Are Fashion Bloggers Really Fashion Ruiners?

I saw a piece today on i-D about how fashion bloggers may be ruining fashion for us as consumers on Instagram. As a quasi-fashion blogger who follows some of those big fashion bloggers, I get that. What do Rumi Neely of Fashion Toast, Wendy of Wendy’s Lookbook, and Aimee of Song of Style all share? Killer Instagram feeds (um, and millions of followers.) But that comes at a price, to the tune of several thousands of dollars worth of merch if I want to recreate that look myself. For me, and probably most of you, that’s just not accessible.

Are Fashion Bloggers Really Fashion Ruiners? / hellorigby!

Sorry, you won’t find fresh flowers in my handbag, but you can have a dog. :)

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Bellingham Adventures

Our adventures on Lummi Island concluded Monday morning, and we ferried ourselves back over to the main land. More on that on Friday, because I have some outfit shots to share, but needless to say, I think we were both happy to be back to “civilization.” What can I say, we are city people.

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Floral Shift + Lummi Island

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I’ve been blabbing about our trip last weekend to Lummi Island in almost every post this week, but I still haven’t really shared much about it (other than the lack WiFi or TV on the island) So, there’s that. But really, this was a fun little weekend escape, though I think both of us were thrilled to get off the island and back to civilization when all was said and done.

Floral Shift Dress + Yellow Gladiator Sandals / hellorigby!

We departed on Sunday, which happened to be Dave’s birthday (and no, I won’t disclose his age. That’s not nice.) He didn’t know where we were going. This is our third birthday together, and each year I’ve surprised him with a mystery destination. It’s hard to up the ante, but I jumped at the chance to travel to Lummi Island after I heard about Willows Inn Chef Blaine Wetzel co-winning this year’s James Beard Award. Continue reading

10 Truths and a Lie

We’ve been out of town for the past few days, and I won’t lie, I’m exhausted. I thought I’d have all of this awesome energy when we got back, but I always, always forget how much traveling tires me out.

What I’m getting at here is that I don’t have it in me to write a huge post, so instead I’m going to share with you 10 truths and a lie. Are you game to figure out the lie?

Vacationing on Lummi Island / hellorigby!

An obligatory Instagram shot because, hello, I’m sure you want to see us vacationing! Real reason? I don’t have a good photo for this post. #truth

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