Fashion Blogging

Man Repeller Does Not Want You To Discuss Her Alleged Earnings

Leandra Medine, who has taken 15 Minutes of Fame to a new level with her blog Man Repeller, fired off an angry reply on Twitter to IFB this morning after they tweeted about her allegedly earning $8,000 for a two hour appearance.

Now, now, Leandra. Don’t get your granny panties in a knot. If it’s not true, fine.

But is her revenue really inappropriate for anyone be discussing? Not really, considering Leandra revealed late last year that she made over $10,000 in two months using affiliate linking program Linkshare on her blog. In the article in Fashionologie, she admitted:

When I’m working with other brands, my first question is, ‘What am I doing for you?’ and ‘Do you want me to blog about it?’ Because, if it’s attached to the blog, I’ll charge two to three times the amount. It’s all about setting benchmarks: I did one gig in May where I styled mannequins and made $5,000. I decided that I’m no longer going to do styling gigs for $500 or $1,000 if I can hold onto my guns and get more.

Maybe congratulations are in order?

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GOMI, Internets

Open Post: Is Running A Site A Job?

Hey hams, partypants here. I have to go into Midtown to do this thing today where I interview for a new contract so I can feed my cats and pay for your server needs. I’ll be home around 3pm (eastern time) and because I want something to come home to besides a dirty litter box I thought I’d empty my brain over the keyboard and let you voice your thoughts.

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Fashion Blogging

Jessica Quirk To Relaunch That’s Quirky

It’s been quiet boring on the Messy front lately, but all that’s about to change with the upcoming relaunch of the year! She posted this today:

I haven’t made a big to do about this yet, but Adam and I are moving into a new house and my mind has moved from clothes to paint colors and fabric swatches. I have nearly zero interest in what I’m wearing these days and I’ll probably take a couple of days off to focus on cleaning and painting at the new place instead of my daily outfit.  If you’re interested in that sort of thing, Adam and I are relaunching That’s Quirky to document the whole process. The site is set to go live in early June and in the meantime, follow along with us on facebook.

Well, Messy, you’re definitely not the only one with zero interest in what you’re wearing these days. I can’t really be bothered to get my snark up for Messica the past few months since there’s only so many ways you can say FAIL, but I’ll be watching this relaunch with semi-drunken interest since That’s Quirky was such a downer before. (I think she thought they’d get into a house the instant they moved from NYC and now 10 years later or whatever, she finally is.)

Unofficial poll time! What do you think the chances are that she’ll merge What I Wore into That’s Quirky and call it a day? After all, more and more fashion/style bloggers are being forced to create lifestyle content to keep up with the Cupcakes & Cashmeres of the world. Does she have the ability to keep content up on two blogs? I doubt it. After all, this is the girl who spends five hours answering emails.

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