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Fast Forward to Fall Edited by: Florrie Clarke of Intrinsically Florrie. The trends for the coming months were dictated back on the catwalks in February, but now as September draws closer it’s time to get our teeth into them and have a good hard think about those all important autumn buys. Particularly seeing as while [...]

Jealousy, Race, and Summer Jackets Edited by: Thom Wong of The Sunday Best. A veritable cornucopia of stylish reading awaits you in this week’s list. You’ll get taken on a tour of (rarely mentioned) downtown Halifax, discuss again whether any role model should be based on image, and look into doing the impossible with a [...]

Looking back, moving forward? Edited by: Florrie Clarke of Intrinsically Florrie. This week’s links bound across time as we go from the first incarnations of the handbag, to both the glamour and reality of the mid-20th Century and the modern phenomenon of online shopping. And when, in all this, will women be happy with their [...]

This is a collection of brilliant posts collected by The Demoiselles over the week. Some may have been featured on our Twitter, some may have been sent to use through email, or by our friends on Facebook. Please check out, and send love to the blogs featured here – they’re all worth a look! Jezebel [...]

There have been some really interesting stories this week! Here are our favorites: Lillian Behrendt muses on American Apparel’s (and other “youth-centric” brands’) stifled sizing accommodations. I am in my early 20’s. I will wear stupid pants. So will just about everyone else who is my age. Stupid pants are an important part of human [...]

Link Love is back! Here’s what we’ve been loving for, uh, the last month or so… We are loving this ultra-empowering story of The Curvy Fashionista – we especially like the part where she creates the acronym, FATS: Forget All Those Stereotypes. According to NYMag, Marie Claire is hopping on the “no retouching” bandwagon with [...]

Pretty, Pretty Edited by Jennine Jacob It’s official, Spring is in full swing… we’ve all shed our winter fluff and there’s a certain buzz in the air… well, other than the pollen count. Like every week, we have a wonderful selection of links, but the recurring theme here was making ourselves pretty, whether it be [...]

Thinking Fashion Edited by Retro Chick It never ceases to amaze me the quality and variety of links that get submitted to IFB each week and how hard it is to pick just 20. Fashion & Style Bloggers are intelligent, thoughtful and insightful people who really understand their subject. Whether it’s Second Hand Shopper questioning [...]

Jaka Merriman, a friend and valued commenter, takes us through the “saga” of her hair color, and ends up with a new perspective on self-love. Chelsea Rae of Pink Rock Candy also saw the Crystal Renn/Jaquelyn Jablonski photoshoot – but she saw it surrounded by hate-mongering comments towards women’s bodies. Here’s her take on the [...]