Fashion bloggers Bryanboy and Susie Bubble aren’t happy aboutVogue.com editors’ candid dissection of influencers and their paid-for street style during Milan Fashion Week.
The editors―Sally Singer, Nicole Phelps, Alessandra Codinha, and Sarah Mower―wrote about their experiences and fave collections so far during MFW. But that also didn’t stop them from criticizing the bloggers wearing “borrowed” and endorsed clothes from designers.
To give you an idea, Sally writes: “Note to bloggers who change head-to-toe, paid-to-wear outfits every hour: Please stop. Find another business. You are heralding the death of style.”
Alessandra also writes: “I hate to think that soon people will wise up to how particularly gross the whole practice of paid appearances and borrowed outfits looks. Looking for style among a bought-and-paid-for (‘blogged out?’) front row is like going to a strip club looking for romance.Sure, it’s all kind of in the same ballpark, but it’s not even close to the real thing.”
Meanwhile, Bryanboy and Susie―who we spotted for our MFW street style report recently―took to Twitter to air their thoughts on Vogue.com’s piece and called it a case of “bullying.”
It’s schoolyard bullying, plain and simple. How satisfying it must be to go for the easy target rather than going for other editors.
— bryanboy (@bryanboy) September 26, 2016
. And yes, I am very much well aware on what is going on In the world and no my Hillary tshirt was bought not borrowed @ATCodinha pic.twitter.com/N9zsUP1hdI
— bryanboy (@bryanboy) September 26, 2016
Firstly let’s not pretend that editors and stylists are not beholden to brands in one way or another, getting salaries at publications…
— susiebubble (@susiebubble) September 26, 2016
… that are stuffed full of credits that are tied to paid advertising but not explicitly stated as such.
— susiebubble (@susiebubble) September 26, 2016
Secondly, bloggers who wear paid-for outfits or borrowed clothes are merely doing the more overt equivalent of that editorial-credit system.
— susiebubble (@susiebubble) September 26, 2016
It’s just that bloggers sadly don’t have prestigious titles/publications to hide behind and represent themselves solely.
— susiebubble (@susiebubble) September 26, 2016
And maybe stop running @MrStreetPeeper‘s photos and gaining their site clicks, if those women in ‘paid-to-wear’ outfits are so repugnant
— susiebubble (@susiebubble) September 26, 2016
While we think that bloggers and social media influencers shouldn’t be the main focus of fashion week, these comments seem a bit too harsh.
As of writing, Vogue.com’s editors have not responded to Bryanboy and Susie.
[Fashionista]
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