Over on the Mercury fashion/retail/style blog MOD, we've had a few of our contributors fly the coop. One moved to San Francisco, and another's got two new jobs and plans to move to London. So! I'm looking for some fresh voices to help chronicle all the bustling activity happening in this city on the independent design and style front, because there is so much to keep track of. (Including attending and reviewing fashion shows, profiling new designers and retailers, testing products and fitness endeavors, tracking street style...)

Interested in helping out? Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in promoting local design and independent business (and at least a general indifference toward big-box retailers), good writing skills, and a critical eye. If this sounds like fun, email me a resume, some samples of your writing, and a general idea of what sorts of contributions you'd be interested in making.