We are just feeling the love here at Second City Style! Ellen Warren (aka the Shopping Adviser) gave us a nice mention in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. Mind you, it was via Erin Gallagher, but we'll take it!
Pink Perez with Gloria Estefan
Love him or hate him (I love him), the self-proclaimed 'Queen of All Media' has finally made it by Hollywood Play-ah standards! To me that means...a full story in The New York Times. Mind you, I wouldn't want him to write about me, but I sure do enjoy his quick snippets and up-to-the-minute coverage on plastic Hollywood and it's 'celebutards.'
This is good news for all bloggers!
Check out the feature on Perez Hilton: "Love Him or (He Prefers) Hate Him" by Mireya Navarro
Watch the beotches on 'The View' attack celeb blogger Perez Hilton...the claws were out last Friday. At least he conceeds that if he dishes it out he must be prepared to take it. Lighten up ladies! Not all kids are cute.
Oh and congrats on the new 'What Perez Sez' on VH1 coming this fall. Perez claims he will be the gay Baba Wawa of VH1! We can't wait!
Kudos to Perez for handling the barrage like a trooper (but lose the orange hair will ya?). Watch: Perez on The View
Frankly, I would have hoped we ranked a little higher, but it does give us something to aim for. Tell your friends (and enemies) about Second City Style! So here is the deal:
Many of us have seen articles on the most influential fashion blogs in the mainstream media. However, a lot of these articles really didn’t go into any data as to which blog had the most traffic or biggest readership. We feel that the fashion blog phenomenon has grown enough to deserve it’s own set of metrics. So, we have created this list.
The focus of this study is on independent blogs, not corporate blogs or blogs associated with a periodical. Thus we eliminated sites like the ThisNext blog and the fashion blog at Glamour. We also eliminated blogs that were more gossip oriented than fashion oriented. We kept Go Fug Yourself and The Manolo, but eliminated sites like “A Socialite’s Life.”
Our Findings:
Our Methodology:
We used three basic metrics to determine the blog ranking. Unique visitors (audience), traffic (reach) and links to the site (influence.) This data was compiled from Quantcast, Alexa, and Yahoo and weighted according to what we felt was the most accurate data. We then calculated the overall score and came up with a ranking.
46 Second City Style
Well, at least we made it! Check out the full story here
In celebration of their first anniversary, the blog The Daily Obsession has put together an amazing assortment of girly-girl goods for one lucky gal to win. The beyond fabulous package includes:
• Tocca Candle
• Tocca Crema da Corpo
• Tankfarm Tee
• Heavy Rotation “Family Tree” Tee in light blue
• Sueded personal notepad
• You Go Girl! white glitter iPod ear loops
• Calgon Get Juic’d Body Mist in Pineapple Coconut
• Katharine Sise jewelry gift certificate ($60)
• Jurlique Rose Hand Cream
• Foot Petals Stiletto Survival Kit
• Banana Republic Rosewood Fragrance (100ml)
• Sane Fitness QuickStart Deck
• Essencia Rosemary & Eucalyptus Soaking Salts
• Essencia Green Tea & Lemon Moisturizing Facial Cleanser
• Essencia Sweet Citrus Essential Oil Soap
• Tadam Lucena Gold Disc Earrings
• The entire Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Line
• Sedu Revolution Iron
• Sedu Heat Protectant Styling Spray
• D. Celestine Sasha Bracelet
• SkinMD Natural
• Gloves in a Bottle
• Cashmere 3-ply pashmina
• Dejarnette stained glass pendant necklace
• CoverGirl Can’t Miss Kit (includes the brand new TruShine Lipcolor, TruBlend Whipped Foundation, TruBlend Luminous Loose Powders and Volume Exact Mascara)
The estimated value of our unbelievable package is over $950…but one very lucky winner will score all of these goodies for free. Enter at: The Daily Obsession Anniversary Giveaway before midnight (PST) April 17.
This isn't exactly about the fashion world but since the industry has been transformed by the internet and the blogging that inevitabley followed, I thought this was a *very* newsworthy piece for our readers. This morning the NYT offers us the view "Tim O'Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, and.... Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of what to many would be common-sense - though already controversial - guidelines to shape online discussion and debate."
My thoughts? If you're reporting then you have to share the good news and the bad news, but like most good mothers would say, "If you can't say anything nice...." Read below to hear their plans for making the web a friendly place and the concerns about censorship that follow.
Is it too late to bring civility to the Web? The conversational free-for-all on the Internet known as the blogosphere can be a prickly and unpleasant place. Now, a few prominent figures in high technology are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse. Last week, Tim O'Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of what to many would be common-sense - though already controversial - guidelines to shape online discussion and debate.
Chief among the recommendations is that bloggers consider banning anonymous comments left by visitors to their pages and be able to delete threatening or libelous comments without facing cries of censorship. A recent outbreak of antagonism among several prominent bloggers "gives us an opportunity to change the level of expectations that people have about what's acceptable online," said O'Reilly, who posted the preliminary recommendations last week on his company blog (radar.oreilly.com).
Wales then put the proposed guidelines on his company's site (blogging.wikia.com), and is now soliciting comments in the hope of creating consensus around what constitutes civil behavior online. O'Reilly and Wales talk about creating several sets of guidelines for conduct and seals of approval represented by logos. For example, anonymous writing might be acceptable in one set; in another, it would be discouraged. Under a third set of guidelines, bloggers would pledge to get a second source for any gossip or breaking news that they write about. Bloggers could then pick a set of principles and post the corresponding badge on their page, to indicate to readers what kind of behavior and dialogue they will engage in and tolerate.
The whole system would be voluntary, relying on the community to police itself. "If it's a carefully constructed set of principles, it could carry a lot of weight even if not everyone agrees," Wales said. The code of conduct already has some early supporters, including David Weinberger, a well-known blogger (hyperorg.com/blogger) and a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. "The aim of the code is not to homogenize the Web," he said, "but to make clearer the informal rules that are already in place anyway."
But as with every other electrically charged topic on the Web, finding common ground will be a serious challenge. Some online writers wonder how anyone could persuade even a fraction of the millions of bloggers to embrace one set of standards. Others say that the code smacks of restrictions on free speech. Wales and O'Reilly were inspired to act after a firestorm erupted late last month in the insular community of dedicated technology bloggers.
In an online shouting match that was widely reported, Kathy Sierra, a high-technology book author from Boulder County, Colorado, and a friend of O'Reilly's, reported receiving death threats that stemmed in part from a dispute over whether it was acceptable to delete the impolitic comments left by visitors to personal Web sites. Distraught over the threats and manipulated photos of her that were posted on other critical sites, including one that depicted her head next to a noose, Sierra canceled a speaking appearance at a trade show and asked the local police for help in finding the source of the threats. She also said that she was considering giving up blogging altogether. In an interview, Sierra dismissed the argument that cyberbullying is so common that she should overlook it. "I can't believe how many people are saying to me, 'Get a life, this is the Internet,' " she said. "If that's the case, how will we ever recognize a real threat?" Sierra said that she supported the new efforts to improve civility on the Web. The police investigation into her case is pending.
Menacing behavior is certainly not unique to the Internet. But since the Web offers the option of anonymity with no accountability, online conversations are often more prone to decaying into ugliness than those in other media. Nowadays, those conversations often take place on blogs.
At last count, there were 70 million of them, with more than 1.4 million entries being added daily, according to Technorati, a blog-indexing company. For the past decade, these Web journals have offered writers a way to amplify their voices and engage with friends and readers. But the same factors that make those unfiltered conversations so compelling, and impossible to replicate in the off-line world, also allow them to spin out of control. For the full story go to NYT.com
--Joanne Molina for Second City Style
A site calling itself Women's Wear is not only stealing WWD's name, but they are stealing our content and traffic too! Yep, our posts are being feed right into this site verbatim in their entirety.
This would not be so offensive had they printed say, the first paragraph and then provided a link to our blog. However, they want to steal our traffic, so they print the entire entry and then link us as the original source. One never has to click here to read our material.
Why is this wrong you may be thinking? Well, they are earning income from Google AdSense which pays publishers (not thieves supposedly) by funneling traffic to the ads Google places on their site. However, not for stolen material (it has been reported).
It would appear that this blog is the one Women's Wear feeds from the most. Sadly, if we manage to extricate ourselves from these scam artists without having to take legal action, I'm sure they will just move on to another unsuspecting fashion blog.
However, won't it be funny to see this post hosted, in it's entirety on their site?
Leave them feedback and tell them how much they suck! (Oh, they support porn too). Email Sabastiano at sovsem@nevest.net. I'm not providing a link because they already get enough of our traffic.
P.S. Thanks to the person who brought this to our attention. We owe ya!
Don't mean to sound like a broken record, but time's a wasting. You have until January 24th to vote for Second City Style for the Glam Network Awards in both the FASHION and SHOPPING categories. Here's the link: VOTE FOR SECOND CITY STYLE in 2007!
We asked: Are Shorts as Eveningwear In or Out?
You said:
Totally Out! 68% voted Shorts as Eveningwear Out, while only 18% cast
their ballot towards "In." And the remaining 14% believe this trend is
On the Way Out.
Omiru’s take: We
agree wholeheartedly. While this look may appear appealing on the
runway, it leaves much to be desired off the catwalk. And you can
forget about wearing Shorts as Eveningwear at the Office Holiday
Party! We urge you to leave your shorts where they belong: hanging in
your closet until Spring.
Read more & Next week's poll question Omiru.com
Omiru asked: Are Velvet Jackets In or Out?
You said: Pull one on for the holiday party. 58% are all over Velvet Jackets. 18% and 26%, respectively, believe they’re On the Way
Out and Out.
Omiru’s take: Velvet
Jackets are an easy way to take your look from standard to snappy.
We’re fans of the tuxedo look in particular–updated for this season
with a cropped sleeve and snug fit (pictured). Wear your Velvet blazer
with tuxedo pants, trousers…or even denim.
Next Question: Green is a classic holiday color…and perhaps the Next Big Thing. Tell us, is The Color Green In, or is it Out? Cast your
vote on the sidebar! Go the the Poll
Source: Omiru Read More
Pictured: Theory Bobby Adore Velvet Blazer | $395 at Shopbop.
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