Anyone who thinks the Midwest is fashion flyover land needs to take a closer look at Chelsea Lankford, creator and star of the popular personal fashion blog Zipped. Featuring daily posts of what she's wearing, it attracts more than 50,000 page views a month. With a dedicated online audience — including more than 55,000 Instagram followers (@truelane) — Lankford is one of the leading voices in the small but growing Twin Cities style blogger scene. www.zippedblog.com
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![Local fashion blogger Chelsea Lankford, right, walks with her sister Caitlin Fultz to take photos for her blog "Zipped" in downtown Minneapolis. ] LEILA NAVIDI leila.navidi@startribune.com / BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Saturday, October 11, 2014. Chelsea Lankford is a fashion blogger who posts photos of herself in her latest outfit, often daily, on Instagram, where she has almost 40,000 followers, and her "Zipped" blog, which has about 50,000 visitors per month. She gets five to ten boxes of free cl](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/CEYOBZCFXXQASVV3UL4TIR5GAI.jpg?&w=712)
Local fashion blogger Chelsea Lankford, right, walks with her sister Caitlin Fultz to take photos for her blog "Zipped". (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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