Requiem for The Blonde Salad

Chiara Ferragni
During the early days of the fashion blogosphere, Ferragni’s The Blonde Salad, which she started in 2009, occupied an outsize portion of the industry’s collective consciousness. Photo: Stefania M. D'Alessandro/Getty Images for Gucci
Rachel Strugatz
November 26, 2025

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Last week, tabloid readers of a certain age might have noticed a familiar, if semi-forgotten, name popping up in their news feeds. The New York Post and others ran stories about Chiara Ferragni, a.k.a. The Blonde Salad, the O.G. fashion blogger turned influencer turned Italian Kardashian, who is currently facing legal troubles in her native Italy, where she was indicted on fraud charges earlier this year.