i am so v jealous of this interaction with franco
― horseshoe, Sunday, 22 November 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hip like a freak/Smart like a geek"
― musically, Sunday, 22 November 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome. she looks like a grandma, lol.
― Flab (wanko ergo sum), Sunday, 22 November 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Ahhhhhhhhhhh @ her and Franco. omg. Also, her and Marc Jacobs - so cute!
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Sunday, 22 November 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 "and then a guy in a hat took our picture."
― Delhomme 3030 (roxymuzak), Sunday, 22 November 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
t/s: rufus vs tavi
― welcome new ilxors (acoleuthic), Sunday, 22 November 2009 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG, Tavi is mentioned in this article I'm editing at work on the Year in Fashion.
― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
what happened in the year in fashion? balmain, fashion bloggers looking like erin wasson, old american working class labels getting posh redesigns, ridiculous shoes..
― yeah, whatever (daria-g), Friday, 4 December 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
... no one made any money
― Lamp, Friday, 4 December 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
this fucking gal
― pash rules everything around me (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 4 December 2009 19:38 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 January 2010 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Awww! <3
― S.E., we runnin' this FAP shit (roxymuzak), Sunday, 3 January 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko), Thursday, 18 February 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
she posted a thing abt that iirc
― billion holla baby (roxymuzak), Friday, 19 February 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
LOVE THIS GIRL
― a passing basscadet (ctrl-s), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 07:49 (fourteen years ago) link
cold killing it daily on blogger and facebook
― a passing basscadet (ctrl-s), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 07:50 (fourteen years ago) link
ts; tavi gevinson vs barry levinson
she's great imho
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 10:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://gawker.com/5524990/fashions-tiniest-celebrity-blogger-shut-down-by-the-man
― dispariiiijjjj 'white ppl' (velko), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
5,000 companies currently emailing her offers of webspace...
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP
― ksh, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
blog is back up, btw.
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 05:02 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah blogger apologized
lol
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I basically try to replicate this girl's style whenever possible:http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/righteouskate/tavi.jpg
― peacocks, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2010/09/14/entertainment/photos_stories/cropped/tavi_gevinson--300x300.jpg
― ask corey (buzza), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
profile of her in the new New Yorker
full article is print only
― markers, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Good article, except for the reference to Diplo as a rapper.
― jaymc, Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― markers, Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
best outfit
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4964874819_39efc64a70_b.jpg
― (♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Sunday, 3 October 2010 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
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)?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
<3<3<3 this idea
― 867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 18 November 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, this sounds great, although Jane Pratt kind of eroded most of my goodwill over the course of Jane magazine.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Went to a local live talk show and saw Tavi get interviewed. Girl's got it together. Hadn't heard about the magazine beforehand, but I think it's a shrewd move for her: she presumably gets to maintain her voice and aesthetic while pulling the focus away slightly from her and the attendant novelty of her age.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Saturday, 5 February 2011 08:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant handle this kid... too reinforced... all those people telling her what a genius she is, that's not childhood... gives me the willies
― My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 5 February 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thestylerookie.com/2011/02/paperbag-princess.html
tavi has a courtney love shrine <3
― daria-g, Saturday, 26 February 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
imo those boys she thinks were making fun of her were probably thinking, maybe secretly but still, O_O
― ☠ (roxymuzak), Saturday, 26 February 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
she has a new site
http://rookiemag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/girlscompete-540x786.jpg
<3
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess this is the Jane Pratt magazine mentioned upthread.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
NEWSFLASH! Scott Schuman aka The Sartorialist is an arrogant fuckstick! Also, he does not think much of Tavi:
Mr. Schuman, nowadays teenage bloggers like Tavi Gavinson are getting flown around the world to sit on the front rows of fashion shows in order to write about them. Isn’t that getting a little absurd?Well I don’t think her audience is that big. I think her success is a little bit of a conspiracy by established print media that wanted to show that this blog thing is not that important, that it’s done by a bunch of twelve year olds. But a lot of us are serious grown-ups. I think it’s great that Tavi can create a blog and write for other people that are like-minded – probably other kids around her age – but I don’t know how that is going to help a 26-year old, if she has never had a boyfriend or any of that kind of stuff. She’s just a kid, so she can talk about art and stuff only in an abstract way.Do you think she is going to last?She might grow into that position, but to me it is like a five-year old Michael Jackson singing about love – to him they are just words. It is just an abstract concept. One of the other problems of many blogs like Tavi’s is that they are people who write about fashion, but in order to have a visual element they steal pictures from other people.
Well I don’t think her audience is that big. I think her success is a little bit of a conspiracy by established print media that wanted to show that this blog thing is not that important, that it’s done by a bunch of twelve year olds. But a lot of us are serious grown-ups. I think it’s great that Tavi can create a blog and write for other people that are like-minded – probably other kids around her age – but I don’t know how that is going to help a 26-year old, if she has never had a boyfriend or any of that kind of stuff. She’s just a kid, so she can talk about art and stuff only in an abstract way.
Do you think she is going to last?
She might grow into that position, but to me it is like a five-year old Michael Jackson singing about love – to him they are just words. It is just an abstract concept. One of the other problems of many blogs like Tavi’s is that they are people who write about fashion, but in order to have a visual element they steal pictures from other people.
http://the-talks.com/interviews/scott-schuman-the-sartorialist/
― elmo argonaut, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
that interview is v v lolsome, btw
― elmo argonaut, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
i stopped reading his blog a year or two ago because of the attitude and also, i don't think i much care for his taste.
garance is really good though, he's right about that.
he makes some good points about the business side as well, actually. but i don't understand, given that his most visible project is his website, why it sat in a generic blogger template with no design work done whatsoever from day 1 of his blog to only a few months ago? and some of his photos aren't loading due to some technical issue? you would think a better website would be worth the investment.
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Saturday, 1 October 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
tavi is going to be on wait wait don't tell me this week!
― tehresa, Saturday, 1 October 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
michael jackson singing about love p good iirc
― fleetwood banc (schlump), Saturday, 1 October 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://rookiemag.com/2012/03/absolute-beginners/
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
i read some of that
― Lamp, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
love this: http://youtu.be/6osiBvQ-RRg
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome and righteous and funny too!
― StanM, Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
OKAY I LOVE TAVI
― homosexual II, Monday, 30 April 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
I GOT HAIR STYLING TIPS FROM A 15 Y/O
I found out there was a Rookie reader meetup today about an hour before it happened, so I joined about 25 or so insufferably precious oversized-sunglassed/tiara'd/flower-dress-wearing high school age girls and hung out/talked life/made crafts with Tavi Gevinson in Rittenhouse Square today. It was, after the first 15 or so minutes, actually a lot more fun than it sounds and we got to talk about Heathers and feminism and personal identity! Also there was a super lolworthy moment when this group of girls noticed the orange-and-covered-with-plastic-flowers bike that belonged to this girlI came with and at least 10 girls started squealing and whipped out their iPhones all "omg that is SOOOO CUUUUTE I have to Instagram that RIGHT. NOW!!!!!"
But for real, Tavi is super chill and intelligent and likable and there is p much 0 reason to hate on this girl.
Alsohttp://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/64b162a2.jpg
― Natalie Portmanteau (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
wat
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:43 (nine years ago) link
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
― surm, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:55 (nine years ago) link
Oak Park > NYC as far as shaking things up.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/03/celebrity-sponcon-tavi-gevinson-advertises-her-own-address.html
― badg, Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
“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.”
― buzza, Thursday, 16 March 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
seems, unsafe
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:09 (seven years ago) link
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
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:13 (seven years ago) link
David Shapiro zing
― buzza, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
unless... she doesnt actually live there
― lag∞n, Thursday, 16 March 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
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."
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, 23 April 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
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
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 30 November 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
oh no! i love rookie. i guess the archive will live forever. can totally understand why she wouldn't want to do it forever.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 30 November 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
what a fantastic publication, wish I'd kept up with it more
TS Rookie vs Sassy
― rip van wanko, Friday, 30 November 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
the farewell is really great and sad
― maura, Friday, 30 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
i guess the archive will live forever.
she says it'll stay up for a few months but "books are forever"
― sans lep (sic), Friday, 30 November 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
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.
― Roz, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
https://www.tavigevinson.world/video
omg her Elizabeth Holmes lol
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link