Best of Dramatis Personae: 2007-2010

Today is officially the 3 year blogiversary of Dramatis Personae. I had hoped to create a v-log for you, to say thank you.  The community I’ve become a part of is so incredible, and without you, I’m sure that I wouldn’t have stuck to this so long.  This blog started as a place for me to share my love of clothes and fashion outside of Livejournal.  It’s grown to something much more than that, and that’s thanks to YOU.

3 years later, I’m still finding my place in this blog, still finding my voice, growing and changing the direction as I see fit.  In the next year, I hope to make this a great place, to make it more personal, and to continue to share all that makes up la dolce vita.

I wanted to highlight my favorite posts from each year.  For those who’ve been around since I started, a fun flashback to where the site started–for those who are new, a great chance to see old posts you may have missed & I hope will love.  Of the hundreds of posts I write I each year, I tried to narrow it down to the most thoughtful, useful, and those I enjoyed writing most– I hope you enjoy them all and will be around for the next year!

2007

• Art’s Inspiration: Cindy Sherman
• Indie Designers: Morua Designs
• Steampunk: History and Manifesto
• Steampunk: The Fashion
• Sew U by Wendy Mullin: Review

2008

• How to be a Hair Model
• That Grown Up Feeling: 10 Easy Resolutions
• How to be Fabulous
• Sew U: The Home Stretch by Wendy Mullins: Review
• The $500 Gamble: Disclosing Information about Bad Independent Designers
• Trashy Etiquette: Unique Vintage Knocks of New Orleans Retailer & Designer, Trashy Diva & Buyer Beware! Pinup Girl Clothing Has Bad Rep
• Coping with Grief
• To Buy or Not To Buy: When  a Designer’s Knocked Off
• No Need to Wig Out
• Ashe Mischief’s Wardrobe Essentials: 10 Pieces I NEED in my wardrobe
• Such Great Heights
• 15 Tips on How to Be a Burlesque Superstar! & Bringing Back Burlesque
• Alternative Uses for Fur

2009

• Indie Designers: Friends of the Plus-Sized Gal
• Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler: Celebrate Mardi Gras Like a Local
• Members Only Shopping Sites: Worth it?
• Open Letter: To the Women of the World
• Curious About Corsetry & How to Buy a Corset & Tips, Tricks, & Tools of Corsetry
• The Art of Self Love
• Developing Your Wardrobe Palette: {Part 1} {Part 2} {Part 3} {Part 4}
• Little Black Dresses (at EVERY Price Point)
• Plus Sized Bras for Busty Gals
• Shopping Bill of Rights
• Coping with Major Life Changes
• A Girls Guide to Applying Faux Eyelashes
• High Fashion & High Art: Two Worlds Apart?

2010

• Following Your Instincts
• How to Custom Order Goods from our Indie Friends
• How to Pack for Mardi Gras
• Finance & the Fashion Blogger: {Ignore-ance} {Blogging & Buying} {Haul Videos}
• 10 Things Carrie Bradshaw Taught Me About Fashion