Fashionably Late

For some time now, I have been reading a number of fashion and styling blogs religiously. I find them creative, innovative, and they have become a driving force in the fashion industry. For instance, at this very moment Coach is hosting an exclusive event to celebrate a Holiday Blogger campaign, a prime example of the impact on the industry from individual voices.

The title of this first entry, "Fashionably Late", seemed appropriate as I feel starting a blog now may be a bit late in the game. But after all, it's so passé to be one of the first to arrive. (don't be tardy....)

It is important to develop a balance between praticality and luxury - a game of which I am very good at. How to balance dressing like you're walking a Michael Bastian runway show with a j.crew budget. How to sport a Coach tote from last season. How to match a Louis Vuitton tie with your Club Monaco suit. Isn't that what fashion is about?

You may be thinking, "no, actually that's precisely not what fashion is supposed to be." Which begs for the separation of fashion and luxury - not to be confused with the (equally?) as important separation of church and state debate. I am currently reading Dana Thomas' Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster which exhausts the idea of luxury as exclusivity and how its availability and consumption by the masses has taken away from the true meaning of "luxury".

Well that's cool. I get it, and I'm sure you do too. But fashion is luxury as well as practicality. A Slice of Tie is going to be about some of the most amazing luxury brands, products, and clothing in the world..mixed in with the "affordable luxury" pieces. Because isn't that the same way 5th Avenue is anyway?


Thanks for reading my intro (I hope I haven't bored you yet). I promise to keep my future posts shorter! I'd also like you to consider some of the blogs that have inspired me to create this one. Thank you to each of its writers for taking their time to be creative and always interesting:

http://www.cupcakesandcashmere.com/
http://www.anaffordablewardrobe.blogspot.com/
http://www.katelovesme.net/
http://www.mymanybags.blogspot.com/
http://www.unabashedlyprep.com/
http://www.effortlessgent.com/
http://www.thefashionisto.com/


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