EOC Week 4: Beautifulstranger.tv

The website beautifulstranger.tv is a website dedicated solely to style, not so much fashion. The website does multiple things including: video profiling, picture profiling, current trends, celebrity interviews, and blogging. The part I find the most interesting is when they profile the “beautiful stranger.” They track down people who have an interesting and unique style; they take pictures of them and ask them questions about their own personal style. I particularly like that they ask the person where they’re from and what their occupation is. The person that is being profiled and also the site then becomes a little bit more personal because it’s the everyday person. Another interesting thing about the website is that they interview people that have a career in the industry and a lot of the careers seem to have something to do with marketing. Beautifulstranger.tv asks the interviewee questions about their personal life and also questions about working in the industry. Overall, the thing I like about the website the most is what I stated in the beginning, the fact that it’s about style and not fashion. Even though the website goes into current trends, the only reason a trend is mentioned is because it is found in someone’s personal style. The difference between fashion and style is a big one. Fashion is the now of the industry; it is what comes out in each new collection of the designer. People that concentrate solely on fashion will stay up with designer collections and if they have the money to do so, purchase pieces from new collection and throw out pieces from old seasons. Style has more to do with the person himself and the image that fits that person. The website does a good job and differentiating the two.