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how to manage a luxury fashion blog and full time career

12 essential tips to manage a successful luxury fashion blog and full time career

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Since starting my own luxury fashion blog in 2014, one of my most asked questions is how I manage to keep up with a blog while continuing to work a full time career. It’s true, I sometimes find myself asking the same question. But the truth is, with these tips and principals, I am able to double down and earn a sustainable income on the blog, while also slaying my day job on the side – without compromise. A successful blog requires time, effort and focus – but it is still possible to manage alongside a 9-5 (or in my case, an 8-5). Whether you’re interested for fun or want to learn to how to make a stable income on the blog before you ditch the corporate life, here are a few essential tips to get you started. 1: Make fashion your b**** That’s right. If you want to manage basically two full-time jobs, you’re going to need to make fashion your bitch. You want to be good at something? Eat, sleep and dream it. …

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three ways to wear heels – stepping up summer fashion trends

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When the world goes one way, fashion inevitably starts to go the other. In case you missed the memo, dress is back. With athleisure now fully saturated into both European and American markets, the consumer has started to get bored, and they’re reaching back to their archives for a compromise away from athleisure style. Don’t worry, it’s not going anywhere soon. But while athleisure strays away from fashion and moves toward traditional sport brands like Nike, Puma and Adidas – 2019 summer fashion trends are leaning towards the ultimate return of the feminine evolution – heels. photography:MY MOM | camera:CANNON 5D MARK III | shoes c/o:JO MERCER | classic blue levi jeans c/o:SHOPBOP | black jeans c/o: PARKER SMITH | leather biker jacket c/o:ALL SAINTS   Don’t worry ladies, we know you got used to the comfort of sneaker styles and flat-bed sandals. So let’s start simple. Kitten heels fill the largest category of the return of heels for spring and summer 2019, while only the bravest are bringing back the pumps and stiletto heels. …

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fashion forecast for summer 2019

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Getting desperate for summer sun, evening mojitos and an escape from the dredge of winter. In lighter notes, spring has nearly arrived, and it’s time to start assembling a summer wardrobe. Just returning home from a season of the biggest women’s fashion conventions in Vegas and Atlanta, I’ve had the opportunity to have first looks of what’s coming up on the fashion forecast for summer 2019 and into fall/winter of 2020. Everything in the fashion world is changing Many trends transpire season to season. This year, expect everything to change. Evolution is the foremost word of the season, with unexpected combinations and futuristic looks. Thank an overrun media or boredom with current style. Fashion is a reflection of culture, and it’s clear people are ready to change. Your eyes will be delightedly confused as runway fashion hits mainsteam style, and a juxtapose of classic and hyper modern elements come together for fashion without a filter. Classic tailored suiting gets belted Starting on runways and luxury fashion street style scenes this winter, classic suiting is back, …

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How to become a successful travel and fashion blogger or entrepreneur while managing a full time career

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It’s easy to be inspired in the air. That was the title I wanted to use for this blog, but sadly it would rank low in SEO, and most of you that are interested in how to become a successful entrepreneur or fashion blogger never would have found this article. Goodbye facades, hello reality. I hope you’re ready for a long read. I’m going to cut the glamour and give you the down and dirty real tips on how to achieve success as an entrepreneur. In this post, I will dive deep into hands-on experience achieving my dream as a successful luxury fashion blogger who manages a full time career and a hobby that allows me the freedom to quit my job, work remote, and travel the world while getting paid. Dreams are beautiful, reality is also important. It takes time. Dreams are a beautiful thing, but loosing sight of them will often make them slip from your grasp. Everyone dreams, but what sets apart the dreamers from the entrepreneurs taking over the world? You …

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What’s on my Farfetch Black Friday wish list and how to score yours

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Black Friday is just around the corner, and you know what that means – it’s time to grab your luxury fashion essentials for the season, at the best prices you’re likely to see them year-round. Luxury fashion can be an admittedly expensive habit, one I relish to the utmost no doubt. However, I have learned you get what you pay for, and if you’re going to be getting a lot of use out of your purchases, your price-per-wear is probably better when you invest in quality pieces that fit into your lifestyle. And not only are luxury pieces an investment when chosen wisely, that investment can double up quick when you snag said pieces at a bargain price. That’s never done quite as well as Black Friday, when retailers mark down the vast majority of their products for the biggest day in retail all year. Update: Use code: x20BF for an extra 20% off during the Farfetch Black Friday sale! Black Friday shopping tips Tip for scoring big on Black Friday: scope out and shortlist your …

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25+ leopard print skirt and fashion steals to shop

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Ready to embrace your wild side? Animal print is the fiercest trend of 2018 fall fashion, and everyone is scrambling to get the best pieces before this fast fashion trend sells out. The most iconic piece being the satin leopard print skirt – the best styles are already hard to find, so I’ve shortlisted a few shopping links that you can still grab your favorites before they’re gone! Let’s start where this trend is hitting the hardest, the silky satin leopard print skirt. This one took a bit for me to give you guys a few options, but I was able to scrape up the best of the best below – including where I got mine: AliExpress. That’s right, even a luxury fashion blogger cheats sometimes. Always an advocate of splurging on timeless fashion and grabbing the steals for trendy pieces, leopard-print counts towards my fast-fashion steals, so a low price with decent quality is a happy balance to a well-stocked luxury wardrobe. Looking for a double steal? You can get a leopard print dress …

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tailored suit set remixed with sporty details

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Taking a break to spend some much needed time with my white angel on the couch, and wanted to share this look with you all. One of my favorite trends of fall 2018 is the evolution of athleisure in luxeleisure styles. This year, we see a movement of suiting and dress pieces making bolder statements with sporty accents. From tailored, business suiting layered with belts and sneakers, to more casual takes on the trend (like this two-piece crop and pant set), it’s a playful combination that exudes confidence with a playful twist. You’ll be spotting some more formal execution of this trend here on the blog in weeks to come that’s great for office or day wear, but in the mean time, here’s an easy play off the trend that you can wear at home, or casually out in a more relaxed environment. photography:KUNDAN KUMAR | camera:CANNON 5D MARK III | top c/o:AMMARA | logo belt:GIVENCHY   They key to the trend is matching your suiting pieces for a totally monochrome look, or layering a …

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5 essential basics for a fall capsule wardrobe

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I’ve long been an advocate of less-is-more, especially when it comes to curating an ideal capsule wardrobe. Though life as a fashion blogger has an influx of new fashion pieces arriving to my door on nearly a daily basis, a majority of these items are donated or given to my close friends shortly after arrival. Why? First of all, I feel beyond blessed to have had the opportunity to share with you guys my inspiration in fashion, travel and life in general. Giving back is one way I feel like I can keep that incredible encouragement you provide to me, flowing on to the next person. Second of all, one only has so much space in their wardrobe! My value in life is placed on experiences, and surrounding myself with the people I love. Minimizing is an important step to reducing clutter, saving time, and maximizing on the things that are most important to you. Thirdly, I can now officially announce to you guys – I’m moving! There has never been a better time to …

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luxury steals now or never – shopbop’s fall sale event is happening now

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Those Golden Goose sneakers and Balenciaga accessories are closer to your fingertips than ever before – Shopbop’s fall sale event is happening now, and that means all luxury fashion items (sale and full-price) are discounted with up to an additional 25% off! I often advocate investing in timeless luxury pieces that will last you season through season, and nothing makes building that collection more attainable than a sale off of all your bookmarked favorites. Here’s the scoop on the discount and how to snag your season’s luxury fashion steals, along with a few of my favorites getting added to my shopping cart. For those of you that don’t already shop via shopbop, shopbop is a luxury fashion retail site, curating a collection from all of the biggest and exciting new talents in the fashion industry. They carry new trending brands like Golden Goose and AG jeans, along side your luxury staple brands like Alexander Wang, Gucci, Balenciaga and others. You can shop by their seasonal trend packages in their Fall Checklist, by designer or by …

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so what if I’m not

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A heavy fog weighs down on the mountaintops, yet the haze on the horizon is only half as concealing as the changes whirling in front of our eyes. Autumn has arrived, and the time has come for another serenade of the seasons. A fall night wind murmurs secrets of the season’s change, and we begin to seek comforts of a darker palette, a tighter hold, and whispers by a fire. Our deepest instincts urge us to be prepared, guarded and protected ourselves from the cold that is to come. We should be seeking comfort, but what if I’m not? Walls are often as dangerous as what they were built to protect, and the comforts of a fire can just as quickly burn you with a single touch of the flame. Life is unpredictable. And no matter how much we may focus on the preparation of safekeeping, the irony is that these measures make us no safer than we were before. Instead, they instill a false sense of security, create a crutch and make us shut …