Dear Readers,

I’ve been wanting to do a controversial blog post here lately. Being stuck at home after an allergic reaction seems as good a time as ever.  So if you couldn’t already tell from the title, I’m going to compare and contrast street style, and possibly pushing your buttons.  I want some comments!Hopefully, some of my readers take street style pictures, because that would make the discussion great.  At the end, I’ll tell you which side I agree with.

Street Style Changes Fashion for the Better

• Provides outfit inspiration for “normal” people
• Puts small cities on the “fashion map”

• Don’t have to buy magazines to see original outfits
• Blogs/Websites have real people and outfits unlike magazines
• Clothes are affordable, and easy to recreate
• People have flaws, and aren’t perfect

Street Style Changes Fashion for the Worse

• Street style photographers crowd the streets of fashion shows

• Popular bloggers sell their pictures to websites and magazines, where they can be edited
• Pictures are usually only taken during fashion week
• No one looks for original outfits because everyone dresses perfect for fashion week
• Online magazines have so many pictures to choose from, pro photographers are getting paid less
• There are so many street style only bloggers it’s hard to get recognized

Of course, there are always pros and cons to every controversial topic.  Otherwise it’s not controversial.  Quite accidentally, I put an even number of pros and cons.  But I think some issues are bigger deals than others.  The cons have some pretty big points, but street style just seems like so much fun, so I choose street style changes fashion for the better.  In fact, starting this summer, I could possibly be doing street style.

XO,

Style Stalker

Don’t forget to comment which side you’re on, and why!