I love blogging and reading fashion and style blogs. It is a great way to find out about the latest trends and get lots of fashion and style inspiration. If you like styling your own outfits and have a unique and individual style of your own, why not start your own fashion and style blog? It is great fun and could even lead to an exciting new career.

Starting your own fashion and style photo blog is really easy. There are a number of free blogging platforms that you can use but blogger is probably the easiest for a beginner to use. Your blog should be completely unique to you. You could write about your favourite fashions or create a style journal with pictures of different outfits that you have put together. If you love vintage clothes, why not have  a blog about vintage clothes.  There are so many great fashion and style blogs to look at for some inspiration. Some of my favourites are Style Bubble, Kingdom of Style, Flying Saucer and The Coveted.

In order to take photographs of your outfits you will need a basic SLR camera. The Nikon D40 is generally considered a great lightweight and compact SLR for a beginner and will allow you to take some good quality to pictures to post on your blog. You will probably also need a tripod and remote if you want to take pictures of yourself. There are some great tips on taking photographs for your fashion blog on How to take gorgeous self portraits. Independent Fashion Bloggers also has a wealth of other resources and tips for fashion bloggers

picture from www.intothefray.com/blog 

There have been so many great posts this week to read with New York Fashion Week in full swing, here are some of my favourites:

I am loving Susie Bubbles of Style Bubbles commentary on New York Fashion Week as well as being extremely jealous that she got to go.

Posh Swaps shows us how to find the perfect colours to make you look and feel great in Colour Analysis

Queen Michelle of Kingdom of style has a desperate urge to get sparkly, she tell us all about it in Desperately seeking sequins.

The Style PA gives has a great post called Tips - dare to wear flares, something that is particularly difficult when you are as short as me.

Hot Chocolate and Mint has put together a gorgeous outfit in pink, grey and black. I would never have though of layering the pink skirts but it looks great.

Into the Fray really gave me something to laugh about today when I read her post on pet love, just read it and you will see what  mean.

picture from www.fashion156.com

This week seems to have gone on for ever. It is a bit of a relief to finally sit down and have a good read of some of my favourite fashion blogs. Here are my favourite posts for this week.

Munique Fashions showed some of the more outrageous takes on the fringe trend and also suggested some much more wearable options in Fringe Festival.

The Coveted has discovered some very unusual and charming head wear in her post A Little Flying Fawn Landed on My Head.

Queen Michelle of Kingdom of Style wrote an interesting post entitled the Pull of Pollini in which she describes how she has really noticed the label since Johnathan Saunders became Creative Director last year.

Nasty Girl shows how to do harem pants in style with some gorgeous vintage versions in the post Harem Scare ‘Em.

Disney Roller Girl looks at the Eighties revival and the return of the bodysuit in her post Foundation Course

 I am loving the Pastel issue of Fashion156. Some very gorgeous and feminine clothes.

If you love feminine pastel colours, you will love this pale pink dress by Aftershock

With all the fuss of  a recession, I have been reading up on credit crunch style this week and how to look great on a budget. Here are some of my favourite reads.

Holiday gift tips on a budget, The Budget Fashionista’s economic survival guide - The Budget Fashionista gives some great tips on how to survive Christmas with not much money. I just love this blog, it has so much great advice.

Save time and money with a checklist This great post fom Budget Babe has made me think carefully about how I aproach a shopping trip. Much better to research online and think carefully about it rather than just hitting the shops.

Christmas Party Season Dresses - The Rules - If you are looking to have a frugal christmas but still look great at your christmas parties, this post by cheap clothes rule is just what you need.

Are you addicted to bargain hunting? This post by Cute but Affordable will make you laugh - if you do it is probably because this is you. Take the test and find out.

A Closet Full of Wearable Clothes - this interesting article by Melissa Tossetti Editor/Publisher of  budgetsavvymag.com gives some great ideas on how to be a tight wad when it comes to new clothes but still look great.

 Frugal fashion: New Yorkers learn to look good for a lot less this article from the NY daily news shows how New Yorkers work that recessionista look.

My favourite frugal fashion  buy is this glamorous wrap dress in organic cotton. A wrap dress is a classic style that is really flattering and is unlikely to go out of fashion and the price is definitely frugal!