Cheetos Are Orange

Via BlackBook, we were reminded of the existence of 12-year-old Tavi, maintainer of occasionally hyped style blog Style Rookie. Despite our better instincts, we find the precocious Twiggy lookalike rather charming (though we find ourselves worrying about her habit of posting post-midnight!), and we're not alone.

And now we’ve grown to love her even more. Rather than complacently accept her position as the undisputed princess of underage sartorial scribes, Tavi has begun lobbying for her sisters in arms. In a post this morning, she pays tribute to a long list of her worthy competitors, humbly explaining:

"While I don't deserve the publications I've been lucky enough to receive, younger bloggers both individually and as a group certainly do! Not only for the amazing outfits, photography, and writing that comes from many of these blogs, but the confidence it takes to wear something unusual to school and post your outfits on the internet for the world to see and critique.

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