Fashion has Brains Edited by Ashe Every week I am always surprised by the selection of posts we receive here at IFB.  I think back to before I started my blog, the discrimination I felt working in retail and adoring fashion, because it was shallow and it wasn’t academic.  Now I look at the community I [...]

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Rants & Raves Edited by Ashe Mischief I was taken aback when going through the submissions this week– there were so many powerful, strong, opinionated pieces that I felt really taken aback.  With overwhelming positivity or negativity, the fashion community is finding it’s voice– and making themselves heard! The fashion community is great at sharing [...]

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Spring Fever Edited by Jennine Jacob Do you get spring fever? Oh man… the itch to run around outside in flowery prints and frilly laces gets greater and greater each passing day. To heck with chunky sweaters! This week we have a load of great spring style posts,Holier Than Now checks out cape coats, if you’re [...]

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Style vs Fashion Edited by Retro Chick With the Fashion Week season in full swing and Fashion Pulse Daily live blogging from the IFB conference it can be easy to forget that there are other things going on in the world, where real women are shopping and dressing for real occasions. There were actually surprisingly [...]

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The Heavyweights Edited by Dramatis Personae Fashion’s getting heavier– and I’m not just talking about the rise of supermodels like Crystal Renn.  This week we’ve got meaty posts covering ethical topics like the sustainability of bamboo at Awakened Aesthetic whileBonne-Vie covers the the implications of buying items made in China.  We’ve got not 1–not 2, but [...]

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