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Because there’s so valuable small to weblog about right now, a story about the comeback of L.L. Bean duck boots is producing the rounds. Which is genuinely a sign that we really should cut our losses and start our New Year’s Eve weekend. We’re taking Monday off to recover from our hangovers and resuming the blog on Tuesday. See you in 2012, youngsters!

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Today on Grazia Daily, we’ve bought you 30% off at asos, fashion industry speculation that Raf Simons may be the new designer at Dior, a glimpse of the 15 year old Brit who’s set to be the new face of Balenciaga, and the news that India Rose won the title of Best Dressed Blogger at our first ever Blog Brag Night ! What an exciting day it’s been.

But enough of us, what’s been happening on the worldwide web in the past week? Let’s take a look at what’s caught the eye of some of our favourite fashion bloggers…

Christmas Wish List – Angela Scanlon

Festive Downtime Dressing – The Online Stylist

Cat Lady – Wish Wish Wish (above)

Willow Smith in Balmain – Fash Addict

Things I Love Thursday – Sparkle & Glitter

Dear Santa, Love Lucy – Shiny Thoughts

Topshop Rock Picks – Feeling Stylish

Photo Opportunities – I Want You To Know

The Day I Met Dita – Little Bird Fashion

Walk A Week In My Shoes – Sara Luxe

In My Closet Cerise Crush – Burrs and Berries

Briar Rose – What I Heart Today

Spring 2012 Trend Debate: Would You Wear Yellow? – Coco’s Tea Party

Currently Coveting Christmas Treats – Daisy Butter

Rupert Sanderson SS12 Press Day – Isabelle OC

Underneath Sycamore – gh0stparties

At Work – India Rose

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Barnard College puts out a great fashion mag called Hoot, and you might recognize the name of one of the contributors to their latest issue: It’s Cathy Horyn. The Times critic is a Barnard alum and she wrote a thoughtful piece for Hoot about how she got where she is today, and shared her advice to future fashion writers. She also has a very specific idea for the kind of blog you should start.

Horyn says she always knew she wanted to be a newspaper reporter but “in the post-Watergate era, many young people had the same idea,” so she went to J-school at Medill at Northwestern and started work as a copygirl at the Chicago bureau of the AP on the weekends. After graduating, Horyn applied to 75 newspapers and “received two positive replies,” one of which was from The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk. She took the job and covered the school board. Doesn’t sound like the path to a career in fashion journalism, right? Well, that’s kind of Horyn’s point: That a hard news, reporting background is key to a successful career in journalism, even if it’s writing about fashion–something Horyn didn’t even consider until she happened to see to a job posting for a fashion reporter and applied.

“Fashion writing–the world of fashion–was not something I considered at Northwestern, and it only became a thought when I answered an ad in Editor & Publisher for a fashion-reporting job at The Detroit News,” Horyn writes. “One of the things I notice about a lot of fashion blogs is that the writing is not supported by information or a depth of knowledge about the business or the design process. They lack reporting, which demands specific skills–being a good observer, developing sources, knowing what is relevant.”

So if you’re a scrappy super ambitious aspiring fashion blogger, here’s what Horyn thinks you should do:

“One suggestion I have is for someone to create a blog that covers the luxury-goods companies in Pairs. I do not mean the latest products or the shows, although that may be part of hte coverage. Rather, I mean the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, in the studios, the comings and goings of designers, the decisions of their bosses. Of course, you will not have access to the houses, but that is why you develop sources…You would have to live in Paris, be fluent in French, and absolutely accurate in your reporting. Such a blog or site would take time to develop, but if you can get scoops, or introduce people to key players–all while remaining undazzled by the scene–then you will have readers.”

As the editor of a fashion blog, one who got her start at a newspaper, I agree with Horyn: Fashion blogs often lack reporting and I grapple with this. Because I also know that the pace and nature of blogs doesn’t always allow for original reporting on each of the 10 to 20 posts that go up a day–but we can and should do more of it. The kind of blog Horyn suggests someone start sounds fantastic–but also sounds like one of those jobs, like being an EA at Vogue, that is hard to hold down unless you happen to have a lot of money saved up or parents with a lot of money to support you. Sure, you could work a different day job and sleuth around Paris talking with employees of luxury-goods companies at night, but it’s nice to get paid for what you like to do. And when you’re getting paid to do what you like to do, that means considering the demands of your bosses–on the web that often means putting out a lot of content and making sure more and more people are reading it. So we try to hit a balance, reporting out stories like this and this, and putting up quick sillier posts, like this. Ideally, the frenzied pace and aggregating tendencies of web reporting work themselves out and we’re left with more quality original content. I think that’s happening already. Point taken, Ms. Horyn.

And now I put it to you–what’s your take on all this?

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November 29th, 2011

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29 November 2011 at 17:19

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Today on Grazia Daily, we’ve bought you Victoria Beckham’s emotional speech at the British Fashion Awards, the event’s Best Dressers, a glimpse at Kate Middleton’s Mulberry frock and the exciting news that H&M are collaborating with Marni! What an exciting day it’s been. But enough of us, what’s been happening on the worldwide web in the past week? Let’s take a look at what’s caught the eye of some of our favourite fashion bloggers…

Rupert Sanderson SS12 Press Day – Isabelle OC

Pretty in Print – I Want You To Know

The Fashion Flash: Knitwear – Running in Heels

Snuggle Time – What I Heart Today

Let’s get emotional girls to all wear mood rings – Sara Luxe

Cavalli launches Israel Fashion Week – Fash Addict Blog

Blue Velvet – Gh0st Parties

The ‘Ugly’ Shoes – WishWishWish

Why I Heart My New Hudson Jeans – The Online Stylist

My Sartorial Guilty Pleasures – Little Bird Fashion

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November 25th, 2011

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November 23rd, 2011

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