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Who We Are and Where We Came From

Created after a particularly lively rant about how most corporate fashion bloggers have totally jumped the shark in regards to what professional women actually wear because they no longer work in a corporate environment, Not a FashUn Blogger was born with the purpose of providing snark commentary about some of the most popular corporate fashion blogs while providing actual fashion advice for us ladies who actually have to go to work every day and whose wardrobes consist of more than whatever c/o crap Nordstrom happens to give us on a given day (although, Nordstrom, if you’d like to provide us with some free crap in return for a sponsored blog post with a sketchy disclaimer about advertising, we wouldn’t say no). 

We write like we talk- very few breaths and rambling off topic whenever something sparkly catches our eye or when someone else that ticks us off even more comes up. #HaveSoapboxWillTravel  We will often snark/rant about blog posts from what used to be our favorite corporate fashion blogs (now they are mostly our  favorite hate reads) which are ridiculous for a myriad of reasons.  We especially hate sponsored blog posts with no actual content. (We know you don’t shop at Express. Stop pretending like you do.)  We also really hate posts about items that are either totally inappropriate for work at an actual job or absurdly expensive for a normal person. (Stop trying to make culottes happen. They’re not going to happen, especially when they cost $400.)  In other words, expect a lot of sarcasm, crappy bathroom iPhone photos, and honest advice about what it really means to be a working girl (Katie 2 says we should insert a witty Pretty Woman reference here, Katie 1 says that this was a reference to the 1988 hit rom-com, Working Girl, and Elizabeth thinks that if we are going with old movie references 1980’s 9 to 5 about 3 sassy female co-workers shouldn’t be forgotten.  All are appropriate).

Now that you know what Not a FashUn Blogger is, we should probably tell you who we are.  There are three geniuses behind the snark. 

First up is Katie 1:
  • Age: says she’s 29 (actual age: 33)
  • Lawyer, works at a bank
  • Married
  • Momma to two dogs and a cat
  • Office style: likes dresses because it means she only has to make one decision when getting dressed in the a.m.
  • Off duty style: If it requires wearing pants she usually doesn’t want to go
  • Biggest corporate fashion blogger eyeroll: posting a different $400 dress every day and never re-wearing the damn dress
  • Resident bag and shoe guru
  • Queen of the thrift store and T.J. Maxx
  • Fashion icon: Amal Clooney and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge

 Next up is Katie 2:
  • Age: the youngest
  • Lawyer, works at a bank
  • Not married
  • Mom to one dog who resides with her (the dog's) grandparents
  • Office style: skirts and dresses. Partly because of 6 years spent in the south where it's God-awful hot, and partly because dresses/skirts are a lot more forgiving when you go up a few pounds because of working a real job, not liking to sweat, and not being 22 (oh, and the burger and cake I had for lunch)
  • Off duty style: see above. Got called out by my nieces the one time I wore jeans because "that's just not fancy"
  • Biggest corporate fashion blogger eyeroll: Everything looks good when professionally photographed on someone built like a model
  • Resident lazy shopper
  • Fashion Icon: Claire Underwood
Finally, Elizabeth:
  •          Age: the oldest
  •          Lawyer, works at a bank (do you see a pattern?)
  •          Divorced/Single
  •          Aspiring dog owner (One day I hope, but I am anti-cat)
  •          Office style: A bit more eclectic than the Katies.  I tend to prefer cardigans over blazers and I definitely wear the pants in our trio, but I also wear the skirts and dresses and anything else really.
  •          Off duty style:  Again, I mix it up.  I pretty much add jeans to whatever tops I wear to work, but I rock the occasional day dress or other “cute but too cas’ for the office” outfit
  •          Biggest corporate fashion blogger eyeroll: I don’t read them, so I’m super qualified
  •          Resident Make-up enthusiast – Seriously, I own a lot of make-up…a lot…like, it’s a problem.  Don’t judge
  •     Fashion Icon: I admire many and steal from all, you'll just have to figure it out from the crappy iPhone pics

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