Issue #8 of Style Sample magazine is ready to go and chock full of style: film noir-inspired fashion photography, shopping for a tropical vacation (or just hot and humid weather), colorfully subversive illustrations, packing for a stylish vacation in Madrid, and advice for hosting giveaways, in addition to independent designers, your favorite (and future favorite) bloggers, and much more!

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Personal Styling feature

The print edition of issue #8 also includes a fantastic special feature on personal styling! Six professional stylists from LA to London share their insights, experiences, and advice regarding what it takes to make it in the business and the best way for you to get started. If you love fashion and are interested in being your own boss, it’s a must-read! You can order your copy here.

Contributors

Sincere thanks to all of the wonderful people who contributed to this issue:

Confessions of a Fashion Editor
‘Cause I’d Rather Waste My Life Pretending
Swa-Rai
Hurricane Lemonade
Shonwer
Wearable Dreams
My Little Fashion Diary
My Fashion Insider
If You Seek Style
Belgrade Flapper
Iva Messy
Time Enough for Drums
Mariel’s Castle
Style & Cigarettes
English Rose
Transient Withdrawal
Fashion Speak
Wangie
WIT & Whimsy
Polina Osherov
My Life as a Magazine
New York Design Shop
Black Milk
Candid Couture
FashionNerdic
Return to Sender
Free!Grechen
Closet Full of Nothin
Passport Glamour
Black Mary Jane
B. Jones Style
Gabrielle Teare
Amanda Skoda
Closet of Style
TopStylista

Stop by and visit everyone, follow the contributors on Twitter @StyleSample/stylesample8, then settle in and enjoy the issue!

If you’d like to contribute to Style Sample, complete the submission form.

Issue 6 of Style Sample magazine is almost here! Expect interesting articles, beautiful photos, shopping picks, and useful advice about fashion, blogging, and everything in between. The issue will be released on March 4th, but in the meantime, here’s a peek at the cover:

You can also follow the Twitter list of Issue #6 contributors and get to know everyone!

If you’d like to be a part of an upcoming issue, complete the contributor submission form.

You probably know this by now, but Style Sample magazine was created to recognize and promote fashion bloggers while providing a way to gain experience as writers, editors, photographers, and stylists. Which means if you run a blog that focuses on fashion and style, you can contribute!

If you’re interested in being a part of the magazine or guest posting on this site, complete the recently updated contributor form and let us know how–and why–you’re interested in contributing. Here’s some basic info to get you started:

Contribute to SSM.com
How to Pitch an Article to a Magazine
Article Ideas

Complete the form or send your pitch to editor@stylesamplemag.com. Hope to hear from you soon!

It’s almost the end of the month, and Style Sample Magazine editors and contributors have been hard at work on Issue #4, out on October 6th! You can look forward to your favorite returning features like Blogs to Watch, Emerging Designer, and Day in the Life, as well as some exciting new ones.

Here’s the deal: We get so many submissions from great bloggers with great blogs, but haven’t really been able to fit them into the regular features currently in the magazine. So…we came up with some new ones! The upcoming issue will include three new features:

Point of View, where bloggers from different cities talk about style in their city, from their point of view–the best boutiques, local designers, places to be seen, and other unique aspects of their area.

Fashion is Art explores the more artistic side of fashion and focuses on fellow bloggers who combine style and art through illustration, painting, graphics, and other creative endeavors.

Singular Style highlights one blogger with exceptional style and provides insight into their thoughts with a fun–and sometimes revealing–Q&A.

Our goal is to recognize bloggers doing great things and create opportunities for everyone, so if you have news to share with the fashion blogging community or would like to contribute to a future issue, be sure to contact us.

Whew! There’s still a lot of work to do, but we hope to make this issue of Style Sample Magazine the best yet! More insider updates are coming soon, so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss anything…

Do you have news you’d like to share with the fashion blogging community? If you’ve

• Opened new shop
• Done a collaboration
• Been featured in a news article
• Launched a product or service

and you’d like some free publicity, submit your story to magazine@thestylesample.com with “News” in the title.

Please note: Each item will be reviewed for relevance and timing and may or may not be published accordingly.

Fellow Bloggers: What’s the funniest, most insightful, or most, um…interesting comment you’ve gotten on your blog? I know I’ve seen a few doozies out there…

Post the comment and the URL of the specific blog post on which it was made (here in the comments, of course), and you could be a part of the next issue!

The ten best will be featured in the upcoming issue of The Style Sample Magazine, along with a credit and a link to your blog.

I can’t wait to see what you share!