the birth of fashun blug

I love and have always loved and wanted to write about clothes, fashion and personal style, but I've never felt like I've had the 'authority' to do so. Obviously there's no licence you need to talk about clothes or fashion, I just felt like my thoughts on it all weren't valid enough to be taken seriously, however I've decided to bite the dust and just start writing. If I don't start now I'm never going to do it and it's something I've wanted to do for a long long time.

Style is an amazing thing and so individual and special and wonderful as well as being something that is not celebrated enough, which I guess is part of the reason I want to write about it. I want to tell you what I like and why, I want to show you what I'm wearing, I want to show you what other people are wearing. I want to write a blog about fashion.

I was brought up on Trinny and Susannah and the 'What Not to Wear' books. Somewhere in my house lies every single book ever written by Trinny and Susannah and I've read them all - at least 7 times. Before I could read I flicked through the pictures and once I could read I couldn't understand half of it. But I was fascinated.
In that sense I'm quite protective over the duo, however as I get older I'm becoming less fond. Yes, whilst I understand that they are simply trying to get the best out of women and essentially increase their confidence in themselves and what they wear, I cannot help but feel that we can wear whatever we want, and nothing gives anyone the right to directly tell people what they can and cannot wear.
Although they were the two people that kindled my love for clothes.

Pictured is my wardrobe, which isn't extreme or extravagant but it is my collection, filled with both new and vintage pieces (nearly) all of which I love. What I wear is never perfect and it's often bland, boring and not suitable for the occasion, but sometimes it does go right and those times are the ones I want to document. I'm trying to make it go more right more often.

So this is the birth of 'fashun blug'. I hope you like it