{"id":156695,"date":"2016-09-20T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T01:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/?p=156695"},"modified":"2024-02-14T00:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T08:38:15","slug":"diary-failed-fashion-blogger-4-women-give-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heartifb.com\/diary-failed-fashion-blogger-4-women-give-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a Failed Fashion Blogger: 4 Women Who Give Me Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a Failed Fashion Blogger and all, I sometimes get a little down in the dumps. That's when I go social media\u00a0and get even sadder\u00a0checking out\u00a0the model-thin, model-young women with tens of thousands (millions, even) of followers.<\/p>\n

But then, if it's a good day, I wise up and remember the\u00a0women I really admire\u2014the ones who may not have taken traditional paths but are killing it nonetheless. Maybe their success is actually because of<\/em> paving their own way. I hope you, too can be inspired by these self-made powerhouses.\"andrea<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Andrea Linett
    \n<\/a><\/h3>\n

    She co-founded Lucky Magazine, is former global creative director at Michael Kors, and is currently creative director at Iconery<\/a>. Oh, she's also published\u00a0four\u00a0books: most recently The Cool Factor<\/a>, previously The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style<\/a>, The Lucky Shopping Manual<\/a>, as well as I Want to Be Her<\/a>, which is based on her very successful blog of the same name. On top of all that, she just had a gorgeous baby. Can you say badass?
    \n\"girl<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Justina Blakeney<\/a><\/h3>\n

    While most of her peers were designing\u00a0stark, white, minimalist spaces, Blakeney\u00a0was creating lush, colorful, tropical plant-filled interiors that make you want to settle in and get real cozy. She calls it jungalow style. She's been featured in approximately a\u00a0jillion magazines, and recently published The New Bohemians<\/a>. She designed an incredible collection of shag rugs with Loloi Rugs<\/a>, wallpaper for Hygge & West<\/a>, and lots more. And she's\u00a0not shy<\/a> about wearing a swimsuit\u00a0on Instagram (in front of her 215k followers). Favorite quote: “How to have a beach bod: 1.) Have a body 2.) Go to the beach.”
    \n\"girl<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Christina Zayas<\/h3>\n

    Zayas runs Le City Kitty, and she inspires me for several reasons. Yes, tattoos have become much more mainstream in recent years, but this blogger\u00a0has a huge one of a winged insect (I think it's a moth?) on her chest, plus lots more<\/a> all over her body\u2014clearly her\u00a0ink is\u00a0not about jumping on a trend. Also she's a New York City native, drinks whiskey, is 5″1″ tall and isn't afraid of wearing shorts.
    \n\"standing<\/li>\n

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    Iksra Lawrence<\/h3>\n

    This young woman\u00a0inspires me with her story of being booted from modeling for Victoria's Secret because they found her too curvy, and for being rejected as too thin for the plus-size market. That\u00a0in-between\u00a0territory\u00a0that's\u00a0not easily marketed to the masses\u00a0is a difficult place to be. But Lawrence staked out her own corner of the world, which she has grown to 2.5 million followers on Instagram, walking\u00a0in her first New York Fashion Week show, and contracts with the likes of Aerie<\/a> lingerie and more. She is an outspoken advocate of accepting one's body as it is, and we could probably all do that a little bit more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Photos via Cup of Jo<\/a>, The Jungalow, Le City Kitty, IamIksra on Instagram<\/p>\n

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    Being a Failed Fashion Blogger and all, I sometimes get a little down in the dumps. That’s when I go social media\u00a0and get even sadder\u00a0checking out\u00a0the model-thin, model-young women with tens of thousands (millions, even) of followers. 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