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Get Fashion Inspiration Online

The best websites to get inspired

Recently, I have discovered many websites I have fallen in love with on-line that have given me so much inspiration for styling.  Aside from facebook and twitter, lately I have been spending most of my (very little) free time on websites like Pinterest, Polyvore, and Stumbleupon.  These websites are great tools to help designers get inspired and anyone who has a passion for fashion and needs some ideas to put together amazing outfits for the upcoming season. 

Pinterest is a virtual pin board, almost like a bulletin board, that allows you to save your favorite images of outfits, home decor, recipes, and even wedding ideas to different folders that make it easy to organize into your favorite categories.  For instance, my pinterest boards include; my style, beauty tips, food & drink, for the home, and fitness tips. The site is for all ages and all interests, when you sign up for the website it has you answer a questionnaire about what your interests are, then you will find pictures from other pinners and even your facebook friends that you can repin which saves the pictures to your pin boards.

Polyvore is my latest discovery.  Polyvore is similar to pinterest however, it is more fashion oriented.  This site allows you to design outfits by providing you with an entire folder of tops, bottoms, skirts, shorts, accessories, jewelry, shoes, bags, etc! What could be better for a fashion student?  Some polyvore designs even get published to pinterest for the pinners to see your designs.  I use this website to help me create different prom looks so I can use them to help style customers when I am at work.

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Stumbleupon is also similar to pinterest as it asks you about your interests when you first sign up, then it suggests different web pages for you to learn about your favorite topics.  This website is especially great for recipes!  A great feature about stumbleupon is that you can like and dislike the pages suggested for you therefore you will see more of what you like and less of what you don't like.

I definitely suggest these websites to everyone that is looking for a fun new website to visit.  Have fun!

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