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Tavi Gevinson has completely stolen my heart. I've been sort of passingly interested in her since I heard about her a few months ago and of course she's been in the media quite a bit recently what with all the runway shows.
This post is particularly great:
fashion, basically. also, TEAM CONAN
It's her response to Tanya Gold's article in the Guardian, Why I Hate Fashion, and it's brilliant. It's feminist, insightful, mature and refreshing.
What I love most about Tavi - and I'll be heartbroken when it changes, as it will most certainly change - is the fact that she is still very much a child who is enjoying her childhood. She dresses like a 13 year old girl with fantastic and interesting style, as opposed to a miniature version of an adult woman. She rejects the notion that fashion is for making us sexier and rejects that being sexy is the objective in womanhood at all. In today's culture where we make thongs for 8 year olds, and "boyfriend jeans" for toddlers, this is positively radical.
This post is particularly great:
fashion, basically. also, TEAM CONAN
It's her response to Tanya Gold's article in the Guardian, Why I Hate Fashion, and it's brilliant. It's feminist, insightful, mature and refreshing.
What I love most about Tavi - and I'll be heartbroken when it changes, as it will most certainly change - is the fact that she is still very much a child who is enjoying her childhood. She dresses like a 13 year old girl with fantastic and interesting style, as opposed to a miniature version of an adult woman. She rejects the notion that fashion is for making us sexier and rejects that being sexy is the objective in womanhood at all. In today's culture where we make thongs for 8 year olds, and "boyfriend jeans" for toddlers, this is positively radical.