In my previous post I admitted to feeling uneasy and embarrassed about adding photos of myself to posts. So it's a fair question to ask why I do it sometimes (and a bit more often recently).
The simple answer is: I attract a lot more readers when I show who I am.
Although this blog is purely for my own entertainment (there is nothing I like doing more), I do need readers to make it worthwhile. It's such a thrill when I get an email from someone who's been inspired by a post.
I studied fashion design and I worked as a handbag designer but ultimately I think I am better at styling clothes than designing them. The other day a friend told me she bought the Zara dress I showed on the blog (HERE) and that made me totally happy - I was on a high all day.
The embarrassment about selfies comes from the fact that I am not exactly a model. I am a regular mum with a lazy eye, mismatched eyebrows, a crooked smile and muffin top problem. Despite that I think being visible on the blog makes the posts more interesting and more personal.
I have never been able to make a definite tribe choice, instead hoping to combine the life of a New Yorker reading political news junkie with the somewhat shallower life of a fashion loving Hong Kong expat.
It's not my fellow fashion bloggers who will judge my selfies, but my fellow political junkies or my clever friends from uni probably think I am an absolute loon for having a fashion blog. But (I think) I have decided to man up and do what I love.
Whenever I wonder about the purpose of my blog I think of inspiration. How often do you feel inspired? Inspired to read a book, to redecorate your house, to go back to school, to move to another country or to contribute to charity? It may not be every day, but when inspiration strikes it's a rush of positivity, an avalanche of purpose.
Let's face it: feeling inspired is better than sex.
But don't quite stop having sex yet. As the F A S H I O N E X P A T I hope to provide a bit of minor inspiration every week. Probably not the life changing kind but maybe I will remind you of an old blouse in your wardrobe that will make you feel beautiful when you wear it again. Or maybe I'll inspire you to buy a pretty dress and ask an old friend for lunch.
In the meantime I will continue posting pictures and writing self deprecating anecdotes while at the same time creating a visual record of my life in Hong Kong.
I am so very grateful that you are reading. Thank you, beautiful girls.
xx Dianne
The simple answer is: I attract a lot more readers when I show who I am.
Although this blog is purely for my own entertainment (there is nothing I like doing more), I do need readers to make it worthwhile. It's such a thrill when I get an email from someone who's been inspired by a post.
I studied fashion design and I worked as a handbag designer but ultimately I think I am better at styling clothes than designing them. The other day a friend told me she bought the Zara dress I showed on the blog (HERE) and that made me totally happy - I was on a high all day.
The embarrassment about selfies comes from the fact that I am not exactly a model. I am a regular mum with a lazy eye, mismatched eyebrows, a crooked smile and muffin top problem. Despite that I think being visible on the blog makes the posts more interesting and more personal.
I have never been able to make a definite tribe choice, instead hoping to combine the life of a New Yorker reading political news junkie with the somewhat shallower life of a fashion loving Hong Kong expat.
It's not my fellow fashion bloggers who will judge my selfies, but my fellow political junkies or my clever friends from uni probably think I am an absolute loon for having a fashion blog. But (I think) I have decided to man up and do what I love.
Whenever I wonder about the purpose of my blog I think of inspiration. How often do you feel inspired? Inspired to read a book, to redecorate your house, to go back to school, to move to another country or to contribute to charity? It may not be every day, but when inspiration strikes it's a rush of positivity, an avalanche of purpose.
Let's face it: feeling inspired is better than sex.
But don't quite stop having sex yet. As the F A S H I O N E X P A T I hope to provide a bit of minor inspiration every week. Probably not the life changing kind but maybe I will remind you of an old blouse in your wardrobe that will make you feel beautiful when you wear it again. Or maybe I'll inspire you to buy a pretty dress and ask an old friend for lunch.
In the meantime I will continue posting pictures and writing self deprecating anecdotes while at the same time creating a visual record of my life in Hong Kong.
I am so very grateful that you are reading. Thank you, beautiful girls.
xx Dianne
I found a bit of personal inspiration at Isabel Marant this morning. Both the main line and Étoile are beautiful this season. This is the store on On Lan Street in Central.
I have put these on hold and figured I should be sensible and think about them. Five minutes after I got home I was done thinking.
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