Over the World Wide Web, here is a continual influx of information over the internet highway, including, most recently, a trend in fashion blogging. Currently, here are hundreds of new fashion blogs being made everyday, and over millions of already made websites. With these massive amounts of public posting their opinions on style, how can you stop manslaughter your time reading useless fashion blogs? Is here anyway to separate the quality blogs from the irrelevant ones? This review of five top rated fashion blogs gives insight into what standards should be used in deciding which blogs are worth your time.

Fashion blogs are ranked on a 10 point scale in four areas: (1) clarity of thought, (2) timeliness, (3) relevance, and (4) degree of opinion.

Style File blog:

Total Score: 28

Style.com is a primary source and destination for where public receive their fashion news, trends, and photos of seasonal airstrip shows. In addition, the renown website has a chief blog site, Style File, where writers can post opinions on various aspects of fashion in a more informal setting and approach. Even though here are several writers for Style File, the writing style of this blog site is distinct and individual to Style.com’s website.

1.) Clarity of thought: 6.5. It is decent. You are able to read owing to it, even if some postings may be a bit long-winded. Also, some entries may be hard to know if you don’t have a lot of knowledge of public in the fashion industry, such as Sophia Hesketh and Byrdie Bell.

2.) Timeliness: 8.5. This blog seems to lack consistency. It will have 5-6 entries in one day, and then skip three days completely without any new posts and then continue on with 5-6 entries. This is probably since public are not effective on the weekends. On the upside, it does post slightly more than the mean blog, but for a blog that is on a website of considerable size and prominence, you would expect that it would.

3.) Relevance: 7. I don’t reckon this blog really provides any new information that is of importance or is really fascinating. It attempts to draw on styles outside of the US, which can be informative, but it doesn’t focus enough fashion in the homeland. Focus of articles tends to stray away from American fashion, and stick more with foreign matters. In the past several days, here have been over five postings decently on Moscow fashion alone. This is completely unnecessary. Information can also be quite dry at times.

4.) Degree of Opinion: 6. While it does provide news, writers do not write to form their own opinions really, but just blog to make a place for viewers to post their own insights and opinions. The writers tend to say something that they feel is right, such as the “Prep School Blazer style is very trendy,” yet it still opens the discussion for debate, by asking viewers whether they agree or what their thoughts are. This makes the writer’s opinions seems inconsistent and weak. The blog would be better if the writers had a stronger point of view in their critique. It is unnecessary to question the reader whether they agree with them or not, since the reader will post his or her opinions anyway.

Hint Magazine blog:

Hint Magazine is an online fashion magazine, where you can read fashion columns and tale facial appearance with a wide ranging selection of topics including music, art, dance and, of course, fashion. It has a separate blog to informally discuss various areas of interests that cater to more self-determining styles and are usually humorous and entertaining to read.

Total Score: 30

1.) Clarity of thought: 8. The blog is clear to read and know. It is written in a contemporary manner that appeals to a younger audience. Here are not copious amounts of text in each entry compared to the Style File blog, and instead they include many photos and videos that go along with the postings. This makes it look less daunting to get owing to, which is vital in today’s quick paced world of Twittering.

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2.) Timeliness: 6. In an era where bloggers are uploading new entries a dozen times per day, this blog only has, on mean, 1-2 posts per day. In order to maintain a blog with readers constantly tuning in, it is imperative that here are multiple entries in a fleeting span for readers to regularly come back to.

3.) Relevance: 7. Where Style Documentation subject content was completely about the New York fashion world, this blog seems to veer slightly to the left of that direction. The information posted seems to target a more indie audience by showcasing unheard of designers, writers and artists. I found also that it seems to post a lot on Brazilian artists and designers. I am not sure if here is a correlation linking the writers and Brazil for them to do so, but either way, it is a small inconsistent with balancing foreign matters. Some posts are completely irrelevant and hold no interest for me, but for persons that delight in reading about mineral urinals in art exhibits and gay porn awards, this is your destination. And if you are one of persons readers who delight in this blog, excellent luck with let them know your thoughts, since they have disabled the commenting feature on this blog.

4.) Degree of Opinion: 9. Writers on this blog seem to delight in writing about what they write about. While news information can be lackluster and tedious at times, this blog tries to send out their messages in a humorous and enjoyable way. While not all of the content on this blog is PG, I did delight in reading it, even if I wasn’t too interested in what they were really saying.

Fashion Tribes:

Fashion Tribes tends to appeal to the mean fashionista who is well versed in various areas of fashion, such as new trends, beauty and accessories. The reader is usually familiar with well loved styles and substantial fashion news occurring on in the fashion world. Taking elements from various aspects of fashion, such as advertisements, magazines and events, this website is pretty solid and well rounded.

Total Score: 30

1.) Clarity of thought: 9. The blog is portioned into smaller paragraphs, which makes it really reader friendly. Also, if you find yourself done with the reading, but are still interested in the topic, it allows you to read more after the jump, which gets rid of extra writing clutter, and opens up space for more simple on the eyes photos and videos. A lot of excellent pictures and examples, which make the posts look lively and not overwhelming to read.

2.) Timeliness: 6. For a website that is well known across the nation as one of the top rated fashion blogs, you would reckon that here would be much more blog entries, but instead I was disappointed to find that it only updates only 3-4 days per week. Even though here are a excellent amount of entries per day, the blog does not allow readers to view older posts, since here is no backlog feature. This makes it really disappointing for persons that want to continue reading the rest of the blog, but are unable to.

3.) Relevance: 9. I really loved the content on this blog and thought that it had a lot of excellent, useful information. It draws in various news about upcoming websites in fashion, as well as information about fresh spring beauty regimes and free giveaways, which everyone likes. Considering the wide-range of topics featured on this blog, I reckon that it is very excellent for an everyday shopaholic.

4.) Degree of Opinion: 6. Here is only just, if any, critique in any of the entries posted. Though, when making a blog site, you usually write about what you like, so with that in mind, you certainly know what the writers for this blog like to write about, which clarifies why I gave it a more generous score, since it posts things assuming that you know that these are things that they delight in or find pleasing, without really having an opinion about them.

Go Fug Yourself:

Combine Hollywood celebrity style with a Perez Hilton sense of humor, and you have the like child of Go Fug Yourself. Known for its uncanny humor, it leaves no celebrity unharmed or unnoticed. This blog is probably one of the most hilarious fashion criticism blogs out here in a sea of fashion blogs on the internet, but then again, I am being completely biased, since these writers’ humor is right up my alley. Warning, this blog is not for everyone.

Total Score: 38

1.) Clarity of thought: 9. This blog uses the adverb, “A depiction speaks a thousand words” and makes it its central point. Uploading a photo of a celebrity in a ridiculous outfit pretty much speaks for itself, since that is mainly how it shows the reader the ridiculousness of the celebrity’s outfit choices. By the photo as the butt of its jokes, the writers then unapologetically bash the outfit.

2.) Timeliness: 10. Finally! A blog with a small consistency! It updates well over the course of the day. You can expect around 5 entries in a day, expect on weekends, which is understandable.

3.) Relevance: 9. Depending on your sense of humor, this site may or may not be right for you. For persons who delight in reading about bashing celebrities based on their clothing choices, then you have pretty much found gold, but for the fainthearted, you may cringe a bit more when you realize how harsh some of the critiques may be. No worries though, this website is all in excellent fun! Luckily, for this website, I fall in the former category, and loved this blog thoroughly.

4.) Degree of Opinion: 10. Go Fug Yourself has made a career by casting its opinion on what others are in, so if it would be hard for me to give it anything but a full score rating.

Fashionista

Fashionista is the product of two personnel writers from Nylon and Elle Magazine, and joining to give you news in the fashion world quicker than most other blogs. With a combo of gossip, rumors, sale tip-offs, internship suggestions, free giveaways, editorial photos and every other relevant news in the fashion world, Fashionista is a comprehensive and delightful read. Perhaps I am just being completely subjective, since this is one of the few blogs that I really read everyday, alongside Perez Hilton, but Fashionista combines all the New York style straight out of the city’s oven.

Total Score: 38.5

1.) Clarity of thought: 10. The blog is written in small paragraphs, making it simpler for the reader to get owing to it, without feeling overwhelmed. If the reader is still interested in a certain blog entry, she can click on a separate link taking them to “read after the jump.” It uses a combination of lively photos, videos and own photo-shopped writing, making the blog more personal and distinct to Fashionista. Also, as a helpful rate, if you don’t know some fashion terminology, they have a dictionary specifically just for that!

2.) Timeliness: 10. Fashionista updates several times a day, throughout the day, to give you the most recent and vital news. This blog is an archetype to how other fashion blogs should operate.

3.) Relevance: 10. The news featured on this blog involves news occurring in the New York fashion scene. While this may not include everyone, it does deal with high fashion in a very real way, something that can be understood no matter where you are. It also includes subjects from other fashion websites to give you the most relevant information, such as its “Mid-Day Snack” section. This blog also includes various areas of fashion, such as models, beauty, and editorial spreads, so the viewer can be well read in all aspects of fashion.

4.) Degree of Opinion: 8.5. While some blog entries are made just to provide readers non-biased information, other entries are made to showcase models or photo shoots that the writers really like. Either way, you will read this blog culture what is vital to the creators of Fashionista. In most news, though, the writers write the entries in a critical way, with a strong point of view.

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