Laura G I'm tired of those pics as well. And, what's even worse to me about them: they all include pictures with their heads ducked down as if they're feeling coy or shy. You put pictures of yourself on the internet for a living. That's FINE, but stop pretending to be shy. I am thinking that must be some kind of feminine stereotype they need to live down to, that looking coy makes you prettier or something. PS-I don't mean people who do it for anonymity. I mean people whose faces and identities are known, and who are professional bloggers.

Thanks for the link La Ped. There are lots of clichés about style.

Christina -- I will have to pay more attention to the poses. I don't think I noticed the coyness or shyness. I'll bet I will from now on.

On a side note: This summer has been weird for me. I have spent a lot of time "waiting" for things and events. While I have been waiting I have been perusing the internet. It has been these past two and half months that I have encountered so many websites and articles that rankle. It could be my mood just as much as the content. Perhaps another day I wouldn't even notice or care.

I might just happen to read a couple of bloggers who do it a lot, Sterling. I can see why you wouldn’t want every shot to be looking at the camera, so I’m probably just being unreasonable.

The pose issue! I was reading a blog in which the author had gathered a number of fashion photos to illustrate her point. One of the photos was undated, but she observed that, based on the pose (the position of the feet, specifically), it was probably circa 2015. So, I guess the poses are sufficiently trendy and can be dated.

I have stink eye for a couple of poses that I see all over Instagram and fashion blogs--fills up my Pinterest with stuff that is unexciting for me. In that case, I think the predictive nature of the beast is at fault--it keeps doubling-up on what it *thinks* we want to see.

I wish that I could find more blogs that represent a wider variety of women, who are more like me and my friends. Women who sometimes struggle to make it out of the house in the morning in an outfit that's clean because your child has been sick all night, let alone be posing bare legged in the middle of the street in January when it's 20F outside in the latest trendy pose. I would like to see more older women, and especially women of all shapes and sizes. I also want to see women in real, practical everyday outfits where not every outfit includes 4" heels that she is wearing only to take the photo.

I agree with those who said that reading these posts must be ridiculous for French women. European style (and of course French style) is as diverse as it is in other countries, as it is in the USA. One of my friends is French and she used to walk around in all black clothing, stompy boots and a fair bit of metal in her face. She lost some of the metal and and her biggest stompy boots in the meantime, but she is still as far away from the picture painted in those articles as I am and our styles are as different as day and night.

Also agree with those who said that this "French style" is mostly seen in certain parts of Paris, same as the "cool Berlin style" is concentrated in certain places. Otherwise, it's a mix of styles and looks and sizes and that's a good thing. In the end it's all about selling an image to sell products. I just think it's sad that this also means that some ideas seem to lose their (at least to me) positive meaning because they are appropriated, like the idea of minimalism or simple living.