INTERROGATION: KRISTE FROM FEED YOUR FASHION ANIMAL

Secret agency is taken over. From now on only secret missions and today for a renewed blog in our interrogation room is Miss Kriste Stankeviciute (20) from "Feed you fashion animal", THE Fashion Blogger, photographer, fashion and communication & styling student from Lithuania currently living & creating in London UK.  This time the Secret Agency wants to know get all information about blogging and blogger’s collaborations.

Tell us more about your blog and your project ART/S by Kriste Stankeviciute?

I started Feed Your Fashion Animal in the winter of 2009. That day I didn’t have any exact plans or even illusions why I was doing this. As I remember I was caught by the blogging “virus” from the West that encouraged me to create my own page, my own space and share my obsession about making interesting style looks, taking inspiring pictures and sharing it with other creative people in my country later on and with the world. Contrary to Feed Your Fashion Animal, ART/S by Kriste Stankeviciute is a very fresh and very young page/project that was found in 2013. I could not say that this project is a continuation of my fashion blog because I started it in order to put all my projects, that I was making during my fashion studies, together and start to specialize in spheres like fashion illustration, graphic design, photography and styling. It is more like self-finding and expression of my creativity page.

How did you feel about your starting your own blog?

 It was like a challenge for me, completely new thing for conservative and poor understanding about fashion having country like Lithuania, I didn’t know how people will react to me, maybe they will call me a stranger or even worst, but all that I passionately wanted was to make things going and make them going well.

Do you see blogging as a possible business for a future or now?

Yes, no doubt. We already have some excellent examples like Chiara Ferragni from The Blonde Salad who obviously makes money almost from every post she updates these days: commercials, promotions, events, designer shows, photoshoots and many different projects from all over the world.

Would you see it as your dream job, to be a blogger?

Why not, but as a faithful The Blonde Salad reader I can say that during this and the last year the simple basis or idea of her personal style blog was taken over by commercials. This is not what I want or not what I aim from my blog. I always said that first of all Feed Your Fashion Animal is a blog that inspires people by letting them take unique and original ideas that I am trying to express by creating my OWN looks and if this will succeed then money will come itself, but commercial offers will never buy-over my personal style or clothes that I want to wear.

Do you work with brands? 

I am, but only when I have my freedom to choose the thing or clothing piece and the way it will be presented on my page to satisfy the main personal style blog idea. For example, on Feed Your Fashion Animal I only post pictures that have been done with my camera. I am also trying to do my own writings and make garments that brands send to me, analysis in my own words by expressing my own opinion.

Do you explore any benefits as being a fashion blogger?

There are loads of benefits of being a fashion blogger, but especially for me I like to be independent of creating what I want, presenting it in the way I like, sharing the information and posting it. Also it is really cool to meet new interesting people, cooperate with different brands, get little surprise presents and just be interesting, useful and inspiring person for your readers. Getting a feedback from them means the world to me, I swear!

Andy Torres (Style Scrapbook) have said that in order to have an effective blog you need to promote it on other social media channels. Do you agree or no?

Of course I agree with Andy, I am also trying to spread the word about Feed Your Fashion Animal in social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin etc. I think it is the most important thing for a blogger overall to update the information daily by using different social media channels. Different social media pages help blogger to remind the world about him/her and his/her blog again and again in different ways.

What advice you would give for people who want to create a successful blog?

The most important thing is to be original, to be different from the others and have your strong opinion, do not let your readers change your personality, because you are the creator and you have to make people come back to your interesting and unique page. Also it is really important to communicate with your readers and to be self-confident and sure about the things you are presenting. And of course – renew your blog daily: new pictures, new ideas, new inspirations everyday will make your followers happy!

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