout

Edited by Dramatis Personae

Welcome to another wonderful round up of Links a La Mode! This week we have a wonderful selection of posts to help refine, define, and challenge your wardrobe. From Agent Lover and Style Symmetry, we’ve got the spectrum covered when it comes to hosting and attending Clothing Swaps. Clutch22 shares with us how to negotiate price matching at retailers, and Krislyn Diaries challenges us to try out great summer up-do’s. Decline Designs conceptualizes personal style, while Dirty Laundry helps us refine our self portraits. All in all, our lovely bloggers help you get your wardrobe and personal style fit and in shape for the upcoming Summer season!

Links à la Mode : May 21st

• 39thandbroadway.com – Bringing an End to Fashion Knock-offs– Finally!
• Agent Dreamer – Designers I Heart: The Dark, Majestic Femme
• Agent Lover – How to Throw a Swap Party
• Awakened Aesthetic – An Instant Classic: Black & White
• Breakfast at Saks – Erika Hendrix – An Urban Romance
• BRICK MY LANE – Mrs Obama and fashion = respect
• Clutch 22 – How to negotiate a price-match including a video experiment at Nordstrom.
• Decline Designs – Defining Your Personal Style, Part One: the Concept
• Dirty Laundry – How to Refine Your Self-Portraiture
• dramatis personae – Developing Your Wardrobe Palette {part 4}
• Felicia Sullivan – Step aside, Kerastase. Phyto is the new reigning queen of haircare
• Hong Kong Fashion Geek – Fashion Geek’s tips to scoring big at warehouse sales.
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – The New IFB is Here!
• Krislyn Diaries – DIY: cool summertime do’s
• Mystery Creature – how to follow fashion with a vintage twist
• Retro Chick – Do’s & Don’ts for the Perfect Wedding Guest Outfit
• Style Symmetry – How to be a Guest at a Clothing Swap Party
• THE COVETED – shu uemura is in the Pink
• The Demoiselles – Fat or Thin… You’re Still Getting Old
• The Recessionista’s Blog – Choosing a Swimsuit: Summer Style Tips
• Work Chic – You still can still be a chic mom to be in the summer heat!

Must Reads from the Blogoverse

I’ve been diligently attempting to write three different blog posts simultaneously because that’s how I like to do it; add a phrase here, a paragraph there, correct punctuation if I happen to notice it. So anyway, I keep being interrupted by work and unable to finish anything blog related so I have decided to share random bits of usefulness that have appeared in my Google Reader today.

What, are you still here? Go! Read!