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Tavi Says a Lot of the Blogger vs Editor Rivalry Is 'Made-Up'

by Bee-Shyuan Chang (Subscribe to Bee-Shyuan Chang's posts)
Posted Feb 16th 2010 at 8:11PM  
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Tavi Gevinson 13-year-old blogger

Tavi, the 13-year-old fashion blogging sensation. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images for IMG

Bloggers versus editors? Fashion's "it" girl (literally), thirteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson, may be at the center of a raging debate over who gets to sit front row, but the Style Rookie blogger insists the whole "fight" is being blown out of proportion.

On her blog, the petite style influencer sounded off: "The Bloggers vs. Editors! thing is tired. If there was a real competition, editors wouldn't be willing to give bloggers press. Blogs and magazines are good for different things; it's like comparing apples with oranges. Collaboration, not competition. Always!"

Then yesterday, the teen reaffirmed her stance at a panel on "The Future of Fashion Blogging" hosted by the IndependentFashionBloggers.org at the Evolving Influence conference. "A lot of it is kind of made-up," she stated.

As for all the drama over her hat's giant bow blocking the views of fellow show attendees at a recent Paris runway presentation? "I thought it was a kind of joke, but suddenly it's bloggers versus editors, which side are you on?," Tavi said to the packed audience. "It's a waste of space!"

The teenage blogging sensation points to the evolution of technology, while flexing both her fashion knowledge and age bracket. "Nick Knight started ShowSTUDIO a decade ago. And I remember seeing this Lindsay Lohan Disney channel show and she was chatting on a video phone and now you don't have to be a spy on the Disney channel to do it."

And the rest of the panel, including fashion enthusiast Bryan Boy (Marc Jacobs is a fan) and Brit blogger Susanna Lau (aka Susie Bubble), agreed that the debate is getting old.

Susie, whose blog Style Bubble draws in close to 87,000 visitors worldwide a month, stated bluntly, "People should get on with it."

But the packed crowd, many of them dressed in wacky, eye-catching outfits, were more interested in the secrets to Tavi's success. (Hey, seasoned journalists would kill for her contributing gigs at Pop and Harper's Bazaar.)

Tavi thinks a big part of it is about a point of view, but is also careful to not go out of her way to please everybody. "There's always someone who will love "Seinfeld" or dead dolls or Prada," the pint-size pundit told the audience.

Whereas Bryan Boy was proud of his live-eat-breathe fashion work ethic. "I'm online 18 hours a day. I'm serious. I don't sleep," the Philippines-based blogger said behind a futuristic, sci-fi pair of shades. On why he devotes all his time to fashion blogging, Bryan was upfront.

"I'm an attention whore," he confessed. It's fun!"

Get up to speed on the 13-year-old blogger.

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Rebecca, 2-17-2010, 6:03PM

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chazro, 2-17-2010, 9:38PM

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Isn't that Indira Ghandi ?

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mesager42, 2-17-2010, 9:50PM

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Tavi who? Why does a 13 year-old school age girl deserve to get the time of day from the fashion world? She has probably never sewn together anything, so why is she being given any credibility? Those who have the most money to spend on fashion are still the aging Baby Boomers, not 13 year-olds. If the fashion world caters to an adolescent, then it has no one to blame other than itself if their clothing does not sell. Seriously!

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MR.RICK, 2-17-2010, 10:02PM

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im laughing at the last sentence in this article. where the author implores us to follow a 13 year old child blogger. im a 40 year old adult. the day my life gets so pathetic that im interested in following the blog of a 13 year old child, someone please shoot me. i should be shot for reading this article in the first place.

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Malandar, 2-17-2010, 10:22PM

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Why all the raving about some 13 year old who thinks she knows everything? You can't tell me that a kid like that knows more, or even any where near as much, as someone who has been in the business since she was leaving loads in her diapers.

Oh yeah,a note to the media... Stop covering stuff like this. The kid knows nothing about fashion, look at her. If that is fashionable my grandmother must be on the cutting edge.

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Lisa, 2-18-2010, 6:32AM

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If she represents the future of fashion, that's pretty sad. I can't believe that the fashion world is cowtowing to a 13 year old who wears wacky outfits that no one would ever buy. BTW isn't her coat mis-buttoned...oh, yeah that's just like a kid.

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sara, 2-21-2010, 3:24PM

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Amazing the narrow minded, unsophistication of most of the writers here. This is a child with an artistic passion. You all attack her as if she claims to be the second coming of Christ.

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Justin, 2-21-2010, 4:26PM

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I actually like the little pretentious 13 year old lol. I checked her blog out, she's interesting. Wise far beyond her yes and rather mature. I'm sure she has a high I.Q. She a new age prodigy blogger, but where are her parents?

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