Education for the fashion illiterate

Ok. This is going to be a long post. Let's take this journey. I don't know much about fashion.
Besides my small little bubble of bloggers that I like, and my evolving personal style, I really just know fashion basics. If you asked me what are some talented  up-incoming designers, or asked me to name some designers that are influential to all of American women's closets, or what are your favorite fashion photographers, I would stutter and stammer and repeatedly state the non-word uhhhh, until I finally attempted to give an answer,and it would probably be  nondescript or irrelevant (to the current fashion world) leaving people confused, unimpressed or even disgusted in my lack of fashion knowledge. And I can't understand why I can give sufficient input for music,television, writers, celebrities and many other fields where you possibly can input knowledge, but not for fashion. To help fix this problem, I mostly rely on reading fashion publications.
Vogue
Elle
Nylon
Teen Vogue
www.fashionindie.com
www.style.com


To help aid me in my lack of fashion knowledge I've decided to dedicate some time to learn more about fashion.

Dior photography from FASHION: 150 Years of Courtiers, Designers, Labels. Collage making time! Mehhh, this one was okay. I'll make other ones, because I have different themes in mind.

The plight of a tripod-less fashion blogger. BTW, I got new creepers.

H&M Shirt, Hollister Skirt, Target Tights, Mom's Vest, YRU Shoes