These 19 Instagramers Deserve A Freakin' Fashion Award From The CFDA
Fashion doesn't belong to one race, gender, height, weight, or ability.
The dope thing about social media is that everyone can use it to showcase their individual style. Here are 19 bloggers who are different, unique, and beautiful (oh, and fly as hell).
1. Mariah Idrissi
Mariah Idrissi is a British model and blogger, initially put out in the spotlight after becoming H&M's first hijabi model. Her grid is full of easy, thrown-together fits, menswear, and of course, examples that show modesty is stylish, too.
2. Sophie Bradbury
Sophie Bradbury-Cox is not only a proclaimed shopaholic, but a real creative whose colorful feed is curated with style looks for days. And like, how pretty is this layout?!
3. Lashoundra Young
Young is an Alabama-based style blogger who frequently chronicles her fashion flicks on her site, YoungAtStyle. Heads up, you'll get a bit of every type of slay scrollin' through her images.
4. Tanesha Awasthi
Tanesha Awasthi is the founder of Girl With Curves, a fashion, beauty and lifestyle blog for women ages 25-45. She's a fashion influencer who has used her platform to discuss style, women, and inclusivity in the plus-size market.
5. Jonathan Acosta
Jonathan is a multicultural gender-fluid blogger who serves lewwwwwks, face, nails, and beautiful photography.
6. Denise Bidot
Bidot is a former makeup artist and currently a model and the founder of the #NoWrongWay movement, focused on encouraging everyone to embrace their most authentic self. She shares empowering quotes, style looks, and showcases her unretouched body to encourage other women to embrace who they are.
7. Toni Furmanski
Just one scroll down Toni Furmanski's IG feed and you'll instantly smile from all the radiating love and light she sends off. She's open about her experience as an amputee and she uses her uses her style platform to advocate for body positivity.
8. Kellie Brown
Bold and bright colors are definitely the go-to for New York blogger Kellie Brown. Brown not only shows off all things style and beauty, but also delves into lifestyle and even brand consultant work, showing just how multi-faceted we can all be!
9. Basma K
Basma is a London-based blogger with her own line of hijabs. Her style is always so effortless and and she consistently serves us a modest slay.
10. Gabi Gregg
Gabi Gregg, aka GabiFresh, is definitely not a new name out on these streets. She is a body-positivity advocate and a style blogger who has released capsule swimwear collections for women up to a size 26, using her platform to expand the many representations of plus-size.
11. Arcadio Ady Delvalle
Del Valle is a plus-size male model and style influencer, using their platform to spread body positivity and awareness that ALL body types belong in fashion.
12. Hermon & Heroda
Herman and Heroda are not only stylish twins, but both women —who are deaf —are bringing major awareness to people with hearing disabilities in the fashion industry. Also, y'all will get your LIFE looking at their photos.
13. Chastity Garner Valentine
Chastity is a digital influencer, reppin' the ATL and all the curvy girls out there with the founding of theCurvycon, a two-day event that brings plus-size brands, fashionistas, bloggers and YouTubers to one space.
14. Denise Mercedes
Mercedes is a size 14 plus-size model who has scored campaigns with Forever21, Target, JCPenney, among others. She started her own body-positive campaign dedicated to women of all sizes called #Becauseitsmybody.
15. Bianca Karina
Bianca is a plus-size blogger who uses her diverse background to discuss everything from food to fashion to travel. She also openly talks about body-policing and dieting.
16. Ragini Nag Rao
Ragini is originally from Kolkata and a body-positive advocate, while also sharing authentic experiences and honest feelings with her followers. She's graced the pages of XoJane, Marie Claire India, and ROOKIE mag, just to name a few.
17. Hafsah Mohammed
Hafsah is a style blogger and the founder of Elora Collection, which offers a wide variety of clothes geared for people who are looking for a bit more cover-up. Sis serves LEWKS.
18. Kelly Augustine
Augustine's IG spread is all things fierce and fabulous. You'll catch bodacious colors, vibrant pics, and of course, effortless style for the fashion marketer. Give us a slay, Kelly!
19. Jessica Torres
Jessica Torres is a style babe who not only blogs her sartorial adventures and takes killer flicks on the gram, but also pushes for body positivity on her podcast, "Fat Girls Club."