So, as most of you know I was featured by the Daily Mail yesterday – here is the article if you haven’t seen it. I just wanted to clear up a few factual inaccuracies that some people seem to have had a problem with, and address some comments which have been made:
- The angle of the article is shopping on a student budget – the article itself does say that ‘some‘ of my outfits cost less than £50, however the headline hints that all my outfits cost <£50, which has caused confusion and much scoffing in the comments section about how 1) some of the outfits pictured clearly aren’t <£50 and 2) buying an outfit for <£50 isn’t a huge achievement. Whilst I am on a student budget it is simply not true that all of my outfits cost less than £50, and whilst £50 may be relatively good value on the high street I am fully aware that it is more than possible to buy much cheaper on eBay and in charity shops.
- Many bloggers I have seen discussing the article have been somewhat annoyed at the fact that the article makes it sound as if I’m some sort of phenomenon, that blogging isn’t a massive and popular community of which I certainly wasn’t the first member. Of course you and I know this isn’t true, but your average Daily Mail reader probably has no idea. I wish it had been contexted a little better, but I had no control over this.
- A lot of bloggers have also had a problem with the fact that I, some apparent nobody, was chosen. Frankly I have no idea how the journalist came across me or why he decided to do a piece on me but I thought it was a great opportunity so I took it.
- Many of the photos used are 3 and 4 years old (I haven’t had brown hair since I was 16/17!), and aren’t representative of how I dress now as a 20 year old. I purposely didn’t send any high res versions of these old photos and questionable outfits, but the low quality versions were used anyway.
- I am not aspiring to be a solicitor just to fund shopping as some seem to have interpreted the article to say, I’m not an idiot. I want to be a solicitor, and the fact that that will be able to fund my shopping is a bonus.
- ‘Who would want to be in the Daily Mail?!’ – another comment I have seen a lot. The journalist who interviewed me is freelance, I assume he pitches the articles he writes to a variety of publications. It just so happened that the DM was one that picked it up; I assumed that if anyone was to pick it up it would be a tabloid like the DM, but I have not directly worked with the Mail. I am by no means a DM reader and I find most of their content which concerns issues of a more serious nature fairly abhorrent, however it is a national newspaper whose website has more traffic than many other news sites, and so the exposure is fantastic. So yes, it might not be my favourite publication, but frankly I am still happy to be featured in the Daily Mail.
I also popped up in the Missguided newsletter, along with other fab bloggers Charmaine and Olivia.
Thank you so much to Shopaholic for awarding me with ‘Editor’s Choice’! Check out shopaholic.become.co.uk.
Fashion award for the latest trends !
A while ago I did a small interview for esteemed fashion blog The Style Line and it’s just gone live on the site – click here to check out the full feature!
Broke Girl’s Guide is a great LA based blog which is all about fashion and living on a budget, and they were kind enough to ask me to feature in a recent article about bloggers who style on a budget! You can check out the full article here.