As we ponder

Eight ways to be your own internet fashion hero

(photo via going.com)

I don’t know, I just click and end up in random places.

Honestly, that’s how I’ve gotten anywhere in life, not that I’ve gotten very far. But there are certain keys in learning how to find my content, and I thought I just might share a little about my sources.

You might think ‘oh wow… if she reveals her secrets, then what?’ and that might be true, but you know… the real reason I’m here is to share my inspiration. And even if I told you exactly where I look, we probably wouldn’t see the same things, and even if we did, we wouldn’t have the same thoughts on the subject.

1. RSS Feeder… I think my Google Reader is ruining my life. At least it’s a well informed ruin. I generally put everything I like into the feeder, that way I don’t miss any updates.

2. Social Networking Flickr, Myspace, Iqons are the most useful to me. There are people who say Myspace is dead, but there are a lot of designers, boutiques etc. who don’t have web pages per se, but have Myspace pages, and they generally have interesting friends. Style Hive is another great one to see what other people are coveting. I’m too lazy to keep up my ‘hives’ to I just like to browse around.

3. Explore links I just click on links of sites I already like, usually I’ll find at least one cool new thing per day. Even if I don’t blog about it, I’ll keep it in my messy mind somehow. Del.icio.us helps me keep them in order using tags… I have heard there are other ones like Stumble Upon, but I like the simplicity of Del.icio.us, but then again, I don’t really use it to is full potential.

4. Shopping in real life, There are a ton of designers who aren’t on the internet. In fact most aren’t. I like going to boutiques and looking for stuff I really like, then I generally look them up.

5. Go to exhibitions There is more to life than clothes, getting other beautiful stuff in my brain helps put things into perspective, and it inspires more posts, more fashion quests, etc. I still can’t get the Olafur Eliasson exhibition out of my head.. and I’ve seen it twice. I may have to get the the book, Take Your Time for when the exhibition goes down.

6. Magazines. They aren’t against us, plus they also have tons of stuff that wouldn’t ordinarily surface in the blog world.

7. Take pictures, it’s good for you. Now that almost everyone has digital cameras, there is no excuse not to!

8. Keep an open mind, you never know what treasures you’ll find.

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