A thirteen-year-old blogger could rival professional fashion editors for influence

Evidence

Even more emblematic of this change was thirteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson, whose blog, Style Rookie, turned a middle schooler from suburban Illinois into a bona fide star of the fashion world. Publicist Kelly Cutrone summed up this shift to The New York Times: “Do I…now have to have my eye on some kid who’s writing a blog in Oklahoma as much as I do on an editor from Vogue? Absolutely.” Within a year, professional fashion editors were complaining about Gevinson’s giant bow blocking a clear view of the runway. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 402

Categorization

• XREF: Sharp illustration of credential-death: age and geography no longer credentialed fashion authority, a micro-case of the sellout’s death and status flattening.
• CANDY: A 13-year-old from suburban Illinois became a fashion star via blog; pro editors complained her hair bow blocked their runway view — brisk, funny anecdote.