What a detailed analysis… my guess is probably that she has gotten sick of blogging… that it has gotten in the way of her life… I’ve had thoughts about packing it all in too…
I agree though that in recent months, the quality has zoomed up…. maybe she wanted to go out with a bang?
Or maybe she is just taking a really long break… a month in reality isn’t a long time at all…

i know i need to get a life.

Has it really been a month already?

Sometimes it’s difficult for me to gauge my blog reading, as I’m never entirely certain what is up or down (or how long things have been).

she could be pregnant? she did say they were planning a nursery…
but i guess the fact is, whatever the right answer is, why hasn’t she posted about it and confirmed her break? i really do hope this is solved soon, it’s worrying! maybe we should set up a blogger support line just encase this happens again!

I worried the first week, I blogged about it the first week of may, It’s nice that us bloggers look out for each other.

Ha! Jennine, this is a brilliant post. I like your investigative work and I’m glad we can rule out gypsies. I must say, her pictures have really become works of art — the quality is going up all the time — and you chose some of my favorites.

Style Bytes is one of my favourite blogs! Those are big shoes to fill.

Yeah, I’m really missing Style Bytes too! I’ve been checking it daily to see if she’s back. Glad to hear that your cunning interweb detective skills have deduced that the gypsies didn’t get her! :)But I do miss her blog. Don’t blame her if she’s taking a break though…I can never figure out how you very dedicated bloggers manage to post daily or even a couple of times a day…a couple of times a week is good for me!!!

We miss you Agathe…come back to us!

oh my god, only two days ago i talked to alex about that! (he was like style-who?)
i have to admit i am also a little concerned!

Thank you for mentioning this! I read Stylebytes religiously and was getting worried as well. It’s a wonderful blog that had introduced me to your blog as well. I hope this isn’t the last we see of Agathe.

What a thorough analysis/investigation! As already said on Style Bubble, I hope Agathe knows that we all eagerly await her return, if she chooses to return to Stylebytes. I can see if she just wanted to break too. And you guys are right that a month really isn’t that long. From readers’ perspective, especially those of a fabulous and active blog like Stylebyes, it does seem like forever, but from the blogger’s perspective (as many of us can attest), days fly by without posting when life comes at you from all directions or you just want to take a break from all things related to interweb. I’m really touched to see all the support and care that exist among fellow bloggers.

I keep checking back but never thought to worry anything was really wrong other than a little burn out.

A very thoughtful post–I hadn’t noticed the negative comments and would be very sorry if that was the motivation to stop.

oh yes… thanks to google reader, i’m alerted anytime any of you post… and i don’t know why i notices stuff like this, but i do

@selena…PREGNANT??? wow.. i must have missed the nursery thing.. but yeah wow. this is the year for fashion bloggers to get knocked up.

@fenke… haha at least your bf doesn’t go, ‘you mean the norway girl with the pig?’

@wendy… i like you’re euphemistic use of the word ‘investigative’ most people just call me nosy.

@minjae you’re right a month isn’t that long, but like punky said it’s nice to know we’re looking out.

I’ve been doing part-time work as a private investigator (for real). The fashion blogosphere should band together and send me to Stockholm to investigate the disappearance.

I think she’s okay. She is wrote a recent blog on myspace.

ha! really? that’s so funny! then you would know how to do it properly…

she wrote on myspace? wow…

Just call me nancy drew.

Apparently, she wrote comments on someone’s myspace. I was mistaken about it being a blog on myspace.

Check my latest post for a “where is agathe?” round-up.

Also, I’m going to have to nod in the direction of the pregnancy rumor. In the same comment section where it talks about her weight, she also says that soon she won’t be able to fit into the skirt - implying that there might be weight gain in her future (coughbabycough). That’s all I’m going to say about it though. I might be totally off-base, but that comment really stuck out to me.

oh yeah… hmm… i don’t know if that’s a reason to not post all the sudden.

i mean bits and bobbins totally incorporates her bit in the bobbin to the blog. maternity style!

True.

Apparently Julie Frederickson, of Almost Girl and Coutorture notoriety, has seen Agathe online as well. So, there is no doubt she is alive, but there is doubt to whether she is well. I don’t know why she would stop so abruptly with such a gigantic following and with things happening that are, as you pointed out, thrilling for a blogger.

I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but I have been one among the many who has sincerely missed her posts.

The strange thing is she stopped blogging without previous notice.

I just join in with everybody to say that I really miss Agathe, too. And I also hope she just took a break. I remember she wrote something about throwing her tv away - maybe she got tired of blogging as well? But then again, could she be so tired that she didn’t even write a good-bye note? Hope she’s alright…

Maybe she’s planning a huge re-do of her site, to make it more professional and exciting etc and people being curious is amping up the suspense and publicity for her? Like the Gabbo thing but with more mystery?
Atleast, that would be a great idea from a marketing perspective

Or maybe she’s just got other stuff going on. But I don’t know, she’s blogged when she’s been sick.

I know this may seem harsh, but she has ads on her site, so in a way it’s like a business (even if it’s hobby esque and doesn’t actually pay her, she’s still getting publicity and enjoying the attention which most people would kill for) so I say - if you don’t want to do it - shut it down - just be honest about it!

I miss her so much!! I’ve been worrying about her too… I just hope that she’s alright. Maybe just taking an unplanned break?

I miss her sooooo much she was the first fashion blog i ever read .. she inspire me to do my blog, then i left my blog because i had a lot of work.. but i still check out her blog.. and its really sad not to see their beautiful style..
She is totally irreplasable!

I don’t think she’s pregnant. I just checked out that comment thread mentioned above and the very next comment from her said:

# Agathe Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Thanks guys!

Rose, I have lost too much weight lately but I am finally starting to put it back on. While weight is a sensitive issue for most, I could never really let it get to me. From people who thought I had an eating disorder when I was younger to my photographer exboyfriend who thought I was getting a little chubby (he was used to working with models). I will always eat what I want anyway.

So, she’s just trying to gain a bit back.

I miss her blog too, I hope she get well soon

I also miss Agathe! Her style and blog is so totally indispensable! Do you believe I’m actually go less shopping these few weeks she’s gone? I know she’s fine cause people has see her in the park and she’s online on facebook etc, but is she so totally sick of stylebytes she even want to leave a goodbyenote anymore?

i’m glad that i’m not the only one who continually checked in to see if she would post something new. she was literally the first fashion blog i read everyday and it’s funny how you feel like you get to know someone through their posts

I’m glad to hear there is some proof that Agathe is well. She was one of my very first blog friends back in 2005. She has such great style and she is a total doll.

But you’re right, blogging is HARD. I’ve been sick for the past 3 days and didn’t touch my computer once. Ya know what? It felt kind of good.

I am so glad people are finally recognizing her mia status. Stylebytes is one of the first blogs I ever read regularly and is still on the top of my bookmark lists.

When she didn’t show up I snooped around her husbands sites [I know again kind of stalkerish] and since there didn’t seem to be any signs of alarm surrounding him, I figured she was ok and just taking a sabbatical.

[...] writing yesterday’s post about Agathe, I decided it was time to go out and shop. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in an [...]

I’ve just come across StyleBites and am obsessed with it! She’s so stylish! I hope she comes back to blogging

I might go with the hacker or something like that idea or that it’s just not working because I’ve seen posts concerning her absence on 3 differenet blogs, people def miss her, but the “40 comments” from her last entry has stayed the same..of course those need to be moderated and if she’s decided to break from blogging she could just be ignoring them.

I’m so glad other people are worried! I check in everyday hoping for some news. If she did decide to stop blogging I wish she would post a note about it.

going through my massive blog list each day for the last month I guess, ( time flies!) and i keep asking myself where is stylebytes? I hope she’s fine that’s all

Yes!
I’m notthe only one who is really worried, so!
She was my muse, the first thing that i do every day at work, after checking my mail, is going to see “Stylebytes”.
We miss u Agathe!

I also don’t think it’s pregnancy, at least not planned pregnancy, as she answered the baby question with ’someday’. I also ran over all the option which you mention in this post, and could only think of one more: a bet? Maybe she lost a bet or a dare and has to stop blogging for a month? Tomorrow it really will be one month. God I miss that blog.

She had a large following. If you’re sick of blogging, it’s not that hard to post that you’re taking a break or else clothes down the blog. But kind of childish to leave people in the lurk.

I really hope she comes back soon, I miss her posts! Her blog is one of the mean reasons I started blogging myself!
Her blog is a real inspiration!!!

does anyone know norwegian? i just befriended a friend of agathe’s who wrote on her wall on facebook, and SHE REPLIED ON MAY 19th!!

”
Agathe Bjørnsdatter Drageset wrote
at 2:07pm on May 19th, 2008
Japp, skal se om jeg får tid til å fikse det i ettermiddag! Dro dere med toget? Vi shoppet 12 par solbriller og masse annet stæsj på marked! “

i just realized she also tagged her in two more pictures dated may 17th and her husband is on them as well. so we know she’s safe and back in oslo.

The wall-comment says:
Yup, I’ll see if I can fix it ths afternoon! Did you go by train? We shopped 12 pairs of sunglasses and loads of other stuff on a market!

The message in norwegian reads “Yeah, I’ll see if I have time to fix it this afternoon. Did you go by train? We bought 12 pairs of sunglasses and lots of other stuff at the market.” Nothing revealing there, really… At least, it seems she is continuing with her usual activities such as shopping at second hand markets! Norwegians love it when spring arrives with warmer weather, and everybody just wants to be outside after the long, cold winter - so maybe she just doesn’t want to be stuck inside posting.

hmm… i tried one of the online translators, and it didn’t really work out. if i had to guess, i’d say that “shoppet” is probably “shopping.” i find it so alarming and out of character, for her to know how many people are freaking out about her disappearance, and not showing any sign of life on her blog, or elsewhere.

hmmm… well it sounds like she’s ok… she’s probably just sick of blogging, which makes me sad that she didn’t let us know.

Hi! It’s amazing to see how many people are looking for her- I first of all thought it was just my computer going crazy and not letting me access her site properly. I really hope she’s ok. It’s great that people have seen her out, and on Facebook. Has anyone been able to ask her what’s happened? It seems so unlike her to stop blogging.

I guess she is just fed up by blogging? If not something bad has happened. Yeah, I wish she would tell us that she’s taking a break.

I think, she doesn’t like to post anymore. At her first blog she also said: “18.03.03-
Be patient! In a few days I will be back on the net!”
(http://www.geocities.com/caiproska/moi) …and she never came back. So it’s perhaps just her way to say goodbye.

wow, how did you find that???

amazing… so yeah, maybe it is her way to say goodbye. hmm…

I also think when you have fans the polite thing to do is just tell them you are taking a break. Its rude to have them worry.

Agathe posted in a recent blog on her personal myspace about her trip to Stockholm.

Then she wrote “Problem #10: The trip made me realize that I need to change my life. I need to get all kinds of shit done.

Solution: I have spent the last few days completing old plans. Less TV. More fun and more projects. I am feeling wonderful!”

So it looks like she’s just taking some time out for herself. Which before anybody says, ISN’T selfish. She’s entitled to her own life.

yeah… that post was written a couple of years ago, i think march 2006?

i don’t think anyone is saying she’s selfish, just bummed she let us worry about her.

Q to Cheryl:

She hasn’t been logged in to her personal myspace since Jan 8th -08, so where did you read her blog?

Maybe she and her husband is breaking apart? Or maybe not. It doesn’t feel very likely.

Girls, apparently she’s safe and well, so maybe we should stop wondering what happened? Maybe nothing serious, she has just quitted her blog. She had a right to do so.
There are many interesting blog-writers:-) Of course that’s a pity she left her readers, but writing a blog is not a lifelong occupation, I think:-)

@ Cheryl: No this post was from 2006, from another trip to Stockholm

I know for a fact Agathe is alive and kicking:) I live in her naigbourhood in Oslo and see her almost every day. Often with a smile on her face.

Magii — feel free to tell her we miss her, then!

i was on myspace today and i noticed that agathe was online i commented her but she didnt reply.
so obviously she is still alive. lol.
im thinking the site has been hacked into or something because its not like her just to quit and not say anything even if she got bored of blogging.

i need style bytes back though!

aww i hope her and molvin are ok

I miss her so much! I have been so frustrated, and angry at her even, when I visit her blog countless times in a week just to check if maybe she posted something. I got to this page because I googled her. I miss her so much I actually was worried that something had happened to her or something. It’s embarrassing but I typed in Google something like “fashion blogger dead” just to see if there was news I should have read about.

But thanks for letting us know she’s fine– at least now there’s still hope she’ll continue blogging at some point.

I sound like such a groupie. lol. But really, her blog is my absolute all time favourite. I have been trying to read other fashion blogs to satisfy my “daily fashion blog need” but nothing else compares! Agathe, if you’re reading this, PLEASE BLOG AGAIN! I promise I will comment more.

sigh.

So if anyone else getting an error when accessing the site?

Has it been taken down, or is it being retooled or something?

I honestly wish she would just post something if she’s chosen to quit blogging so that speculations may be put to rest and and I can stop checking her site.

wow… you’re right… it is off line.

yep, was just about to say that. this shows up:

Forbidden

You don’t have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Stylebytes is gone! Don’t stay away too long, Agathe; we miss your savvy and exquisite photography!

I’m getting that 403 forbidden message too…. but her myspace logs her as checked in a few days ago… gosh that sounds stalkerish! hope she’s ok…

Yeah.. I’m getting that too..

=[

I’ve been checking everyday to see if she is back and now i cant even get on the site.

Fingers crossed it is just a temporary thing!!

Amanda xx

Hey guys.

A few days ago I posted an “I’m worried about you” comment. I’ve done so before, but they’ve never been approved. However, this time, it said, “Your comment is awaiting moderation” in italics next to my name for days–up until the website went offline. So…I don’t know. This is getting crazy.

awww i am so sad she has soooo many fans I read her blog everyday like a newspaper I have to fill the void I also need closure boo hoo!
Hope she is ok! xxx

Dude. . . we are all such stalkers. And it’s actually the sweetest thing ever. I hope Agathe likes the fact that so many strangers whom she’s never met, who are very concerned about her well being. If I were her, that would give me something to smile about from ear to ear. Though I too hope she returns soon. . . I miss her

yeah, I also see this on my screen when trying to read her blog. So I Think it’s over or maybe she’s preparing some big surprise for us…

I don’t think she would have closed her blog without saying anything to anyone, she has a lot of readers, she would have been more respectful,don’t you think?
Anyway, I don’t reckon we could find an explanation until she gives it to us!But I really miss her!
XOXO?
A french reader of your lovely blog!

And now Style Bytes doesn’t even exist anymore I still hope she comes back and gets the site running again.

I only started reading Style Bytes a week or so before she went to Stockholm, but i was addicted. Then she stopped posting!
i think it’s really sweet that everyone is looking out for her, we just need to remember that she has her own life, we have our own lives.
but the blogosphere really has become like another world…an internet world.it’s amazing.
and jennine-i love the way you wrote this post, detective style

thank you.

I have a strong hunch that she just gave up or something. I feel kind of offended though that she hasn’t bothered to even give us an explanation as to why, or even a heads up..

I agree Arianna. It would take less than a minute to post that she was taking a break, or quitting the blog etc. She knows that she has tons and tons of readers and to just not bother with even a sentence is a little erm…? Espscially as people have been worried about her.

I’m really sad that she took the entire blog down!

I’ve been wondering about this, too. She actually lives right across the street from me and I’ve found myself peering into her building for signs of life. I haven’t seen her around either, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. I’ve been going crazy wondering where she’s at and googled her tonight when I saw she took the blog down. Come back, darling. We miss you!!

i`m still going to stick with the idea that she may be pregnant. i know there was something she said about losing weight & then wanting to put it back on…but i know when i was pregnant, i lost weight before i started to gain all the baby weight. & then some.
i hope she`s doing fine though. everyone misses her, but maybe she realized she wanted to live a bit more off the internet & in the real world. blogging, it seems, takes a bite out of peoples` lives.

oh, i searched up the error codes thing, because people were speculating over whether she hadn`t paid for her domain or whether she had taken it down. anyhow, we get a 403 error when accessing stylebytes.net.

according to a google search i did…
“# 403 (Forbidden). This is a sort of catch-all refusal. If the server understood the request but, for whatever reason, refuses to fill it, a code 403 will often be returned. The server may or may not explain why it is sending a 403 response and there is not much you can do about it.
# 404 (Not Found). If you happen to mistype a URL or enter an old one that no longer exists this is the error you will likely see. The condition may be temporary or permanent but this information is rarely provided. Sometimes code 403 is sent in place of 404. ”

which does not answer anything. but i thought maybe somebody else would be able to help explain?

i have to say now that i know she’s okay and probably just got sick of blogging i feel like arianna and sian.. but i’m still hoping that she’ll come back with some big surprise. i doubt it though, i think she would have at least posted that she was redoing the site/ taking a break or something.

i really miss stylebytes a lot!! can’t believe that we won’t know what’ll happen with molvin, what new things agathe’ll pick up at flea markets, how she and her husband’ll spend their evenings ( i always loved their “theme” evening thingies. i wanna do that with my husband when i have one :)).. well maybe she’ll come back in a year or something.

@lj: 404 errors usually happen when a URL points to a page that no longer exists (or never did exist, if there’s a typo), while 403 errors can happen if the owner decides to restrict access. The site probably still exists, but for whatever reason Agathe has decided to keep people from viewing it. At least, that’s my understanding of the errors.

gosh, i miss her so much! her blog is/was the best ever! much better than Style Bubble. hope she’s doing well, and preparing something really nice. i can´t wait to read her comments again

Uhmm, I’m a bit sick about it. She shouldn’t let people worry helplessly…

I miss the site lots. If she has indeed taken it down deliberately, it’s a shame she chose not to leave it there for people to read the old entries, but hey - it’s her blog. Still, kinda sad. Her site was one of the most inspiring things on the net.

Her blog was my favourite ever! I wish we had some idea of what is going on. I miss it so much..

Someone recently bought the web domain http://www.stylebytes.com

*****************************

Honestly I’m really afraid that somebody is maybe stalking and frightening her. I mean her face and name is known.
Dear Agathe please come back and give us a sign that you are well!!! You became like afriend to me, answering and giving so many good ideas. You are unique and precious to me!

Best wishes, Erythrin

*************************

I really do miss her.

I still hope she is ok. I was really worried she got kidnapped.

Erythrin, i really hope that’s not what is happening .. but it’s not that unlikely that somebody might be stalking her.

mm i just clicked on the link http://www.stylebytes.com and when i used the back button on my browser it showed the old stylebytes surface for a second.

I referenced this post on my blog. Hope you dont mind.;-)
I just started reading your blog and I’m hooked now. I’ll be back to read more!

i typed in stylebytes.com to see if maybe she got a new site domain main, and it says that “This domain name was recently registered\purchased.”

????

@Lila when you hit the back button you saw the top of this post - a screen capture from stylebytes

..if Agathe read this: I MISS YOUR PIG ! tell him I say hello

i miss her too…

as far as stylebytes.com, it’s common for people to buy up domain names so they can sell them at a higher price. someone owns stylebytes.com, but it doesn’t mean its agathe…

NO NO.
SHE WAS REALLY A GREAT BLOGGER.
I WAS ENJOYING HER PHOTOS.
SHE WAS REALLY CLEAVER AND BEAUTIFUL THIS IS A SAD NEW……

http://phiary.com/diary/stylebytes/2008/06/03/molvin

well, it looks like her and the pig are alright! that’s good!

i guess, shes at stylebytes.net? if you put it in google. except it says its forbidden. who knows.

Her husband’s blog (www.trashion.blogsome.com) is gone too! Oh well. There ARE a million other fashion blogs. I think I’ll just have to move on. I may check back sporadically, its just so weird..

yeah… i have to say, in absence of stylebytes, i’ve found quite a number of wonderful style blogs… it’s refreshing actually to see how other people do it.

it’s so sad seeing those pics on phiary :o( I really miss her style and it’s such a shame she don’t share it anymore! Agathe if you read this, I wish you and your little family all the best you can have and I’m still hoping you come back one day!

I got so crazy over her wearabouts that I even thought about a Facebook group on finding her! (I know, insane).

But seriously though, did she reply any of your Facebook/Myspace comments?

Also it still says “Married” on her Facebook profile, so the breaking up theory doesn’t seem probable.

(Don’t we feel like a bunch of Sherlock Holmes)

My life has felt a bit empty since StyleBytes kinda died
no I’m kidding, but it was the first blog I really got into, and I used read it religiously and its been hard to fill the void
(I even went through those “Loss” stages: depression, denial etc. :|)

anyway, maybe its like when she said she would stop watching TV (I really did read it religiously!) and now she’s decided to scrap computers too

nevertheless, StyleBytes will remain on my blogroll, for old times sake

its so bazaar how the whole thing has happened out of the blue. surely someone who took the time to respond to all her comments and update on a daily basis wouldn’t simply get sick of blogging quit cold turkey ? she seamed like a genuinely caring person and it seams so out of character that she would leave her readers hanging like this!!!
oh im in denial

Thank you for your news on Agathe,
I miss her blog a lote,
I hope she is fine and that style ytes come back soon as possible!

compliments for your blog

Oh I miss so much agathe… I read her blog for about 2 years…
well, i think SHES PREGNANT . she let us know that she wanted them for sure. she is married, and well i think she want to move in life.
Agathe you are the BEST!!!

Miss her too!

[...] I, in first person, knows that the motivations of a such “passing” can be many and the most varied, I do not want to enter in the merit, I must say that also I initially have alarmed myself and I have rambled on Internet in tries of news on the Agathe beloved, come to acquaintance of the fact that is well thanks to blog which stylebubble, fashionhayleyhome,or the-coveted.com, [...]

I also posted about Stylebytes’ mysterious disappearance on my blog, albeit in a more hopeful tone, full of naiveté in the belief that Agatha would return soon… And then, my hopes and dreams were shattered when I checked the site again and it wasn’t there anymore!
I do hope she is pregnant and just busy researching how to blog a about adorable kiddie clothes.
Or maybe she loved Stockholm too much to go back home and since she had decided to leave her computer behind…there goes the naiveté again!

My wife and I have been her fans for an year now and I even sent her an email that is listed in the WhoIs database inquiring if she was OK and if she has simply forgotten to update her credit card with the hosting company. No news yet.

the old stylebytes domain was owned by her ex-boyfriend and i know he’s threatened to take it down so that might be what’s happened. i’m sure she’ll be back when she sorts it out.

I’m thinking she forgot to pay her website fees or is busy with something. I can’t remember if she had her wedding yet? Maybe that’s it?

Does anybody have any suggestions to help fill the void stylebytes once filled? I’ve been trying to look for a good style blog for a week now….but it just isn’t the same. Agathe was brilliant!

hmmm… that’s an interesting point. i wonder if it was her ex boyfriend? well, i hope that’s the case, and she does come back.

anais… there are a lot of great style blogs, i was thinking of doing another post about great personal style blogs… right now, i notice there are quite a few great french ones…

Seriously though, when you guys write to her, did any of you get any responses from her? It seems like she passively accept people’s friend requests, but she won’t answer any mails about her blog.

Have you guys all seen her recently posted picture on Phiary?
The one with the cute Molvin and her from the back.

It appears that she is wearing a ‘rouwband’ (in Dutch). A peace of black cloth worn around the upper arm when in morning.

Is that a clue for saying a definite goodbeye to stylebytes?

I think so. And hope she is not morning a loved one, but her blog. Which was amazing for sooooo many.
So Agathe thank you.
xoxoxo Poppy

I miss agatha sooo much, im actually crying at this blogpost since it confirms it.
I googled stylebytes every day and from there I would go to the links on the right hand column and check out some of my other favs, but always her first.
im crying rather loudly now…

She just accepted my facebook friends request!

Ugh I miss stylebytes even more now!

i hope she´ll take her blog back again once, i loved it, and it helped me to make my own style. whatever happened to her i hope she´s fine and it has been a pleasure to discover her through her pics and posts