Claire Sulmers On How She Makes Money from Blogging on Fashion Bomb Daily with ABC 7

NEW YORK (WABC) -- When it comes to fashion do's and don'ts, forget Vogue or Elle magazine -- many people these days turn to social media. And there's one fashion blogger who has broken through barriers to become the go-to source for trends. "I was told, you know, I didn't really have the look. You know, I was basically told that I couldn't get in," said Claire Sulmers, founder of Fashion Bomb Daily. "I was told that I wouldn't like fashion, that people were super judgmental, they would look you up and down and judge you." Maybe being 5-foot-7, a size 10, with dreadlocks didn't work for mainstream fashion media. But Sulmers decided she didn't need them, and now she's killing it. "I always like to say I couldn't get a seat at the table, so I created my own table," she said. That table is a mega online and social media platform called Fashion Bomb Daily, and in 12 years, Sulmers has amassed a total of more than two million followers on her combined platforms. She's also grabbed the attention of A-listers like Rihannia, Diddy, Taraji P. Henson and Cardi B. "Sometimes what I think is popping, I look at Fashion Bomb Daily, and I say 'Oh no, that's not poppin'," Cardi B said. "I think I got a lot of my self-confidence from being great in school. You know, and being a great student," Sulmers said. It was her magna cum laude degree in French and African American studies from Harvard that got the Atlanta native her first gig as a fashion writer at Vogue Paris. During the three