style blogger awards 2013

If you missed the first part to this post, make sure to check it out here!
To get a feel for The Sponsors of the Posh Fashion Awards 2013, here are a few words about the brands and what they will be providing as a prize!

Piper PR will be sponsoring: Best Newcomer

Piper PR are a new PR brand based in London. They offer great packages to brands and bloggers looking to gain exposure, gain contacts and get some tips! Sophie Piper & the team will be providing a PR Package for the winner which will include:
A Press Release designed around the blogger about their successes.
A bespoked Media List of contacts who will be interested in the winner’s blog.
Follow Up calls & emails appropriate.
A Strategy Skype Call.
Answers to Questions/Enquiries regards to the Press Release.

Sister Vintage will be sponsoring: Best Fashion Vlog

Sister Vintage is an online store which provides fashion forward and trendy accessories to budding fashionistas on a budget. Their pieces are cute and quirky and will never break your bank! You can find one off pieces in their store, or even a surprise bag of items tailored to your choice. Sister Vintage will be providing (….)

Pop Band™ will be sponsoring: Best Teen Blog

Pop Band™ are a new and funky brand supplying ‘hair friendly’ and cute hair bands! In an array of colours, you are sure to find a cute Pop Band™ for you! The bands are stretchy and comfortable and look cute in your hair or on your wrist. ”Kind on your hair, cute on your wrist!” Pop Band™ will be providing a Surprise Bag of Pop Bands for the lucky winner!

Yan To will be sponsoring: Best Fashion Blog

Yan To is a fashion designer who brings quirky and chic designs together for the fashion forward lady. With a new collection of bright and unique designs, you won’t find anything like it, anywhere else! Yan To will be giving the extremely luck winner a bespoke dress worth around £780! AND, the winner will be able to pick their own dress out from the collection!

Read the Sponsors #1 post here!

I’m so excited, are you? The awards open in less than a week! Make sure to get your readers ready to start nominating, because as you can see there are some great prizes up for grabs! Good Luck, and keep on blogging! Read more info about the awards right here!

Hello! By now you should know that something very exciting is happening! For the very first time, I am going to be holding the Posh Fashion Awards. Last year I did ones for fun, but this year, I really want to make it special! This year, bloggers and their readers will be able to nominate their favourite (or their own) blogs, to 10 different categories. There will be 3 shortlisted blogs for each category, and then 10 overall winners.
I decided to do this because it will be fun, easy, and also a nice way for blogs to gain exposure! Some big brands and magazines do awards, but this time it will be a chance to shine a light on blogs which perhaps don’t get as much recognition. I have also got some amazing brands which are going to are providing prizes for each category too (see below), which makes it extra special! Below you can find 3 simple rules for nominating, as well as some FAQs which may answer any questions you have…

Illamasqua//Sister Vintage//Peggy Collection//Woodie & Morris//Sophie Piper PR//cutECOsmetics//Yan To//Pop Band™

1. Nominations are 1 per COMPUTER, no email addresses will be collected for non-bloggers. This allows for family members etc to vote as well on their own devices. The reason of not collecting email addresses is because it will make the nomination process easy and hassle free for non-bloggers.
3. Bloggers WILL have to enter their email address if they are nominating their own blog, as Tolly Dolly Posh may need to contact you! Don’t worry though, as you will NOT be signed up to any annoying newsletter/weekly emails! We all hate them!
4. THINK before NOMINATING! Some blog awards only go to established bloggers and I think it is nice to really think about who deserves one! Take time to think about your real favourites. Of course you can nominate established bloggers, but it’s nice to share the love to everyone!

FAQs:

What are the categories?: Best Fashion Blog (Any blog which does Fashion posts), Best Beauty Blog (Any blog which does Beauty posts), Best Lifestyle Blog (Any blog which does Lifestyle posts), Best Young Blogger (Age 10 – 16), Best DIY Blog (Any blog which does DIY posts), Best Use of Photography, Best Beauty Vlogger, Best Fashion Vlogger, Best Newcomer (Upto 1 year old), and Best Unique Blog (A blog which is very very different from the rest!)
Can I nominate me own blog?: Yes, you can nominate your own blog. One vote per computer (See #1 above).
How many categories can I nominate a blog for? As many as you’d like, as long as they are definitely true to what the blog is about.  (This will be taken into account when the shortlist is created)
I blog about Fashion and Beauty, what should I nominate it for? You can nominate it as Best Fashion and Best Beauty, or which ever you think you deserve most.
When will nominations start and end? Nominations will open on June 1st (sorry it’s a long wait!) with nominations closing on July 1st 2013, a month after they open.
I live in the USA, can I still nominate my blog? If you live outside Europe, you can still enter, but you may not receive a prize in the post, an alternative will be awarded from the category sponsor.
I know a blog which only recently started, but I’d still like to nominate them, can I? Please only nominate blogs which have been running for at least a month, so the judges can get a view of what the blog is really like. Make sure to nominate them for Best Newcomer!
Will I get emailed when my blog has been nominated?: You will be emailed once your blog has at least one nomination other than your own.
What are the prizes? The prizes are being donated by different brands (see above), and more information about prizes and the brands themselves will be released in May.
Who will be choosing the shortlisted blogs, and winners?:  The shortlist will be compiled by myself (Tolly Dolly Posh). The winners will be chosen by myself, with the help of Daniel Sandler (Proffesional MUA) and Natalie Wall (Online Fashion Editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine) who both know what a good blog really is about!

What will be the judging criteria?: The shortlist will be created by 4 factors: 1 – Top votes per category, 2 – Whether the blog suits the category, 3 – Character of the blog itself, 4 – Ease of Use (of the blog). The winners will be decided upon 3 factors, including… 1 – Quality of Content, 2 – Appearance/Ease of Use, 2 – Individual Opinion (of the judges).
Will the Newcomer and Young blogger categories be judged differently?: They will be judged around the same factors, but the age of the bloggers and blogs themselves will be taken into consideration.
Will there be runners-up?: No, there will be no runners up due to their being quite a few categories!
Is there an event or awards show?: Unfortunately not! I believe it would be unfair as it is open Worldwide, and not everybody would be able to attend, and I am only 12, therefore I do not have the budget!
What are the T&Cs?: Along with the rules above, you can find all the terms and conditions etc on the T&Cs page here.

I hope this has answered any of your questions, and I hope you’re excited! You can find more information here. Information about the sponsors and judges will be released soon, and that’s it for now! Watch out for blog posts propping up with more info! If you do have any itching questions, please tweet: @PoshFashAwards or email: awards[at]tollydollyposhfashion.com

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Yes, you read it correctly, US fashion designer Vera Wang is charging her Shanghai customers to try on her dresses. A new charge of £320.00 (3,000 Yuan), has been made to anyone who wants to try on the exclusive designs. This is because of fraud in the area, and also to stop any damage to the designs. The charge will buy the customer a 90 minute slot to try on dresses, but if they do not buy anything, they will not get refunded, only when they purchase an item, will the £320.00 be deducted from sale price. (Image via Pinterest)

I found this ridiculous. I am happy that they are trying to protect the designs from damage, but this whole ‘fraud’ thing, is going to happen anyway? In fashion, fraud is one of the biggest threats, it happens every season in all the new collections. Trends are fraud, as someone has to start it? I know it’s not literally the same thing, but I seriously cannot get my head around the fact that Vera Wang is charging £320.00 for somebody to try on a dress. People who go into designer stores, will have the money to go in a shop, they won’t just go into a shop and frantically try on dresses like they do in ‘the movies’. I would say there is even a ‘designer etiquette‘ through out expensive brands. For example, before christmas I was walking around Toulouse, and spotted a Louis Vuitton store.

My first thoughts were, RUN!! I ran over to the shop window, and gazed at all the handbags in the window, way out of my price range, but as 12 year old fashion blogger who pretty much looks at clothes everyday, I had to have a peak, inside the shop. I walked in quietly with mum behind. As usual there was a man at the door who was making sure the ‘etiquette’ ran in order. There were 2 ladies at the counter, who said hello (Bonjour to be precise), as I turned around they looked me up and down, and it was very awkward, as they knew that I was here just to look and not buy. I went over and looked at some other bags, which to my surprise were actually quite nice! (I’m not the biggest fan of Louis Vuitton, I fell into the label trap! Naughty Tolly!) Mum was rushing me to get out because she said it wasn’t the sort of shop to just look round, which was right, it wasn’t. Which brings me back to Vera Wang. I expect they do get quite a lot of #fangirls coming in, just like I did, but the majority of people are going to people who know what they’re going in for, so why charge them? It’s not like the shop is getting Primark amount of people a day?!
My answer is simply money, to be honest of course it’s annoying when somebody rips a hole in a dress, but a big brand like Vera Wang, do they really need another £320.00?

Do you think there should be a charge? Would you go and try on a dress again? Make sure to tell me your thoughts in a comment below!

If you believe I deserve it, please nominate my blog as Best Teen Blog! There is just 6 Days Left of Nominating! Use the URL: http://www.tollydollyposhfashion.com 

Find out the exciting thing happening this June & July! Posh Fashion Awards! Blog Awards for Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle Bloggers and Vloggers!

In my last post I mentioned the #Style Blogger Awards, and I put the link to the nominating form. Now, I didn’t really say much about it, so I thought, well it would be a bit annoying for you lot if you didn’t know what you were voting for. You may have also of noticed the #Style Blogger Awards badge in the side-bar. Yup, that is the same thing! Anyway, here is what it’s all about.

New Look have partnered up with Company Magazine and are holding the #Style Blogger Awards. This is an Awards for Fashion Blogs. New (Less than one year old) and Old! For Under 18s, and for Well-known Bloggers! This year blog readers can NOMINATE the bloggers which they want to be put into the final. There are 10 Categories:

• Best Personal Style Blog
• Best Personal Style Blog – New Comer (Less than 1 year old blog)
• Best Designed Blog
• Best Use of Photography
• Best Fashion Blog
• Best Fashion Blog – New Comer (Less than 1 year old blog)
• Best Teen Blog – Under 18s
• Best Blogging Duo
• Best Crafting Blog
• Best Thrifty Blog
  

I would love it if you could vote for me in any categories you would like, but unfortunately due to the T&Cs, if you are under 18, you can only be nominated for the Under 18s Category, so please vote for me in the Best Teen Blog – Under 18s.  All you have to do is click the link below…

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR http://www.tollydollyposhfashion.com HERE.

It would seriously make my day if you could nominate me. Also, if you could share it on Twitter (just RT this tweet), or Facebook (just Share this picture), it would be amazing! If I even reach the voting stage, I may even do a Give-Away to celebrate, but please don’t just vote for that! If you read my blog and enjoy it, then nominate how you please! I have also recently been nominated for the MADs Blog Awards, which is amazing, so if I were to get to the voting stage of this, it would be even more amazing! Already a few of you have said that you have nominated me which has made me so pleased! Thank You!