British Style Bloggers is featured in this issue of Style Sample Magazine - apparently we're fashionable news! Awesome!

Florrie and myself are also involved in the trend feature, so make sure you check it out, HERE!

LoveLoveLove

- A -

PS - if you're interested in writing for BSB, email amy@britishstylebloggers.org.uk with a body image pitch sharpish! ;) Plenty if column space to fill this month!

Hello, lovely, lovely readers, and members!

This is just a super-quick post to tell you all a tiny bit about the massive finalé we have planned for Body Image Season (which isn't for a while, don't worry!).

Inbox: HERE

We're currently in the process of creating a great big something-or-other, and for this something-or-other we're looking for contributors - writers, artists, photographers, models, bloggers... anyone and everyone, whether you're British, a style blogger, or none of the above...

If you think you have something to share, and you'd like to be involved in a massive, super-exciting Top Secret project, please, please, please get in touch!

Email amy@britishstylebloggers.org.uk and say hello - we can't wait to hear from you!

LoveLoveLove

- The BSB Team -

Now that my exams have finished, I've finally got time to write a very important post that I've been meaning to write forever and ever, about BSB's lovely best friends! They've sponsored us through our Christmas competition, and they deserve a lot of love for that, so we're here to tell you all about them. We promise that Body Image Season will be back very very very very soon :)

Don't forget that you can read What Katie Thinks About Body Image (featuring Katie of 'What Katie Wore') now - CLICK HERE.

Illustrator Claire

Can be found at -  www.illustratorclaire.com

Claireis a BSB columnist and professional illustrator,who also runs an Etsy shop, selling "hand-drawn magnets, craft-based sculpture and my Mum's old jeans".

She donated her Fridge-Style Game  to the Christmas competition prize-fund, but our favourite of her products at the moment is her Magnetic Romance set, worth $6.50, which is about average cost for her products.

Take a look;

"A gentleman, a lady, and the flowers she breathes over him, depicted in magnets.

Will stick to fridges, radiators, etc! Anything your average magnet likes.

Hand drawn! One of a kind set."

See it HERE

We'd recommend this shop to anyone looking for a unique, eclectic gift for a friend, or for someone who just wants to jazz their kitchen up a little bit!

CoCo Rose London

"Unfold when the going gets tough"

Can be found at - www.cocoroselondon.com

CoCo Rose Londonis run by a very lovely lady named Janan, who kindly donated a pair of CoCo Roses for the winner, as well as a bunch of other stuff for everybody else. They sell foldable shoes to store in your handbag, for nights out when those heels get too much... and foldable bags to keep the heels in afterwards!

Shoes cost between £30 and £35, and bags cost £3.50.

Our favourites are their Vesper Shoes -

You can see them HERE.

We'd have to recommend these to literally anyone who has ever felt the strain on their feet after too long in their stilettos - they come in a range of colours and styles, so everyone is sure to find some that they like :)

I Love Cutie Pie

"Cute, Kitsch Vintage Jewelery"

Can be found at - www.ilovecutiepie.com

The lovely Dani of I love Cutie Pie donated a beautiful necklace towards the competition. They sell a lot of wonderful, unique jewelery - necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings in cute vintage styles. Jewelery can vary in price significantly, as is to be expected, but prices are reasonable, and everything is beautiful!

Despite the fact that my ears aren't pierced, my personal favourite product is a pair of gorgeous earrings called Stupid Cupid -

See them HERE

We'd definfitly recommend this store to all lovers of unique jewelery, and the vintage look - it's an absolute goldmine for that kind of thing!

So, thank you, once again, to all our lovely best friends - make sure you check them out!

We'll be back to normal, and talking Body Image again very very soon!

LoveLoveLove

- A -

Above is the launch video for British Style Bloggers' 2010 Body Image Season Campaign. Full video details can be found HERE - including all credts etc.

With this video, we're very prud to announce that the 2010 Body Image Season has launched, and that we'll be letting you know the full campaign details very soon.

For now, though, please feel free to repost this, and to embed the video in your own blogs - we want as many people as possible to get behind us on this one!

Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo or helped in any way - it means the world to us!

LoveLoveLove

- Amy and the BSB team -

Image (c) Rachel Phipps and Lipstick Royalty Magazine 2008 - "Real Girls Photoshoot"

I'm very, very excited to be announcing to you all today that for the early part of 2010 at the very least, British Style Bloggers will be running Body Image Season - as part of the Fashion Activism Campaign that Claire began with the "350 Items in My Wardrobe" climate change capaign earler this month.

Body Image is something we feel very strongly about, and it's something we think that Fashion Bloggers should be working harder to help - because, basically, we deal in aesthetics.

We'll be telling you the full details in January, when we launch this thing properly, but the basic message of our campaign is going to be feeling happy with yourself,  regardless of size, shape, race, hair or skin colour and anything else under the sun that can make people feel bad about themselves.

So, to help us launch the campaign, we're asking for your help. We'd like to create a campaign video, showing the world that every one of us is unique, and that everyone has something about themselves that they like, and something that they loathe.

So, we're asking you to do one of two things (or both) -

- Send a photo of yourself that you really like - one that makes you feel really good about yourself, to us...
- Or send us a short video clip which has not been uploaded to any video sharing site, including YouTube, telling the camera what makes you unique. Videos should be compatible with Windows XP (.wmv form, I think!)

You can email clips and photos to ukstylebloggers@googlemail.com, as soon as possible! (I have a day off work and with no school work on Jan 3rd, which I'd like to use to make the video)

We can't wait to hear from you - and we really, really want as much support with this worthwhile campaign as possible, so we'd love for as many people as possible to get involved - even if you're not a member, or a Style Blogger, or British! The more support, the better!

Press releases will be available soon - please feel free to repost this (with full citation, of course!), or tweet it on to your followers!

Thank you, Merry Christmas, and Love,

- The BSB Team -

PS - a very inspirational image here, from Claire, and please remember to vote for the Christmas Party Winner HERE