Style Blogger at NYT Openly Envies the Preternaturally Hip Among Us

The New York Times Style Magazine T arrived this morning, barely fitting into the blue delivery sack in its 302-page heft. In this issue, Elizabeth Spiridakis -- yes, the very same Spiridakis who writes the very hilarious weekly free-association column "Very" on The Moment -- admits in "Post Adolescents" that the pre-teen nascent style bloggers...well, they inspire her, an almost-30-year-old style blogger.

The piece is basically an homage to youth and the kids' naive appreciation of fashion, as of yet untarnished by hyper-branding and buckets of cash (well, so far, until Urban Outfitters or another teen-mongering company suggests they hawk hoodies). All of the tween-teen fashion blogs referenced in "Post Adolescents" are personal style journals that show off the young author's daily interpretations of high fashion culled from D.I.Y. experiments, thrift stores, parents' closets, and H&M/Urban/etc. (This is where I imagine one of their dads whistling, "Whooey! Champagne taste on a beer budget, kid!")

Twelve-year-old Tavi of Style Rookie introduces herself thus:

Hi there! I'm Tavi, but when I make typing errors I'm Ysbo. Throughout my blog you will find small references to 80's films, as well as inside jokes that will at first come off as creepy, but will not compare to the creepiness of my Van Montgomery-esque smile. My dream haircut would be some type of cross between the YSL bowl cut and the hair of Daft Punk music video characters, with a little Bob Dylan. I'm married to a high schooler pirate. I am not a Harry Potter fan, but I totally dig his specs.

Tavi in a frustrated moment:

You know, I've been thinking. I am making a vow not to do any more posts dissecting runway trends because I am becoming a MINDLESS trend-follower and it's making me lose sight of what I myself like! And just, agh, DOGGONIT! THAT IS IT! NO MORE! I AM WEARING WHAT I WANT BECAUSE I LIKE IT, NOT BECAUSE THE PRINT REMINDS ME OF CHANEL OR THE SHOULDERS HAVE THAT EXAGGERATED SILHOUETTE THAT'S SO HOT THIS SEASON!! ROARRRR. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. OKAAAAAAY.

Tavi, thinking Japanese street fashion and the clashing technique, bringing it:

(BTW, Dress/gloves/glasses/key shoelace necklace/bloomers/tee/purse are all vintage. Belt, Claire's. Skirt, Gap Kids. Shoes, Converse.)

Check out more preternaturally hip tween 'n' teen musings on Yves Saint Laurent and yesterday's bullshit calculus test:

Style Rookie
Childhood Flames
Fashion Robot
fashiontoast
Fashion Pirates
Galliano is God

TTYL.