Tavi Inc.

If you know anything about the blogosphere, or fashion, for that matter, you've probably heard of Tavi, the 13-year-old fashion blogging sensation. Her blog, http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/, has attracted attention from readers all over the world, and from some of the biggest names in fashion. She was personally invited to New York Fasion week, amongst tons of other incredible opportunities a 13 year old from the suburbs of Chicago could have possibly been given, including countless photoshoots for big publications by big photographers, to most recently becoming the muse for the Rodarte line. Anyways, for a girl of her age and upbringing, she has a suprising knowledge of fashion as well as a very sophisticated taste and an appreciation for fashion concepts most half the world probably couldn't understand. Amoung her favorites are Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons. When the designer collaborated with H&M to create an affordable line for them, Tavi was so excited that she couldn't help but find a more appropriate outlet of expression other than through song of course. Watch here (sorry, Vimeo won't let me embed): http://www.vimeo.com/2247337
Anyways, recently, a writer named Tanya Gold wrote a piece for The Guardian titled "Why I Hate Fashion". Read it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/22/i-hate-fashion-tanya-gold. Quite frankly, it's insulting, and, in my personal opinion, completely nonsensical. Tavi wrote a response to this article, which you can read here: http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/2010/01/fashion-basically-also-team-conan.html. It's awesome and perfectly well written in the satirical manner that Tavi is so well known for. Read it.