Day 7: Farewell or is it?

It’s been a week since I started reading Tavi’s blog. Not that she posted much, but her blog turned out to be multidimensional enough to keep me busy for a week.

I learned something: Tavi likes Nesquik, speaks Norwegian, her parents rarely read her blog and famous designers send her clothes to wear and hopefully cover in The Style Rookie. She has fans who comment on her posts that they “love [her] blog,” teachers who somehow adjusted to the way she looks at school and Australian magazine editors who e-mail her with business offers.

She is a teenager with strangely mature eyes and non-hesitant judgments. 

Her language is colloquial, precise and sometimes very brief (think post from 11/8), but this blogger definitely know her audience. They get her! She inspires feedback if not conversation and realizes the power of the online environment (11/13 post).

On day 7 I might still not quite understand why of all fashion blog, and there are plenty, this particular one has become so famous. It must be a combination of Tavi’s personality, fashion insights and age, but mainly, her ability to be so effective online that made her a more prominent blogger. Strangely enough, she has something in common with liberal bloggers from Blog Wars. Tavi doesn’t stay online but is a fashion activist who goes to runway shows (accompanied by her Dad), visits designers and, as of yesterday, starts print magazines.

Although my week of stalking activities is over, The Style Rookie stays on the list of the blogs I follow. Clive Thompson in Brave New World of Digital Intimacy wrote that we develop ambient awareness about the lives of people online. Each of Tavi’s posts taken separately might be only a snapshot of her taste in fashion. However, when taken together, they reveal her personality and make her someone I know and want to “stay in touch” with.

And one more thing:

Thank you, Ms. Tavi Gevinson, for providing me with topics for the last seven days. I’ll stay tuned in.