Faded Glory: Alexys of Fashionbater

When it comes to fashion blogs, it’s not easy to impress me. Everyone and her mother has one at this point (and to everyone and their moms I say welcome aboard) but that just means standing out from the crowd is a task that gets tougher by the minute. People think that because they’re cute dressers, they’re automatically going to be great bloggers. What they don’t understand is that they’ve got to dress really cute consistently, not just when they feel like it and have a ready, able and willing photographer on hand, again consistently, and be willing to post relatively often, even when it feels like a chore. Oh yeah and it helps to know how to write too since no one wants to hear about how omg excited to you are to be a real blawger.
But I digress…
There are still some people that understand all this fortunately, and one of them is Alexys Oliver.  This blogger seems to have a million minxy styles up her sleeve, from variations on 70s English schoolgirl punk to urban gypsy to L.A. hipster. Most of the items in her wardrobe are affordable, with many vintage finds, but she throws a few designer goodies into the mix as well. Her blog, Fashionbater, isn’t just about the clothes though. The photo sets always always have an understated but dark subtext thanks to the settings. Expect to find Alexys in fun places like taxidermy shops, barren looking backyards, tree branches, and, as this illustration was inspired by, at least one very patriotic looking garage.

10 Comments

  1. Sarah
    Sarah on December 13, 2011 at 3:57 am

    Amazing sketch, I am join to have to check out her blog.

  2. Sam
    Sam on November 7, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    this is so fantastic!
    alexys showed me your blog a while back. i'm a huge fan of your illustrations.

    sam (husband of fashionbater)

  4. Flara
    Flara on November 1, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    I like your series of posts about other bloggers, is very interesting:) xx

  5. Jehanne's doodles
    Jehanne's doodles on October 31, 2011 at 5:05 am

    Interesting post. Fantastic illustration. Thanks for sharing the blog it is good. Have a great week.

  7. Christine
    Christine on October 30, 2011 at 6:05 pm

    Yes, she has so much style the way you've presented her!

  8. Tammie Lee
    Tammie Lee on October 30, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    fun to consider fashion blogs through your eyes.
    and thanks for sharing the blog you mentioned.

    this is a wonderful painting, I love the body stance and loose feeling of your brush.

  9. laurie
    laurie on October 30, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    wow, you always put so much life in your work, personality,, beautiful,

  10. JEAN-PIERRE
    JEAN-PIERRE on October 30, 2011 at 12:35 am

    i like 🙂