The Last Of The Many
All good things come to an end…and so, I welcome you to my very last official fashion post. Disappointing, I know…But as much as I love fashion blogging, I have many other amazing opportunities I need to pursue. As you all know time is scarce, I had to make the very difficult decision of quitting my favorite paid hobby.
Apart from just not having enough hours in a day, there are a lot of factors that weighed heavily in this decision. One of it being that I spent at least one full working day on each post (8-10 hours), from selecting out an outfit, to running out to the most beautiful locations with my photographer, shooting, selecting the best out of the hundreds of pictures, editing pictures and then the writing, adding all the affiliate links, looking for similar looks for you to check out, etc etc.
People simply don’t realise the crazy amount of time and effort that goes into each post. I know the above can be done much simpler, but I never commit to doing anything without giving it a 110% (I mean, what’s the point otherwise?). Also, if I would take shortcuts, I would be just one of the many average/amateur fashion bloggers who seem to call themselves that so quickly. Today everybody is a fashionblogger. It’s become a very saturated market, where quality is rare, but (crazy enough!) also rarely appreciated.
I feel that apart from people not realising how much thought, energy and time goes into each post/picture, it’s also not being appreciated enough. Yes, I get paid, but not nearly enough, given the amount of effort put in. And then there is the increasing amount of companies thinking they can work with you only for free products, despite you working so hard to build your following and providing quality. Funny thing is I can’t blame them, as there are so many fashion bloggers doing everything for free.
I’m tired of putting in so many effort, when my effort is being downsized into a tiny square among billions of other squares, where people scroll through so fast, only giving your effort a glance of a few seconds. Whereas in the same time frame, I can earn an exponential amount more with my marketing skills. It’s resulted in the hobby becoming much less fun, as validation has become way too important to make it all worthwhile. I’m capable of so much more, and I intend to focus my energy into promoting more than just fashion and my looks. In retrospect, I honestly feel I’ve been selling myself short.
All this time I felt I needed beautiful pictures to capture people’s attention, hoping they will read about what I have to say. But nobody reads (believe me I’ve tested this multiple times!). So why bother anyway??
No worries to those who enjoyed my writing, as I will definitely keep on blogging, but about the stuff that matters. The stuff that makes you think. The stuff that makes you grow.
The fact stays that you can never take out the fashionista in me, so you will regularly find my #ootd’s come by on Instagram, but I won’t be fashion blogging and doing full fashion photo diary’s anymore. So to all my loyal fashion followers, I want to say thank you for your love and I hope you will be sticking around! <3
Love,
Nadira
Photography: Fons de Keijzer.
Jumpsuit & Glasses: SheIn. Bag: IVANA.
Full photodiary & all outfit details below:
- Published in Written Archives 2013-2018
Wild Heart, Gypsy Soul
Channeling my inner Esmeralda in this gorgeous white top, which I decided to dress down with semi-ripped jeans. I added a summer touch with beige open-toe heels. My favorite of the entire outfit is of course the stunning IVANA bag. Louis Vuitton, move over, this young high-end brand is the new musthave! What I love about it, is that you can buy the bag in a base color (in this case it’s beige/tan), and then add any flap you like, making it look like a totally different bag. Check it out here and if you’re in Hilversum city, the Netherlands, make sure to drop by the store in the Gooische Brink Passage.
My top is from SheIn. All outfit details with direct shopping links below.
Shooting this outfit was a bit exhausting, as it was a murphy’s law kinda day, with everything going wrong, from crazy delays to empty camera-batteries. Hope you can’t tell. Special thanks to Fons de Keijzer, my photographer who has all the patience in the world, which comes quite handy with me being both woman and Surinamese ;-). Enjoy the full photo diary!
Quote of the day:
”What’s the greatest lesson you should learn? – That since day one you already have everything you need within yourself. It’s the world that convinced you, you don’t”.
Love,
Nadira
What I’m Wearing: (Click on pictures to go to shop):
- Published in Written Archives 2013-2018