INFLUENCERS SERIES - part I

as part of a blogger interview series that will be continuing here in the near future, the lovely Francesca from Brisbane blog OpinionSlave agreed to answer a long list of questions that i posed to her not long ago.
the same questions will be asked of a number of different fashion enthusiasts; both local and international, in the hope of shedding some light on what indeed influences the influencers.
i did some research and attempted to avoid questions that were mundane or had been asked of a million bloggers (including these specific ones) previously.



+ without any further ado, Francesca's refreshingly honest, extremely insightful witty answers are below..

why did you decide to start a blog?
purely as a creative release because i used to maintain a Piczo site (haha) and thought i may as well start a fashion blog because i liked to webpage design and i shopped way too often.

is there a story behind the name 'Opinionslave'?
the idea derives from the fact that the fashion world is so superficial to an extent; we're all slaves to each other's opinions of what we're wearing and that was how the name was born.

do you have a way of categorising your wardrobe? (eg. colour / style / season)
i hate mess so it's colour co-ordinated in order of style.

what inspires your outfits on a day-to-day basis?
mostly my mood and conjoining that with drawing inspiration from the world and people around me.

do you tend to mostly buy new or vintage pieces?
there is shit all vintage in Brisbane so i have about one vintage piece in my wardrobe. is buying it off eBay cheating?



was there a particular person / event that started your interest in fashion?
not at all. i just liked shopping and expressing myself through fashion i guess.

do you mostly follow local or international blogs?
definitely a mixture. from Gary Pepper Vintage to Fashiontoast.

has your personal style evolved or changed as a result of beginning your blog?
yes! let's just say i'm so glad to have grown out of my 'emo' stage when i was like 15 haha.

what characteristics do you believe make a successful blog?
taking good quality photos really separates good blogs from shit blogs - so mostly all the aesthetics (dressing well, looking pretty, good blog layout etc). regularly updating also and interacting with other blogs is a must too!

how much time do you generally spend on putting together each post - do you have a particular strategy to your blogging?
my blog posts usually consist of posting about new things i've bought, outfits i'm wearing, things i'm lusting after, or fashion news (rarely). it definitely doesn't take an extensive period of time to post that though! click click, quick edit, then post!

what do you think your point of difference is to all of the other fashion blogs out there?
that i'm one of the few based in Brisbane and that my taste in clothing is somewhat on trend, yet i re-wear stuff all the time i guess.



what have you found the most difficult during your blogging experience so far? are there any reasons why you would not encourage other fashion enthusiasts to begin their own blog?
the hardest part is developing a readership base, but this comes with time as your blog becomes more noticed.

if you had unlimited money, do you think your style would change?
definitely. i would be the next Sea of Shoes or 5 Inch And Up because i'm pretty sure people follow them because they are just in awe at how they can wear all of these designer items which would cost $5000+ per outfit.

are you influenced by any particular designers, or more so by street style?
a mixture of both. i have my favourite designers, and i think of how i can wear their stock whilst being inspired by street style.

does the style of the city or country that you live in affect your choice of outfit?
somewhat in terms of the weather, as we don't wear huge Winter coats and such but not that much really. my style definitely reflects an Australian Summer/Winter though.

(all images courtesy of OpinionSlave)