Source: Cupcakes and Cashmere
Over the months that I have been blogging, I have read a fair few posts about the dilemma over whether or not to tell close friends and acquaintances about your blog. I completely get this dilemma and have had to deal with it on a number of ocassions. But it feels so silly to be embarassed about writing a blog, particularly one that is relatively well received, as I hope mine is!
I guess my embarassment comes from a notion that writing a blog is a little geeky. I also feel that many of my friends have been privy to some of my worst fashion fauz pas and therefore wonder how they will react to the idea of me writing about fashion!
Of those who I have told, most have been supportive and particularly those who have taken the time to read this blog. They know who they are and I just want to take a moment to thank them! I'm not sure how many of my real-life friends are regular readers as, despite attracting readers, my blog doesn't seem to generate many commentators. So readers, real-life friends and blogging friends, say hi, if you're about!!
I think there is also a little bit of an underlying worry that *other* people will view writing a fashion blog as a little frivolous. I work in an office where I feel I would be seen as a bit of an airhead if they knew I wrote a fashion blog on the side. But I think this is wrong. So many of the blogs that I read on a day-to-day basis are written by strong intelligent women whose careers and studies are as far removed from fashion as is possible - Polka Dot Style makes this point here too.
Writing a fashion blog is just one part of my life, in which I am also a politics post grad student (I graduate next month - eek!), a PA for a politician, a girlfriend, a sister, a daughter, a friend, someone who enjoys to travel and to speak other languages, someone who enjoys reading old classics and historical novels, someone who loves to cook and enjoys eating even more, someone who has terrible taste in music but still enjoys going to gigs with the boyf to watch bands she's never heard of! Fashion doesn't rule my life but it is a part of who I am, I enjoy shopping (a little too much) and love to get dressed (most of the time!) and love to explore my style. I don't think this is soemthing I should be ashamed of or embarassed about.
So there it is. I write a fashion blog, of sorts. And I am proud of it. And if someone doesn't like it, that is not my fault. I hope that doesn't sound conceited.