Last Saturday I was backstage at Pitchfork, resting my dogs and contemplating calling it quits for the day when I saw a tiny, stylish woman from the back making her way to the other stage. I thought, what the heck, and ran after her. To my surprise and delight it turned out to be none other than 15 year old style blogger extraordinaire Tavi Gevison of The Style Rookie
When Tavi isn't doing normal teenage things like attending music festivals with friends she can often be found doing the extraordinary. At the moment she's co-writing a book about her life with Marisa Meltzer with contributions from Miranda July and the Rodarte Sisters.
Her favorite bands from Saturday were Thurston Moore (former front man of Sonic Youth) and Neko Case.
Tavi is wearing shoes from her "friends Mom" and a t-shirt in homage to the song Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It) by fictive band Big Fun from the movie Heathers. I probably watched that movie 100 times back in highschool. I was totally obsessed.
You're probably asking yourself "what's in that brown paper bag Tavi?" Well I'll tell you. It's the album Colour Green by Sibylle Baier.
Baier is a German actress whose musical talents were given late recognition in 2006 with the release of this album comprised of folk songs Sibylle recorded in the 1970s. Have a listen to the title track, it's hauntingly beautiful.
Her favorite bands from Saturday were Thurston Moore (former front man of Sonic Youth) and Neko Case.
Baier is a German actress whose musical talents were given late recognition in 2006 with the release of this album comprised of folk songs Sibylle recorded in the 1970s. Have a listen to the title track, it's hauntingly beautiful.
