Blogivation

Hi there blogosphere! I’m a fashion blogger for the blog In Her Stilettos, I help out in judging band competitions/taking photos/managing the website for a small independent metal record label, and I’m currently double majoring in chemical engineering and biochemistry at UT Austin.

I’ve always loved fashion, or at least dressing up. I went to preschool happy only on the days I got to wear a pretty dress. However, I first discovered the world of fashion blogs when I started college. The magical world of streetstyle photography, scanned editorials, and fierce daily outfits from fashionistas just offered a creative escape from my engineering world of logic, application and mathematics. Pretty soon, I was subscribed to over 50-70 fashion blogs and regularly read about 150-200 more every week.

What ultimately prompted me to start my own fashion blog was when I noticed that there was a huge absence of fashion blogs by people in the science & technology field. With the vast majority of the fashion blogs written by fashion/art/design students, musicians, stylists and photographers, there was almost a hidden implication that science people shouldn’t or don’t care about looking fashionable. What’s more disturbing to me was how professors and fellow classmates were constantly surprised if anyone wore anything else other than a free engineering t-shirt and jeans/Nike shorts to class. I felt like I had to speak up for the fellow science gals and guys out there that enjoy fashion and dressing up. I felt like there was a need for more people that’s not from a career path headed towards the creative/entertainment industry to contribute to the fashion dialogue. That’s why I started my blog. Ever since I’ve started posting outfits, I’ve gotten mixed responses from the science world. While I get lots of comments about how shallow it is to post daily pictures of what I’m wearing, I also get a lot of emails from engineering and natural science gals/guys that are happy to see a fellow science gal blogging about fashion.

Fashion blogging has brought me a lot of opportunities and new friends. Ever since starting three months ago, I’ve gotten interviewed by the local news, featured on other fashion websites like modcloth’s blog, and met some of the most interesting and amazing fellow Austin fashion bloggers. I have also found lots of gals like me that have both an engineering major and a fashion interest. I feel like I’ve finally found my niche!

Anyway, that’s all from my little stream-of-consciousness jotting. Extra thanks to Jordan for contacting me to write this entry and for his extra patience for waiting over a month for me to actually write it up! Finally, if you feel like taking a peak of an engineering student’s take on fashion, jewelry, music, art and photography, drop by In Her Stilettos! I’ll love to chat.

-Diya-