An Introduction

So...I did it. I created a fashion blog.  I love clothes. I love creating and altering and buying and playing with clothes.  While biking to school in heels and a trench coat may be completely insane, I love to express what I feel through my clothing.

 

My name is Tanya.  I am a college student, amateur cook, voracious reader, lover of music, vegetarian and player of way too much Tetris. A while ago my very fashionable (and honestly, way cooler than me) stepmother told me to start a fashion blog.  She may have been having a moment of crazy, but ultimately I decided to jump in. I don't know if anyone will read it but here it is, many months later  In this blog I will do traditional "fashion bloggy" stuff: post outfit photos, talk about designers, squeal incessantly about a recent purchase.  In addition to this, I would like to bring in my own opinions about fashion from a feminist perspective.  This will include discussions around body image,  how to be an informed and ethical consumer of fashion, and the complicated and sometimes damaging issues with the fashion industry as a whole. I will also try to be extremely entertaining, lest I let down my stepmom.

I am not a "writer".  I always defer to my much more talented friends for writing help, so this will probably not be terribly poetic, or even grammatically correct.  I love discussion, so any appropriate and constructive comments are welcome and encouraged.

If you have taken the time to read this I already owe you a drink or a hug or some sort of baked good.  Thanks!