We are all becoming Trendsetters.

It used to be the case that people were slaves to magazines to tell them how their house should look, or what they should be wearing. We would cut out and keep, or fold the corners over of the pages we liked and most trends would creep in slowly, stick around for a length of time, while we all gradually picked up on themes and ideas, often resulting in common resemblances in our wardrobes, in our homes and at our Weddings.

That isn't the case anymore... We have fast-moving social networking sites like Instagram, Pinterest and Blogs that are becoming daily spaces for users to refer to, in order to seek styles or possibly even set them. People are longing to be different, creating individual looks and setting trends that are quickly picked up by their 'followers', most of whom they are unlikely to even have met.

I am an avid Instagram and Pinterest user and have noticed how individuals have taken style into their own hands, becoming stylists within their own rights and clearly being rewarded with their efforts with by amount of followers they receive.

Someone recently connected with me on Instagram, remarking that she also owned the same coat, bag and little girls dress in a couple of my pictures. It was really fun to 'meet' someone who clearly shared the same choices and then look at other pictures for more inspiration.

So are you one of the 4 million users that regularly 'pin' already? Pinterst is the new social networking platform where users can create virtual mood boards 'pinning' any image they choose and then follow other Pinterest users that have images that inspire them. The topics are endless suiting any type of person that wants to organise things that inspire them; Party ideas, Weddings, Architecture, Home Decor. Collating images and building your own style within a certain topic has never been so easy. This site is not like Facebook where you follow your friends and family to see what they are up to. This is a place where you can organise your inspirations and then follow people that you like what you see and you see what they like...

Have a look and if you need an invite... let me know!

http://pinterest.com/primrosa/
http://pinterest.com/luciemilton/