Links à la Mode: Independent Fashion Bloggers Weekly Roundup

You may want to clear up some space on your calendar today, because we have loads of great links this week. Wondering what to you your ‘dumbass boyfriend?’ (hehe) Well, Smart Geezer gives us 10 tips on buying clothes for men. My Fashion Frenzy may be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from her experience with Black Friday. We’ve also got loads of great vintage posts, Couture Allure parties like it’s 1959, Debutante Clothing tells us why a zipper is scandalous (if you’re Joan Crawford) and The Coveted dishes on 13 Vintage Holiday Party Dresses. On the inside, don’t forget to stop by Petite Bourgeois to read about the man behind Ford Models, and 39th and Broadway let’s us know what we didn’t learn in Fashion School.

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Links à la Mode : December 4th

Fashion on the inside

39thandbroadway.com - The nitty, gritty, down and dirty, details of working in the fashion industry that nobody prepares you for!
fashion in my eyes - Word on the street with Sasha Pivovarova
If Wishes Were Clothes Horses… - My exclusive interview with eccentric stylist, editor, notorious club personality and club night host JACK MITCHELL. He doesn’t mince his words, check it out…
Petite Bourgeoisie - John Caplan - The Man Behind Ford Models
we wear things - We Wear Things goes Masked Avengers!
Independent Fashion Bloggers - How To Write The Perfect Holiday Gift Guide
Style Discovery - Who’s liking to my blog? Style Discovery’s 3rd bloggin tip post.
The Bare Skinny - Fashion on the Go…Fabulous Iphone Apps.
Or False Glitter - Advertising perfume: the mystery behind a physical representation of smell

Fashionably Inspired

Clutch 22 - Clutch 22 cut up a dress to create DIY Studded Oxfords
dramatis personae - An interview with Xenia of Lime Crime Makeup (and Doe Deere Blogazine) about her new make-up line.
Mademoiselle Robot - My crush on Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under.
Nothing Elegant - Artist Gustave Klimt and his lifelong partner Emile Floge were influential fashion reformers, and their work is still inspiring designers today.
Pencil - sd looks at how some bloggers use what they already have to create a completely unique and one-of-a-kind look.
The Style PA - Going gaga for Lady Gaga. How one women is changing my mind about eighties fashion…
Style Symmetry - Stop by and Celebrate our One Year Blogaversary!

Vintage Vintage

Couture Allure Vintage Fashion - How to party like it’s 1959! Vintage looks for a 50th birthday gala.
Daisy Fairbanks Vintage - Bringing out your inner Betty Draper, channeling the glamour of the early 60s with Mad Men fashion.
Debutante Clothing - Vintage Fashion History - What’s Wrong with Bows and Zippers?
Stylish Thought - The Good Side of Sequins

For the Boys

respectfully yours - stylish gentleman: daniel craig as james bond.
Smart Geezer - Girls! 10 Tips For Men’s Clothes Shopping!

Shop til you drop

Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy - Look divine this season, whatever your budget, in hot holiday jewelery
Capitola Girl Jewelry Blog - Which came first…the button or the button-hole?
Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy - Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy is loving these effortless-looking, chic looks! Yay for black! It always works!
In Life and In Fashion - Handbag Heaven or Hell? A perfectly organized handbag!
Fashion Pulse Daily - Fashion Pulse finds ways to get all gussied up for holiday parties via Target for under !
Fasshonaburu Fashion - Gift Guide for shopping for the label-obsessed, Gossip Girl watching teen during these economic hard times.
MY Fashion Frenzy - My FIRST ‘Black Friday’ experience. “The phrase “crazy holiday shoppers” is an understatement!”
Shopping and Info - Shopping and Info has the info on what Demi Lovato wore at the Twilight Premiere.

Giveaways Giveaways

A Few Goody GumDrops - A Few Goody Gumdrops is giving away two to-die-for Katherine Kwei ever so chic handbags!Enter to Win!
Technology Starlet - The Technology Starlet chicBuds Holiday Gift Giveaway
The Coveted- The 150 years of Boucheron serious gold jewelry giveaway….