Fashion Bloggers, Unite!

I'm not the only one out there.

Scores and scores of fashion die-hards -- female and male -- have taken to their computers, blogging the world by storm. From I Am Fashion to The Stylephile to The Style Spy to moi (that's me, en francais), we are the new voice of fashion: regular, everyday guys and gals who adore their couture, accessories and sample sales.

But a new breed of style bloggers have cropped up, ones that hit the mean streets with their digital cameras and snap individuals in the crowd who deserve to be commended for their chic, funky and/or quirky attire. Face Hunter and The Sartorialist are the biggest, most critically-acclaimed of this bunch -- but there's a new boy in town.

I discovered Craig Long, the 21-year-old founder of Vancouver's own The Commodified, today while flipping through the new edition of WE -- this city's urban weekly guide. He has a huge write-up on page 22 -- and rightfully so, because he's the first Vancouverite to start up this kind of blog.

As a person returning into town from the fashion hotbed that is L.A., it's been refreshing and exciting for me to see the progress locals are making with their wardrobes. Experimentation is on the rise, and some of us are slowly moving away from the Lululemon/tracksuit phase -- double whew!

So three cheers to Mister Long for giving props to all those fashionistas milling around Granville, Gastown, Main, Commercial, Robson and anywhere else the stylish may be found.

We needed someone like you.

* A girl from Prince Street in NYC, courtesy of Face Hunter

* A local gal from Gastown, courtesy of The Commodified

I'm Lovin' it: Karl Lagerfeld staging his Fall/Winter 2007 Fendi show on the Great Wall of China. No joke. I know China's an ever-rising economic power, as well as probably the biggest luxury consumer, but how the heck did he land the Great Wall of China?! Oh right. He's Lagerfeld, for gosh sakes.

I'm Over it: Certain individuals who made it to Kaskade last night. Hope you danced as hard to "It's You, It's Me" as I would've if I had been there.

Laugh of the Day: So WE published its annual "The Best Of The City 2007" in the most recent issue, in which one of the categories is "Word(s) To Describe Vancouver" -- though the following were NOT the top ten, a few of them very well should've been (sorry, this may be a bit of an inside for us Vancouverites):

- "A pristine city on the edge of a rainforest, where saying hello is considered attempted rape."

- "A fast, hectic, selfish disease festering in a body of great beauty."

- "A town that wants to be a city."

- "City where you lived until everything stopped fitting into a 100-square-foot apartment."

- "City of spoiled complainers. Go out and see the world and see how nice we have it."

* Note: I may have to somewhat agree with the last statement.

* Photos property of facehunter.blogspot.com, thecommodified.blogspot.com