this girl TAVI, this 13-year-old-or-so style blogging girl who is so funny!

"Camp has started so I gotsta dress somewhat comfortably. Poopy!

Until I can be impractical again and actually feel inspired, random obnoxious musings about random people at the CFDA awards? Yes? GOD I KNOW MY BLOG IS SO INTELLECTUAL. 13 YEAR OLD PRODIGY OMG."

<3

damn killing it

I don't think I could write that well now, let alone at 13.

It's like Diesel adopted Margiela's baby and made it ugly and wear tacky clothes.

srsly killing it

http://vimeo.com/3934958

from 3:55 on, killing it

was perusing fashion magazines yesterday and noticed my girl is on the cover of Pop, killing it

it was really weird seeing her paraded around by the PRs at the ny shows... she looked so frightened at Y-3 -- she was between Lupe Fiasco and someone else... Either The Misshapes or Amanda Lepore? I can't remember. Or maybe it was Perry Farrell

If it was Perry Farrell, I can understand the fear! He looks like death.

http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj379/philtwo/tavi.jpg

here's pic i took of her at y-3... another photog asked "why are we taking pics of this little boy..."

aw, did u talk to her?

didn't know what to say, and anyway the PR people shooed her away to her seat so they could get perry farell into the photo area...

holy shit at: "I start each week as bitter as Daria mixed with Enid Coleslaw, then become Lindsay Weir and sort of switch between trying and not, then by the weekend I'm Millie and happy and wearing sweaters with sheep on them. Soooooo:" btw!!!

Does it mean anything that those cultural references are all 10 years old?

yeah that's what freaks me out

drumroll please

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/TAVIANDJAMES.jpg

"Ignoring that this is a slightly awkward picture, DANIEL DESARIO!
I said I loved Freaks and Geeks and fangirled and he asked if I was a freak or a geek and I said in between and he said him also he's more of a geek now because he's back in school then he tugged lightly at my sleeve and said i was hip like a freak but seemed smart like a geek and i was all OH STOP THAT YOU'RE TOO KIND and i said a geek can be hip like millie and he said millie is a nerd! and i said no millie is awesome! and we argued and then a guy in a hat took our picture."

jesus this kid is awesome http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-iia.png

kinda depressing tbh, to know that u have never and will never be as cool as this kid is at the tender age of whatever; the only hope i can cling to is that she will spiral into a degenerate junkie fashionista lifestyle by the time she's 16 (actually that still sounds p. cool)

i am so v jealous of this interaction with franco

"Hip like a freak/Smart like a geek"

awesome. she looks like a grandma, lol.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh @ her and Franco. omg. Also, her and Marc Jacobs - so cute!

<3 "and then a guy in a hat took our picture."

t/s: rufus vs tavi

OMG, Tavi is mentioned in this article I'm editing at work on the Year in Fashion.

what happened in the year in fashion? balmain, fashion bloggers looking like erin wasson, old american working class labels getting posh redesigns, ridiculous shoes..

... no one made any money

this fucking gal

Ha, she sometimes babysits for us! Didn't make much of an impression on our 5-year old, but then, she's not very fashion conscious. If Tavi had shown up in a tiara and pink dress, my daughter would have been more impressed.

Awww! <3

Claws are out for teen fashion blogger

February 18, 2010

Derick Chetty

New York–On Monday night at the Marc Jacobs show, the reporter holding the Fashion Television microphone was about 4 feet tall, wrapped in a multicoloured coat, wearing a giant pink flower tucked into her drab grey bob.

When she approached the designer's boyfriend, Lorenzo Martone, for an interview, he had to fold himself in half to answer her questions.

Obviously, this was not Jeanne Beker, the gregarious and seasoned host of the Toronto-based television show that's beamed around the world.

The 13-year-old rookie reporter is Tavi Gevinson, the newest and youngest sensation in the fashion world.

The pint-sized blogger, who lives in the suburbs of Chicago, has been skipping school to sit in the front row at the world's most important fashion shows. Since she began writing her blog (tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com) in 2008, she has quickly ascended through the ranks of fashion journalism, though her designer shoes still don't reach the floor.

She sat front and centre at the recent Dior haute couture show, a pride of place reserved for fashion's inner sanctum. She's met John Galliano and Karl Lagerfeld. She's been featured on the cover of hip magazines such as Pop and made it onto the pages of Vogue Paris and Harper's Bazaar.

There's a resentment brewing here, however, as Tavi appears to have moved too quickly from obscurity to celebrity status, but when the elephant in the room is a shy teenager, it's hard to be mean.

Well, not that hard.

While the fashion world has always embraced eccentrics, there is the inevitable backlash already – from the very community that rushed to embrace her.

It all went down during the recent round of haute couture shows.

An editor from Grazia, one the largest circulated magazines in the United Kingdom, was relegated to the second row and seated behind Tavi, who was wearing a giant bow on her head. The editor took a pic and posted it on Twitter complaining about her obstructed view. That single tweet ignited a firestorm.

Many, like the esteemed fashion critic Sarah Mower, expressed concern that Tavi was waltzing around Paris during school time. Others rushed to Tavi's defence, wondering how fashion folk could be so cruel to a child.

Again showing remarkable poise for her age, Tavi addressed the issue on her blog. "My parents and I are the ones who know my school's absences policy, how my teachers feel about my missing school and what my grades look like – not anyone else."

Designer Christopher Kane told British Vogue he's fed up. "No one who wants to read a serious review of a show is going to look at what a 14-year-old thinks."

This week at the Marc Jacobs show, as Tavi made the rounds on her reporter gig, you could see the amusement/resentment in the eyes of the audience.

One veteran photographer at the show sniffed, "She is no Anna Piaggi," referring to the fashion world's most famous eccentric, the 80-something style icon who works for Italian Vogue.

This week, filling in for Beker, who's in Vancouver for the Olympics, Tavi assumed her role as novelty.

"This is a one-shot deal," Beker says by phone from the West Coast. "She is the 'it' girl of cyber fashion."

Beker says fashion is all about the unexpected. Every season there are pros who provide insightful commentary, but Tavi brings a fresh eye.

"Fashion does not always have to be heavy. This is just something fun."

Does the popular fashionista, who has been host of the show for more than 20 years, worry about her job?

"Oh God, no! If I was worried about a 13-year-old, I would have gotten out of this business a long time ago," she says, laughing.

At one show, gangs of people pleaded for an opportunity to pose for a photo beside the little girl with the grey hair.

As usual Tavi handled the attention with grace beyond her years.

she posted a thing abt that iirc

LOVE THIS GIRL

cold killing it daily on blogger and facebook

ts; tavi gevinson vs barry levinson

she's great imho

http://gawker.com/5524990/fashions-tiniest-celebrity-blogger-shut-down-by-the-man

5,000 companies currently emailing her offers of webspace...

RIP

blog is back up, btw.

yeah blogger apologized

lol

I basically try to replicate this girl's style whenever possible:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/righteouskate/tavi.jpg

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/09/14/entertainment/photos_stories/cropped/tavi_gevinson--300x300.jpg

profile of her in the new New Yorker

full article is print only

Good article, except for the reference to Diplo as a rapper.

ha. just read it earlier this morning -- I agree, it is really good. I know nothing whatsoever about fashion, but I still found it compelling

best outfit

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4964874819_39efc64a70_b.jpg

She's going to make a magazine with the editor/founder of Sassy, "aimed at wallflowers" according to a Belgian news site (where she's called a famous blogger)?

<3<3<3 this idea

yeah, this sounds great, although Jane Pratt kind of eroded most of my goodwill over the course of Jane magazine.

Last sentence is a bit cheap but otherwise tavi otm as usual

height-ist

OWNED

can i just

http://i.imgur.com/dQafkCp.jpg

who's that?

oh wait is that the sartorialist? he has a very large head for someone who is like 5' tall

http://i.imgur.com/dQafkCp.jpg

oops, that was supposed to be

http://i.imgur.com/qJHGKmJ.jpg

this child she does not feel the fashion blogging

the sartorialist visits pictureqsue khao phing kan:

http://www.007james.com/i/articles/top_10_villains/nick_nack.jpg

the sartorialist dude is a fucking dipshit but the idea that youth voices are not heard with piercing clarity across cultural life is kinda ridiculous

certain youth voices i should say

being heard and being taken seriously are different things tho which seems to me what tavi was getting at

isn't the desire to be taken seriously inherently adolescent tho? that is, the frustration of feeling misunderstood or marginalized (be it exurban juggalo or precocious blogger) is an animating force at that point. then you grow up and realize nothing matters and stop giving a fuck (or you get tiny suits and a camera and give condescending interviews to other tiny suited ppl).

adolescence is a 20th century fiction

OTM

sure but that encompasses every single living person

teens r good i stand with the teens

i am firmly anti-youth but tavi has never struck me as very youthful--isn't that why she's a big deal in the first place?

wat

i am so sick of TAVI i can't

i will literally pick a fight over TAVI if i am in the mood for it

i won't do it here i'm just sayin', it's happened, IRL

Oak Park > NYC as far as shaking things up.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/03/celebrity-sponcon-tavi-gevinson-advertises-her-own-address.html

“Our influencers will continue to create the same great content while enjoying their new homes and neighborhoods, and will be hosting special experiences open to our residents. We think it’s an exciting addition to our marketing efforts and a terrific amenity for tenants.”

seems, unsafe

yeah, like, she's a famous young woman, I'm going to go ahead and guess that there's at least one creep who is obsessed with her

David Shapiro zing

unless... she doesnt actually live there

My first thought was, "Hey, haven't people always known where famous New Yorkers live? I mean, everyone knew John and Yoko lived at...oh wait."

lol

Bumped the other thread before seeing this was more recent

Today is the last day of Rookie and this is my last Editor's Letter. Thank you for seven very special years. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️https://t.co/1iE7G7QESs

— Tavi Gevinson (@tavitulle) November 30, 2018

oh no! i love rookie. i guess the archive will live forever. can totally understand why she wouldn't want to do it forever.

what a fantastic publication, wish I'd kept up with it more

TS Rookie vs Sassy

the farewell is really great and sad

i guess the archive will live forever.

she says it'll stay up for a few months but "books are forever"

I would NOT want to revisit any of my blogs from when I was 13, but this is great: https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/tavi-gevinson-annotates-an-old-rookie-blog.html

Lol the Misshapes.

https://www.tavigevinson.world/video

omg her Elizabeth Holmes lol