Fashioning February: Links a' la Mode

New York Fashion Week is in full flow and numerous bloggers have been camped in the tents at Bryant Park watching the wonderful fashion shows. Among the pack are members of Independent Fashion Bloggers (IFB) which is a community for fashion bloggers around the world. As well as providing a platform where bloggers can seek advice, IFB is also space where the blogger can read articles on blogging's best practice. They also do a weekly round up of the 20 best stories which have been published by members.

You can find the latest offerings in the world of style and fashion from the Independent Fashion Bloggers network below:

• 39thandbroadway.com: � How Designers Really View Their Customers
• A Typical Atypical: � I chat about how hard it must be to love fashion and be blind, and I question whether there ought to be a charity dedicated to helping people feel good about how they look even if they can�t see it in the mirror.
• Cafe Fashionista: � Style Secrets: Symbol of Style. A how-to on creating your very own trademark/signature look.
• dramatis personae � How to Pack for Mardi Gras!
• Eternal Masquerade: � Interview with young designer, and Teen Vogue/CFDA/Target scholarship winner, Jennifer Huang.
• Fab Blab: � Even after all these years, we continue to differentiate between dark and fair. How does this affect the fashion industry adversely?
• Fashion Cents: � Seven Style Basics that EVERYONE should know! Make sure you are not committing these style �sins.�
• fashion in my eyes: � Fashion is supposed to be fun! Interview with designer Arina Varga
• Haute World: � A Mad Tea Party? An exclusive look at how 9 luxury designers interpret Alice in Wonderland for French department store Printemps.
• Instant Vintage: � Blood, Sweat & T-Shirts: Learning the true cost of that cheap and chic outfit you just scored.
• kaKofonie Of si(gh)lenS: � Interview with Anna Osterlund of Ravishing Mad
• Model Max: � Are �respectable� fashion writers insecure with �upstart amateur� fashion bloggers?
• Oranges and Apples: � Is fashion oppressive or fun? some belated thoughts on Tanya Gold hating fashion?
• Rags to Reverie: � Vivienne Westwood showed that fashion forwardness could be inspired by the past?
• Retro Chick: � Top tips to on the spot dating of Vintage Clothes
• THE COVETED: � Devil�s Advocate : blogging and corporate seeding
• The Fashion Planner: � DIY: How to Make Naughty Granny Panties for Valentine�s Day!
• London Fashion Trends: � Back in 2006 Slave to Fashion, a three part documentary was aired on Channel 4 which took a really good look at the fashion industry.The aim was to make sense of the multi billion industry which everyone from the media to consumers seemed to be obsessed with
• The Recessionista: � an hour ago Rebecca Taylor & Milly: Fashion Week Inspiration
• Unfunded: � Photos and thoughts from the Vintage Fashion Expo in Santa Monica, CA.

Tomorrow IFB will be hosting Evolving Influence, a fashion blog conference which will look at the future of blogging. There will be workshops and seminars tackling topics on branding, ethics, SEO and link building and sponsorship. Guest speakers will include Susie Bubble from Style Bubble, Diane Pernet from A Shaded View on Fashion, Imran Amed from The Business of Fashion and Tavi Gevinson from Style Rookie. It looks like it will be a corker of an event and I really wish I could be there. 

Evolving Influence takes place in NYC tomorrow from 10.00am to 6.00pm (local time) and you can find out more about it here.

Links � la Mode: July 23rd

Check out the latest offerings in the world of style and fashion from the Independent Fashion Bloggers network.

• A Typical Atypical: A look at the unexpected fashion gems on offer at this year�s new designers exhibition in London � cut-out dresses, paper-like jewelry and more!
• Bonne-Vie: Pincurl project � experimenting with glamorous retro style techniques to create a saucy updo!
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor: Polling for the next Vogue Cover Girl � Bonnie Wright�s first fashion shoot.
• Denimaniac: Camo�s SS 2010 �Horses� collection and thoughts of Meryl Streep�
• Dramatis Personae: Celebrating a two year anniversary with a great giveaway � $50 gift card to BeautyTicket.com!
• Duper: Interview with Raoul Keil, founder of NINETEEN74 and Schon! Magazine.
• Fashion Cents: How to get glam for a movie date so that there is real life lights, camera, action!
• Fashion is My Crush: It�s a mosh pit: A studded DIY belt, some jellies from the kids section at Payless and some concrete comfort.
• Fashion Pulse Daily: Hand-picked favorite looks from 10 of the Paris Couture collections.
• Fasshonaburu:Finding a new hair dresser and how to break up with your old one.
• Idiosyncratic Style: A design board of inspiring comparisons of cool sorbet treats and summer fashion choices.
• Retro Chick: Sunglasses to flatter your face.
• Shop Diary: Cozy up with a snood for fall and how to improvise in these recessionary times.
• Style Symmetry: Interview with Cammila of Dressed Up Like a Lady.
• The Coveted: Turning Red, How to go monochromatic�
• London Fashion Trends: A look at Style Sample Magazine � featuring articles about a wide variety of bloggers across the world.
• Unfunded: Drooling over the sexy styles of Brandon Boyd and Robert Pattinson.
• V is for Olive: Inspired by a road trip through the American West - taking color palette ideas from nature and applying them to your own summer wardrobe.
• WorkChic: Teamed with Polyvore to show examples of a blouse makeover by style and your office type.

Links a la' Mode: 7th May

Edited by Debutante Clothing

Check out the latest offerings in the world of style and fashion from the Independent Fashion Bloggers network. You can also find the full version of Links a la Mode here in the forums.

• Super Kawaii Mama - A cracking interview with a very worthy girl crush - Amelia Arsenic!
• Style Symmetry - Seven Questions with Susie of Style Bubble!
• Solo Lisa - Canadian jewelry line DESIGN + CONQUER puts a bold, quirky spin on the meaning of geek chic
• The Coveted - Win a $250 gift certificate for Avelle (formerly Bag, Borrow or Steal) luxury handbags!
• Agent Dreamer - Hearts Idil Vice
• Tickle the Blog - Make your existing make-up into summer beauty must-haves!
• London Fashion Trends - Too cool for school, NYLON magazine have just recently celebrated their 10th anniversary
• Dramatis Personae - Ashe Mischief Asks Herself �Why Develop Your Wardrobe�s Color Palette?�
• fete a fete - Guerlain�s new summer Terracotta lip glosses, Fard Indien, and the new Rouge G lipstick!
• The Capitola Fashionista - The 15 Must Have Sandals for this Summer
• Style With Anna - The Hottest Swimwear and Bikini Trends for Spring/Summer 2009
• A Few Goody Gumdrops - is giving away a Hana Elite Ceramic Flat Iron for Mother�s Day. Enter to Win!
• Capitola Girl - So ready for summer on The Devil Wears Etsy
• Two Thousand Things � Celebrity Walk-In Wardrobes and some pictures for reference
• The Curvy Fashionista - A Curvy Fashionista declaring her fashionable existence in a straight world
• The Fashion Grail - Get Miranda Kerr�s look for less!
• Misslikey - my view on the night at Met�s
• Fashion Pulse Daily - Khaki goes beyond its preppy stigma with the new Gap designer collaboration
• Brick My Lane - DIY: how to make an �organic� spike Rock�n'Roll belt