So last night I did a talk thingie at the Sydney Pecha Kucha, which is an event where "creative people talk about creative things. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each." Almost all of the other speakers were architects so my presentation about fashion blogs stuck out like a sore thumb/was a nice change, depending on your interest level.
I decided to do it because I haven't done that much public speaking and I thought it would be a good challenge. I was kinda nervous but a glass of $5 sav blanc quelled the butterflies. I was somewhat bemused because people were laughing during my speech, which isn't such an undesirable response, but I hadn't intended it to be funny. My support crew told me afterwards people were laughing at the pictures, which kind of surprised me because I think they're really beautiful and I'm inspired by what these blogs people create. I guess I'm used to all the exuberant styling. All in all it was a fun experience, I got some nice feedback from a few of the attendees and I'm really glad I did it.
Aaaanyhoodle, there are potentially people reading this who want links to the blogs I talked about, so here goes...
Hermsprong, Softspoken, coquelicot-sleep
lorimarsha, kasmeneo, bettyjack
Trish Royal who started Wardrobe Remix has her own blog, bitsandbobbins.com
And here are some other fashion blogs I heart muchly
Le Blog de Betty
Fashion Toast
Fashionista
Emma's Closet
Fashion Fillers
Only Shallow
Flying Saucer
Liberty London Girl
Fashion is Spinach
Disney Rollergirl
This is hardly the Oscars but I do want to say thank you to the lovely Liz and Kevin for helping me with the jpgs and my sweetheart, Chris for his presentation tips. Sonya x
Your presentation was lively and colorful and really did stand out. I personally enjoyed it a lot, and also laughed because it was refreshing and intriguing and some pictures were indeed funny. Your fashion-passion and enthusiasm were sincere and inspiring.
Posted by: David | March 27, 2008 at 06:52 PM
wow! thanks for using my photos and blog. would've loved to hear your presentation, too.
Posted by: softspoken | March 27, 2008 at 08:27 PM
I was one of the architypes that presented last night. Loved what you showed, we architypes need to broaden our horizons. We (I) were laughing WITH the people in your images - they seem to be having fun. thanX for the links.
Posted by: John (DRAW) | March 28, 2008 at 12:15 AM
ok, cool. "laughing with" is good :)
if i come across any other cool blogs i'll add them to this post.
Posted by: eyesing sonya | March 29, 2008 at 10:09 PM
sonya i am so proud of your public speaking!
im sure it would have been a great speech - your opinions are always very clever, well informed and fabulous in general.
fashiontoast is also a good one.
x
Posted by: ilona | April 01, 2008 at 07:15 PM
why thank you lovely ilona. great to see you on saturday
S x
Posted by: eyesing sonya | April 02, 2008 at 12:02 AM