Fake on Instagram

To continue milking a cow that’s already been milked plenty of times before: on social media and especially on Instagram, life is always amplified and exaggerated. Nothing wrong with doing so. But since we are all aware of it hereby a little list of the things that are the most deceived and bamboozled, and have a look and see what you’re guilty of doing.

traveling

Guilty as charged. The travel photos I upload are always very colorful, in the prettiest locations and with the most beautiful sunsets. I am not the only one who is great at (if I may say so myself) editing my pictures so perfectly, I also only show the perfect moments. Mallorca’s hideous grey airport is something you didn’t see for example. And my extremely crabby face when my flight from Milan to Amsterdam was delayed. Don’t even get me started about carrying around my heavy luggage with a sweaty head during New York Fashion Week.

going out

Once when I was abroad I was out with an undisclosed popular blogger and one of the things on our itenarary was a party of another undisclosed magazine. This party was dull to say the least and we were literally there for no longer than three minutes, but a overly enthused video appeared on her snapchat; Omggggg it’s so awesome here. And I know I tend to post pictures of myself posing with a glass of wine, but what you won’t see is the aftermath of me clumsily walking down the street after drinking one too many.

being present

I will never disclose any names (but give me a quick tap on the shoulder after a couple of glasses of wine and I might be a little more loose-tongued) but I know fashion people (that you know too) who fierly Instagram about hip parties and how fabulous it is – when they aren’t even there. You can find them hanging around on their couch pretending to be there. This happens a lot during Fashion Week too; bloggers who steal photos from Instagram, edit them and then post it as if it was there own. But were they there? Not even in the slightest.

cats

Once again, guilty as charged. I have endless amounts of photos of my cat Disco where she looks cute and adorable. But the nasty furr balls she spews out I will keep to myself. Along with the occasional hurl I find on my wooden floor. And let’s not forget the stench that comes from a litter box.

Perfect outfits

There are plenty of days where I just rewear the exact same outfit as the day before, due to a lack of inspiration from my wardrobe. This to May-Britt’s dismay. Two days ago I was suffereing from this organizational and logistical problem and ended up wearing the same outfit for three days (okay, maybe five) and please note, it was our male publisher who was the one that came up to me and said “Uh Lies, weren’t you wearing that exact same outfit on Monday?” on a Friday. But nevertheless, in case it happens again, I’ll just post a other random photo online and no one will ever know.

the obvious

This is the absolute biggest lie. Every photo looks like it was taken very spontaneously but ohhhh nothing is less true. My wine pose for example (there is again), it takes a while to nail that one down and look as charming as possible. And sometimes you’re having a great moment but it becomes an impossible task to document how great it was in a photo. And I can tell you, we spend hours trying to do it.