If you follow my Tuesday outfit posts (previously Monday till just recently), you’ll know that I host a link up called #iwillwearwhatilike, where women who dress without the constraints of what they “should” be wearing {COUGH} link up their outfits weekly. Since the birth of the link up three years ago I’d featured my favourites from the previous week in a small section at the end of the post, but I felt like it was no longer doing these fabulous women justice.
And quite often I found it hard to choose just three (the number I chose to feature each week). But since my major work reshuffle and the new days for my regular posts, I decided to celebrate the women who link up more prominently.
I finally came up with a new way to do this: I’d like to introduce the first monthly Fabulous Women Who Wear What They Like post…!
I chose to make this first one part of the ShareAllLinkUp simply to get more exposure for this post – both link ups I host are very popular so I thought I’d take advantage of the traffic that comes here every Thursday (which used to be on a Friday and called the SaturdayShareLinkUp, are you keeping up?!) and promote the first one here. However, from next month the Fabulous Women Who Wear What They Like post (should I call it the FWWWWTL, lol??) will be on the second Wednesday of the month.
So, next month: Wednesday 12 December. Make a note (or simply sign up to email updates here – don’t forget it won’t be part of any link up).
The title is self-explanatory: these women dress to express their personality and have an incredible sense of style, whether that’s classic, on trend, boho, preppy, glam, granny chic, etc. There are NO RULES. No one has to be trendy, or wearing the latest styles to be featured. No one has to have that typical LIKEtoKNOWit/Instagram style. No one has to be a particular age. No one has to be a particular shape or size. I’ll simply feature women that have impressed me AND my readers, if they had a high number of clicks on their link, for example.
I’m still looking for more women to join the link up: I mentioned a few weeks ago that although I LOVE the fact that there are those that link up regularly, we need some more diversity. Please do send a link to this post to anyone you think has great style and is willing to link up on a Tuesday to #iwillwearwhatilike for a chance to be featured in this monthly feature post!
I don’t want to get all authoritarian on anyone’s ass, but it’s well known there are plenty of bloggers who do that classic “dump links and run” thing. I don’t want to showcase the ones that do that. I know who they are, and I can tell you for sure they won’t get themselves featured if they give nothing back. It’s only fair – if they link up – that they give a little back to the community and comment on my post and a few others to show their support. I also know the ones that constantly link up NON-outfit posts, despite me saying in the post that it’s called I WILL WEAR WHAT I LIKE. The bloggers that do this get their thumbnails deleted (and blocked if they KEEP doing it), so if it’s not a picture of YOU wearing something, it’ll disappear. That’s why I started this extra link up where anything can be shared… it doesn’t deter the Dump ‘n Runners, however!
Lecture over 😉
So without further ado, let’s get straight onto these fabulous women…
When the post title is called “Inspired by Beyoncé” then I’m all over it. Never has a grey trouser suit looked sexier – it was genius of Joi to add the red heels and bag.
Always the expert at animal print, Cherie’s snake/leopard combo is inspired. Those flares…!!
A truly elegant look from Maria – I love the combination of fabrics and textures in a (mostly) all-black outfit.
The lip colour, the earrings, the swooshy black fabric combined with Kristin’s stunning grombré hair is beautiful. Plus the soft eye makeup – not too dark or heavy – is OH SO perfect.
All grey definitely isn’t boring in these beautiful textures – but! those shoes… I’m officially dead.
Expert layering from Debbie: the unusual colour combo contrasts beautifully with her gorgeous hair. Love the OTK boots.
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So those were the bloggers that linked up to #iwillwearwhatilike – now I want to share some bloggers who weren’t part of the link up, but whose outfits made me look twice. Each month I’ll pick one for each of these three categories…
A beautiful, unusual floral top worn by Daniella that reminds me of a William Morris print. Together with crazy-wide cropped trousers and those statement earrings this outfit really wowed me. Now, if only she would link up every week I could feature her more often…!
My go-to for stunning vintage outfits, Rachel Ann’s pink-dress-in-the-park photoshoot is incredible. It was as if the colours were designed as a set especially for her to shoot there; her lipstick and the flower corsage pick out the red in the beautiful scenery.
Seeing as this is the first of this series, I HAD to include Blair as my first “blogger with the most jaw-dropping outfit” choice. I don’t even know where to begin with this look; it is styled to PERFECTION. I’m officially dead a second time over.
I hope you enjoyed the first post of this new monthly series; remember, it will normally be on the second Wednesday of the month so if you don’t want to miss any more then make sure you sign up for email updates!
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So all that’s left to say is – I’ve shared my thoughts/stories/tuppence-worth this week, now it’s time to share yours… LET’S GET THIS [LINK UP] PARTY STARTED!
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