Brittany Bathgate

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What I find most interesting about the whole situation is the fact that she is investing in pieces for her new place (whether she's renting or she has bought it) and keeps talking about the "trial separation" as if there is a chance to get back together. Because if that was the case then why invest so much money in furniture that she might not then need if they get back together? I dunno...
 
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said:
What I find most interesting about the whole situation is the fact that she is investing in pieces for her new place (whether she's renting or she has bought it) and keeps talking about the "trial separation" as if there is a chance to get back together. Because if that was the case then why invest so much money in furniture that she might not then need if they get back together? I dunno...
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It's the expensive furniture and home decor items for me. You buy a few things to make a new home (rented or otherwise) to make it more comfortable to live in when you've just moved out of the place you've called home for years. You don't buy designer furniture and frivolous home decor items when a. you're on a "trial separation" from your long term partner and b. not rich.
 
Interiors are part of an influencers brand, they form the backdrop to most of their content. Even if Brittany reconciles with Dean and has to sell or donate the new furniture she bought she might incur a small financial loss on those items but overall it wouldn’t be a loss in terms in of refreshing her content.

A friend who works in marketing said companies she’s worked with would pay an influencer with Brittany’s stats around £5,000 for a job that would consist several of IG grid posts and/or stories. In her opinion paying for influencer marketing isn’t as effective as people believe, there is little difference in terms of engagement or interaction from when they gift influencers items/services to when you pay them for an ad.
Even though it seems like a lot of money it is important to remember influencers often are the cheapest form of advertising.
 
It's still ridiculously privileged to spend that much money on home furnishings so soon after splitting up with someone who you might potentially get back together with (although I think the whole "temporary split" is denial talking).

The point isn't that BB doesn't have the money. It's that shes unaware how it comes across to her viewers. In the UK people are struggling with losing jobs, getting furloughed, not being able to pay bills or rent.

Bb could be promoting small businesses bit instead she's buyinh furniture that costs thousands and stacks of books. She could drop the name of some indie book shops or put together a gift guide with indie clothing brands.
 
When the delivery of online purchases is the most exciting thing going on in the day, I ask myself why I'm watching this content? It's so boring and it distorts my perceptions of reality. I honestly can't wait for the day when an influencer is just super real about how much they earn in a week and how they are able to just mooch around the house and not do much and call it work whilst at the same time spending endless money.

I can't get past the comment she made after announcing the 'trial separation' that it will mean new content for her YouTube channel. I think that she is struggling and that spending is an unhealthy coping strategy, disguised as content and work.

I used to really enjoy BB's channel but I am slowly becoming disdainful....
 
minniemoo42 said:
When the delivery of online purchases is the most exciting thing going on in the day, I ask myself why I'm watching this content? It's so boring and it distorts my perceptions of reality. I honestly can't wait for the day when an influencer is just super real about how much they earn in a week and how they are able to just mooch around the house and not do much and call it work whilst at the same time spending endless money.

I can't get past the comment she made after announcing the 'trial separation' that it will mean new content for her YouTube channel. I think that she is struggling and that spending is an unhealthy coping strategy, disguised as content and work.

I used to really enjoy BB's channel but I am slowly becoming disdainful....
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This is my thought too. BB talks for a long time in her vlogs about..... nothing. There's very little going on in her life (it's quite sad to see). She runs, buys things, and talks about expensive clothes she's bought (or been given). I enjoy seeing her outfits, I reallyt wish she'd give more advice on how/why she styles things certain ways and the process she goes through when choosing what to add to her wardrobe. I keep watching in the hopes she'll create content around style, styling, etc. but all we get is 40 minutes videos of her waffling on about how she hasn't really enjoyed a book or the run she went on or the new thing she bought. I must have missed the comment about the trial separation being content!! How gross.
 
It seems a hollow life in some ways. I know she doesn’t share lots of info about family and friends but it then comes across as though she lives in a vacuum. I don’t think it’s healthy for her and Dean to be in trips out as they will never move on or one person will and there will be resentment. Perhaps as she says they’re in a bubble which during non covid times want a thing. Her last video was pretty boring and I didn’t used to mind the slowness of them.
 
snarkvark said:
It's still ridiculously privileged to spend that much money on home furnishings so soon after splitting up with someone who you might potentially get back together with (although I think the whole "temporary split" is denial talking).

The point isn't that BB doesn't have the money. It's that shes unaware how it comes across to her viewers. In the UK people are struggling with losing jobs, getting furloughed, not being able to pay bills or rent.

Bb could be promoting small businesses bit instead she's buyinh furniture that costs thousands and stacks of books. She could drop the name of some indie book shops or put together a gift guide with indie clothing brands.
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Whilst I don’t disagree with you there are worse offenders, Lucy Williams has just bought a house and is having a full renovation which seems to have an endless budget.
I think there are too many different ways to consider the situation for there to be a right or wrong answer. I don’t think Brittany should have stayed living with Dean until the pandemic was over, which could be another year or two away. Designer furniture is usually sold directly from the designer or from more independently owned shops both of which must be suffering during the pandemic.

Brittany has never changed personality or interests wise but she completely lost all her integrity years ago, personally I wouldn’t trust her recommendations.
One of her IG posts, about a pair of gifted earrings, was first on my feed and I noticed a comment underneath it.
Someone was telling Brittany that the brand she was promoting SWY Studio/StillWithYou CPH had plagiarised Sophie Buhai’s designs in a non-trolling informative way.
I had never heard of either designer, looked it up and Sophie Buhai had indeed originally designed the earrings some years before the other designer.
When I looked back on Brittany’s IG she had deleted the comment and later she even made another post, promoting and tagging the plagiarists brand.
I think influencers do have some responsibility to vet the brands they promote but even if Brittany was unaware when the commenter informed her she should have removed all mention of the brand, instead she deleted the comment and kept promoting them.
 
Artaud said:
Whilst I don’t disagree with you there are worse offenders, Lucy Williams has just bought a house and is having a full renovation which seems to have an endless budget.
I think there are too many different ways to consider the situation for there to be a right or wrong answer. I don’t think Brittany should have stayed living with Dean until the pandemic was over, which could be another year or two away. Designer furniture is usually sold directly from the designer or from more independently owned shops both of which must be suffering during the pandemic.

Brittany has never changed personality or interests wise but she completely lost all her integrity years ago, personally I wouldn’t trust her recommendations.
One of her IG posts, about a pair of gifted earrings, was first on my feed and I noticed a comment underneath it.
Someone was telling Brittany that the brand she was promoting SWY Studio/StillWithYou CPH had plagiarised Sophie Buhai’s designs in a non-trolling informative way.
I had never heard of either designer, looked it up and Sophie Buhai had indeed originally designed the earrings some years before the other designer.
When I looked back on Brittany’s IG she had deleted the comment and later she even made another post, promoting and tagging the plagiarists brand.
I think influencers do have some responsibility to vet the brands they promote but even if Brittany was unaware when the commenter informed her she should have removed all mention of the brand, instead she deleted the comment and kept promoting them.
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O/T.... Agreed re Lucy Williams... there is no thread for her? What are peoples thoughts...????? I won't lie I find her slightly insufferable, perhaps thats just jealousy though.
 
Long term lurker, first time poster. (I usually lurk on a couple of other threads.)

I work in an industry related to influencer marketing so I like reading comments on Tattle as I find it super interesting to read insights from consumers on what they really think of influencers. (I also get the impression there are a lot of PRs and marketing people on here!)

I think it’s a shame Brittany has gone down the YouTube route. I only know her from IG really and she comes across well on there - considered, a bit shy, consistent taste. I didn’t realise she’d become a regular Youtuber and I just don’t think she’s suited to it. YouTube is for exhibitionists like Amelia Liana and Brittany seems too insecure for something so exposing.

I think the excessive shopping is a mix of lockdown boredom (E.g. no events, or reasons to travel to London) and thinking that’s the sort of content people want to see. Because despite the pandemic there is a cohort of viewers that love watching unboxings as escapism. I think that’s a slippery slope though, for someone claiming sustainability interests, because the kind of people who like unboxings are - to generalise - also the kind of people who might shop to fill a void. So she’s just reinforcing the commercial shop-shop-shop mind set. For these minimalist influencers I think it’s very easy to claim sustainability but like someone else said, fashion and sustainability are an oxymoron.

I think it must be very seductive to be offered so many lucrative ‘campaigns’. It’s hard to turn them down once you get into that space but like we’ve observed, it’s alienating for followers. With the flat (I assumed it was rented), I feel she thinks she has to decorate it for content as well as to create nice backdrops and because it’s a way of engaging with brands. What a crazy state of affairs! I completely agree with whoever said she should do more useful videos about how she chooses what to buy or how to style things. More like The Anna Edit, stuff people would find useful. Not sure why this isn’t obvious.

Once last observation and I mean it constructively as I actually do like her. I’ve noticed her doing more Youtuber-y content like talking about her breakfast and putting on that singsong Youtuber persona which is just not very convincing, so I hope she tones it down.
 
Interesting the speculation on her sexuality because I always thought Dean might be gay 😂

Big fan of Brittany’s style, but have always switched off as soon as she stars talking on stories, I think this chapter will be interesting to see unfold, because despite the expensive clothes the reality she is quite a typical small town girl.

And hanging out with her ex so much will really never helps things tbh 😂
 
It could be a factor for either of them tbh in my experience long term relationships that remain friends without children is often due to sexuality issues ! No judgement obvs , just an observation x
 
Inthebrow said:
I think it’s a shame Brittany has gone down the YouTube route. YouTube is for exhibitionists like Amelia Liana and Brittany seems too insecure for something so exposing.

I think the excessive shopping is a mix of lockdown boredom (E.g. no events, or reasons to travel to London) and thinking that’s the sort of content people want to see. I think that’s a slippery slope though, for someone claiming sustainability interests... For these minimalist influencers I think it’s very easy to claim sustainability but like someone else said, fashion and sustainability are an oxymoron.
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BB isn't into sustainability (or minimalism). She continues to work with brands like H&M while implying sustainability is something she cares about. She doesn't. She ust wants to continue making money (which can only really be done by working with fast fashion brands) and also appear morally superior without actually putting the ffort in to learn about these issues. Most of her follows will give her brownie points for just saying she cares about sustainability, even though her actions don't reflect that.

BB definitely isn't suited to YouTube. Her life isn't interesting enough. I don't mean that in a horrible way but she uploads 40 minutes of nothing. I really want to see more useful style content because her outfits are interesting. I dn't think I'd even care about the ridiculously expensive purchases so much IF she shared why she chose them specifically and how she's styling them. THAT'S interesting, not her waffling on about running.
 
Imah said:
Interesting the speculation on her sexuality because I always thought Dean might be gay 😂

Big fan of Brittany’s style, but have always switched off as soon as she stars talking on stories, I think this chapter will be interesting to see unfold, because despite the expensive clothes the reality she is quite a typical small town girl.

And hanging out with her ex so much will really never helps things tbh 😂
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I think it will be interesting to see what happens going forward. Furnishing the flat seems to be a distraction at the moment (and obviously content) but things will have to move on at some point. I sense that Brittany would be quite happy to have the current situation continue which isn’t fair to either of them long term.
 
snarkvark said:
BB isn't into sustainability (or minimalism). She continues to work with brands like H&M while implying sustainability is something she cares about. She doesn't. She ust wants to continue making money (which can only really be done by working with fast fashion brands) and also appear morally superior without actually putting the ffort in to learn about these issues. Most of her follows will give her brownie points for just saying she cares about sustainability, even though her actions don't reflect that.
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Of course she’s not into sustainability otherwise she wouldn’t have 5 new coats every season and change her entire wardrobe almost annually. You could also shop at H&M and be way more sustainable than someone who shops day and night at really expensive pretence sustainable places. You just need to significantly reduce your consumption and pay attention to materials your clothes are made of.

Someone previously mentioned that fashion is not and can never be a sustainable industry, which I agree with to some extent. However, I don’t remember seeing BB wear anything that is more than a year or two old. That would really be inspiring and good influence towards more sustainable life, instead of purchasing another new “sustainable brand” for the next two months.
 
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Anyone else wondering if she uses Photoshop or a filter to stretch her legs? I reckon Lizzy Hadfield does too. Influencers can’t all be ridic long legged & short bodied.
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When I saw her story this morning my mind immediately went to photo stretching. We're about the same height and I'm pretty thin too but I do not look like that in the mirror lol

She might be using her ultra wide angle lens but even so, it's misleading

As for Lizzy... the photo stretching is out of control
 
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