aren't JNCO jeans still cool???

This blog is already making me feel hideously old. I wanted to write a post about fashion in the 12-18 set, but I realized that I don't even know what kids wear anymore. I just read this article obviously written by and for moms about emo fashion, which didn't exist in the capacity it does today when I was in high school. I think I was vaguely emo because I wore shit from Goodwill and put buttons on my bag etc etc but now it's an official "style" of its own. Oh and there's a how-to guide for teens with no identity who would like to adopt this style for themselves. Get it right, losers! Don't be like this desperate 13-year-old who's gonna show up on the first day of 7th grade wearing bracelets from the 25-cent machine. Plzzz.

In the same vein as emo is "scene" fashion, which I do not understand in the slightest. I don't know what the scene is, where it is located, or how these girls got invited, but to be a part of it you have to look like a cartoon character, pretty much. This insanity definitely did not exist when I was in high school. The chick at the forefront of this plague is Kiki Kannibal, who is 16 or something, and "designs" her own "kouture" necklaces shaped like bats and diamonds and strawberries, and apparently Jeffree Starr is a fan. Hott. If you want to get yrself a scene hairstyle, which appears to be the most important part of this look, here's a page where you can go to get a lil' inspiration. Just envision a dead racoon on your head and you're halfway there.


At the High End, um, end of the spectrum, we have Tavi, the prepubescent fashionista with a penchant for things that don't fit her because she is twelve years old. Her fashion blog is full of photos of her posing in Mommy's discarded house dresses from the 70s and American Apparel tights. So chic. This child has some sort of following of 20-somethings who think she is ""so articulated"" and ""so witty and edgy"" for her age, and it does appear that she is, and is actually the person maintaining her blog, but that is what boggles my mind even more. When I was 12 years old, I wore whatever my grandma bought for me and dolled it up with butterfly clips from the dollar store. That was okay, because I was a child. I wasn't expected to look chic. I didn't even know what "chic" meant. Not that Tavi actually looks like anything but a kid playing dress-up, but she seems to take herself very seriously, which disturbs me. She should probably be watching Hannah Montana. Or is that for younger girls?? Ugh, I don't even KNOW.

It appears that I need to look into this fashion stuff a bit more, because I feel like a straight up granny right now. There is so much that I just missed by finishing school when I did. For those who don't know, though, I am but 21 years of age... 21 very ancient years. This is terrible.