WHY FASHION INFLUENCERS ARE THE NEW RETAILERS – FT. LOUISA HATT

Edinburgh based influencer Louisa Hatt sees her role as educating her audience. We build a level of trust with our audience and thats why more consumers come to us for advice. My following isn’t particularly huge but I do have a high level of engagement. I will only will promote and share pieces I feel strongly about. Its a more efficient way to shop – you love what they wear and believe what they say. She talks about humanising the brand. She has worked with @farfetch and more recently @netaporter. Now she has worked with the brand for more than 5 times and as time has passed – there tends not to be a brief it’s more about doing your own thing and it always goes down a storm with followers. Louisa also will often go and find ideal clothes for her followers, if she has posted a question on one of her posts. This has worked really well she says. She trawls the internet to find items she likes and would buy and brings this to her audience.and they really appreciate that with lots of positive comments. It’s almost a diluted version of a styling service. Louisa also talks about how she worked with an English heritage brand and some of the comments were amazing, like I wouldnt have even thought about buying this brand if it wasn’t for you. Some of her diverse followers said I had never seen myself in this brand and its really great to see you here. https://www.shopltk.com/explore/louisahatt #LTKeurope #ShopLTK

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