So Linden Lifestyles, the UBER fashion blog has announced that it is closing. Sob, sniff, weep. I’m gutted, as are many others across the metaverse. The wonderfully named Salome Strangelove and Sabrina Doolittle are hanging up their couture quills and moving onto pastures new.

Where Linden Lifestyles led, we could only follow, our mouths gaping open in wonder and awe….After all, how could you not love a blog where the chief writers took their names from films starring style icon Audrey Hepburn? For me, they set the benchmark for the rest of us SL fashion bloggers, and we could only look on with envy as we saw how Salome and Sabrina found the perfect blogging formula and utterly nailed it. It was essential reading, and every morning without fail, as soon as I’ve switched my laptop on I’ve navigated over to their site for the very latest updates..

Their writing has been a huge source of inspiration to me. I’ve always tried to emulate, not imitate their wonderful style. I didn’t want Kittywitchin to become a fashion blog originally, of course it’s developed that way, but I’m very conscious that I could never attempt to create something as enigmatic and entertaining as Linden Lifestyles. Of course I cannot say farewell to the girls properly without mentioning the rather lovely Daisyblue Hefferman who by posting her weekly round-ups of the best new releases on the grid made Monday mornings fun for me again:)

A final point, how could you not love a blog that regularly featured the word ‘Squee’? For a girl who grew up adoring the mad writing style of ‘Smash Hits’ and ‘Zero’ it was destined to appeal…

So ladies, I take my hat off to you all at Linden Lifestyles, and wish you all the very best for the future. May all the projects you work on in future be as satisfying for you as I’m sure LL was..and heartfelt thanks from a complete and utter slob for helping me to *finally* acquire taste and a sense of style, even if it’s only in the virtual world:)