Wow, 100 blog posts! I couldn’t beany happier yet more appreciative. I actually started this blog in September of2010 when I initially got the idea of an All-Male Fashion Blog. I havealways been an avid blog and fashion magazine reader, but as a man I felt thatthere was a need for more male blogs that not only highlighted mainstreamfashion on the runways but also one that would give tips and guidelines foreveryday affordable menswear. Yes Tom Ford and Prada have GREAT male fashion, exceptional even, but the average consumer is not wearing or can afford thosedesigners' pieces. However, seeing top fashions and trends allow us creativelyto find looks for less within own personal style inhibitions. I reallydislike when I hear men are not as into fashion as women, because in my line ofwork as a wardrobe stylist I continually hear the needs and wants of men whodesire to be as fashionable as their female counterparts but often times justdon’t know where to start shopping or compiling the look they have in mind.
[Backon Track] So a little over a year passed and due to procrastination I had noupdated blog posts. It was continually on my mind daily (Oh I should blog aboutthis, oh this would be great to write about), but I’m not sure what it was, Ijust wasn’t moved to put my thoughts out there. I often talked to friends andclients about my ideas and potential blog posts, even set up to style and shootseveral photoshoots throughout 2011 for my blog's content, but still no posts.About 2 weeks before the New Year I made a resolution that 2012 would be myyear! I decided no more excuses, no more fears, I’m going to put my blog out in the atmospherein the beginning of the year and I’mmoving to New York City! [ACCOMPLISHED]
Around this time the H & M collaboration with Versace was coming out and I knew that I could grab an audience not only throughself-promotion, but through internet searches and indeed the statistics on thatblog post were phenomenal. After gettingthat dose of accomplishment I knew I could do it. I just wanted one, one personthat would read my blog and find it helpful. Initially I knew I couldn't compare to theGQs and Street Etiquettes of the world, but I still wanted an avenueto voice my opinions on male fashion.
With this mindset I enlisted the help of a dear friend and fellow blogger Kim of KPFusion to help me construct a more visually appealing and user friendly blog template (Thank you Kim!!!). I started the launch of this blog on January 1 of this yearand it has grown beyond my imagination. With only a little shy of 6 months,to date I have 35,655 page views with readers not only in the United States, but an audience reaching The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Indonesia,Germany, Thailand and India (WOW—TRULY GRATEFUL).
Probably two of the highlights of this entire "blogging experience” was getting a retweet from P.Diddy [Pretty Dope]
and interviewing top fashion and celebrity designer Chris Benz [Check out the interview here]
I say it all the time, “I’m just a little Southern boytrying to make it in the Big Apple”. I’vebeen very blessed by gaining new followers from fashion week events, self-marketing and reallyjust mouth-to-mouth promotion. Everyday I see a new person finding out aboutthe blog through social media and I’m just blown away. Thank you all so much for reading. Now that Iknow people are paying attention, I promise to crank it up a notch to do more in-depth posts, trend weeks, blogger spotlights, street style captures, looks-for-less, giveaways, etc. I have a lot of amazing things in store that Ican’t talk about just yet, but stay tuned.
My vision is for this blog to be a collective database of fashion files (The X-Stylez...get it?) that men can use as a resource for inspirations when putting together an ideal outfit to just being updated on what the world of fashion has to offer us.
Thanks for reading and tell a friend to tell a friend. Also be sure to subscribe to The X-Stylez Blog by becoming a member (located under archive column to the right of your screen) and to follow us on twitter and friend us on facebook.
Sincerely, --- Harrison T. Crite
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