Part of me is exasperated at all the very young, white, privileged fashion bloggers that have risen to fame (Cory Kennedy is the obvious, but also Alexi Wasser from imboycrazy.com, and I know there are others whose names/URLs I cannot recall), so am kind of meh about hearing news about Tavi Gevinson.
That said, having just read her blog, she comes across as wide-eyed and adorable- reading her reaction over meeting Chloƫ Sevigny and not meeting Hedi Slimane, she seems as much an excitable fourteen year old as anyone, privilege and extraordinary circumstances notwithstanding, I guess.
@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: What is her privilege, exactly? I've been wondering for a while how she gets her hands on such extraordinary clothing at such a young age. Are her parents in the fashion world?
"1,500 girls lined up on Saturday in New York, and another 1,000 in Los Angeles, to try to be chosen as America's representative to the Ford agency's Supermodel of the World competition"
Haven't they been running that competition for a while now? Like, pre-ANTM days?
@femme-bot: Oh, SMOW's been around forever. But I don't think they held cast-of-thousands ANTM-style free-for-alls on selection day. That is pure reality TV.
Posh thoughts: Beck, I had the most horrible dream last night. You had hitler-hair, and I had space-samurai hair and everyone could see us in our underwear......creepy.
Posh - I've really got to pee, and these spanx-like underwear are not helping matters. Do you think he would notice if I just let it dribble out a little? There is so much body oil on me already.
Victoria: "Hmm. Deverbal nouns are verbs (or verb phrases) that have been nominalized with a nominalizing enclitic or converted into a noun through zero derivation (that is, verbs that are used syntactically as nouns without an added nominalizer)."
Victoria: Have you ever wondered if there's more to life than being ridiculously good-looking? David: Um, like WHAT, Victoria? Victoria: I don't know, like...helping people. David: Um, WHAT people, Victoria? Victoria: I don't know. PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP!
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That said, having just read her blog, she comes across as wide-eyed and adorable- reading her reaction over meeting Chloƫ Sevigny and not meeting Hedi Slimane, she seems as much an excitable fourteen year old as anyone, privilege and extraordinary circumstances notwithstanding, I guess.
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ETA: apparently her dad is a 'high-school teacher,' but no comment on what her mum does.
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Haven't they been running that competition for a while now? Like, pre-ANTM days?
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07/02/09
We're So Down To Earth Plus 10?
Death of Logic and the English Language?
Mommy Dearest?
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David: "Bored now."
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As an aside, that is a pretty hot ad. I'd be smugly looking daggers at all and sundry if I got to pin Becks to a big pile of rope too.
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David: Um, like WHAT, Victoria?
Victoria: I don't know, like...helping people.
David: Um, WHAT people, Victoria?
Victoria: I don't know. PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP!
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