The socio-economic implications associated with style of dress makes fashion a topic worth talking about in my opinion, but this post about Why Fashion is Worth Blogging About does a great job of breaking it down for those who don’t quite get it.  Be sure to check out some of the comments, too.

“You should be passionate about what you do for a living, and don’t let any fool tell you otherwise.” Advertising copywriter Derek Walker’s account of What I Learned From an Old White Man I Never Met.

The Do-First Work Ethic: Cool vid from the founders of Threadless on falling into a business and doing stuff by…doing stuff.

CreaWriter Is a Distraction-Free Writing Space Complete with Relaxing Ambient Noise. Bring it. I need as few distractions as possible–my brain is distracting enough. (Windows)

Looking for a more systematic approach to social strategy? Try the POST Method.

Inspirational article about doing what you love – and sharing the success that follows.

The popularity of Snuggies (I won’t front–I have one and it’s darn comfy) has spawned a plethora of comfort-first “fashions”, including Pajama Jeans and the Hoodie Footie Snuggle Suit. No really, that’s what they’re called. I haven’t been feeling well for the past few days, so they both sound like GREAT IDEAS to me! I dare you to watch the videos and tell me you don’t agree.

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My apologies, y’all. Since the Maintenance Mode plugin refuses to work properly no matter how many times I un-and re-install it, you are going to be subjected to all of the ugly behind-the-scenes messiness this blog redesign entails. Just FYI, it will probably take a while since I’m working on the next issue of Style Sample magazine now.

To make up for it, here’s some better stuff to read/look at:

The header from Just JR

• I can’t get enough of the gorgeously quirky collages at JustJR. Dude is amazing.

• Problogging: 10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started over at ProBlogger. This blog is one of my daily (okay, every other day) reads.

• If you’re a font ho like me, you probably have a lot more font options than you really need. Luckily, Six Revisions put together a list of 10 Free Apps for Managing Your Fonts.

• According to The Cut, French Officials are Still Trying to Get the Sheikh to Buy Christian Lacroix. Will somebody with millions of dollars to throw around please step up to the plate?

Alber Elbaz is scurred

• Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz is scared of bloggers. Join the club, man. Join the club.

• Seth Godin questions the reasoning behind doing things “within reason.”

• Chris Brogan tackles the difficult and oft-debated process of Measuring Social Media Marketing.

• FOLIO:’s blog questions AOL’s new online editorial guidelines. Is linked content better than original reporting? (Yes, I see the irony)

Happy reading!

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