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When we first caught wind of Tavi Williams' blog, Style Rookie, we couldn't believe it. A twelve year old girl with a signature haircut (not quite a Wintour bob, yet), a Comme des Garcons for H&M rap, a precocious attitude and an interest in mythology, and unreleased Rodarte leggings—it sounded like the work of stage parents. We got Tavi on the phone to test our theories, and we put her to the test of the one vintage shopper who could match her, Fabiola Beracasa. What she found was a remarkably poised young girl—one who's ready to grow up, who isn't stuck on fashion, and who has fostered an international network of style rookies.


FABIOLA BERACASA: Hi, Tavi How are you? It's Fabiola.

TAVI WILLIAMS: I'm good. How are you?

FB: I'm good, thank you. What time did you get home from school today?

TW: Like 4:45, but then, I had to wait for my mom to get home because I was locked out.

FB: Oh, oh that's never good. So, first of all, I just wanna um, how old are you again?

TW: Twelve.

FB: When will you be thirteen?

TW: Uh, late April. I'm ready to outgrow it.

FB: Outgrow twelve?

TW: Yeah just ‘cause I've been kind of like, a twelve year old blogger for a long time. Once I'm thirteen I'll just be an annoying teenager and not like a cute little girl.

FB: Do you have an outfit picked for your thirteenth birthday?

TW: That's a little too far ahead. I think I'll just wear whatever fits my mood, which will hopefully be happy.

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ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH

So, I wake up and it's freezing—later snowing and then finally raining. I have had enough of this weather it is now officially time for spring, but yet all I see is slush! I spend most of my day meeting with MAC and working on a job we are doing together. But afterward I head off to the Alexandre Herchcovitch show-which was packed, and yes, Kanye was there again. He must have a blog too... The show was beautiful with old world attention to detail incredible sequenced tights and the head pieces were to die! The only thing I didn't like were the shoes. The heel was odd and projected out, making even the gazelle-like legs of the models look truncated. So I'm trying those on anytime soon. After the show I hop on the subway with Miss Sophia and Leigh Lezark, when I realize I don't have my phone. I am in a mad panic can't figure out where it is and worse, I know it's not locked! So, I miss an appointment I had at Dior (now they think I'm a flake) and worst of all I miss my friends Georgina and Karen's Marchesa presentation. As they say in the UK: "I AM GUTTED!" Three torturous hours later, Bryant Park has it in their lost and found. Phew! (Photo: Fabiola and Alexandre. All photos by Fabiola Beracasa)

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Max Azria

As I arrive to the Max Azria show I run into my friend Tinsley Mortimer, who I haven't seen in a while, she looks great in pink Max Azria and some new bangin' bangs! I sit next to Gen Jones and next to me the seat says Bonnie Morrison—except Bonnie didnt show up; instead some annoying girl who I never met and who keeps asking questions about who Bonnie is and what she does sits down next to me. If that wasn't the worst of it, as soon as the show started all I could see was the back of her head because she kept bending towards the runway to shoot EVERY SINGLE LOOK with her annoying camera. I wanted to shove her over and tell her next time she needs to sit in the press pit! But I remained composed out of respect for the show. The looks were cool: the ever present cut outs and a lot of edge for Max Azria. To sum it up: leather, lace wool, and jersey—a winning combination in my book! After the show spoke to Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20 and his wife, Marisol, and then ran off to the MAC Lounge where I hung out with Gen Jones and Leigh Lezark. Leigh and I compared our garter belts (mine is from Bess and studded; Leigh's is pink from Max Azria).

Marisol and Rob Thomas; Fabiola and Leigh barter garters. All photos by Fabiola Beracasa.

After that Gen and I jetted off to a photo exhibit presented by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld. The first person I saw was Sebastian so I took a picture with him in front of our friend Salim Langatta's photos...then I walked around to check out all the other work and found that my favorite picture of all was of a girl in her bathtub shot by David Mushegain. Hope you like it too. And finally one last picture of the crew before I go home and take my own bath!

Fabiola and Sebastian; Fabiola's favorite photo from the show.

MATTHEW WILLIAMSON

So I arrive late to the 11 AM Matthew Williamson show and actually miss the show. I decide to take my backstage pass and loiter around until the show is over. I got a chance to see the looks on the model polaroids while I was hanging out back there and they were really beautiful. Once the show was over Joy Bryant, who was with Monet Mazur and Santogold, came backstage. They all had on some amazing MW stuff, especially Santo: I loved the jumpsuit! We had a glass of champagne, and I was off to the IMG lounge in support of my longtime friend Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss who just did the new campaign for Judith Ripka. She looks pretty hot in the shots, don't you think?

Shoshanna

DEREK LAM

Vogue invades

1 PM and I run over to Derek Lam when I take my seat I notice that the Vogue crew is all in attendance and ruling the front row. The show is sophisticated but playful; the looks are very easy for a professional woman with great style and all the pieces seem to move effortlessly from day to night. I loved the leather pants and a blue drape dress with gold sleeve detail. From there I got myself a chai latte (Yum) and went off to Robert Verdi's "LUX LAB" where the swag bag was sooooo amazing. I felt like Paris Hilton at Sundance. When I walked in I chatted with Lake Bell who was picking out a really pretty Margo Morrison necklace (I got one too) and then I chatted with Eva Longoria, who was getting a manicure. I was then given the lowdown on "blueprint cleanse": For those of you who dont know what it is, if you do the program, you will be cleansed and thin in all of three days. I was like, "Did you say thin? Sign me up!" As I walking out in my fab Fendi coat, the fantastic Miss J walks in, looks me up and down and says, "Living, Living, living...I am just Living for that coat" Whats a girl to do? So I take it off and let her strike a pose in it.

Home for a little, and heading back to the tents soon.

Click here for Fabiola's Saturday diary.

Miss J wears Fendi.

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Fabiola with Kelly Pickler in the MAC Lounge; with Heidi Klum at Barbie. All photos Fabiola Beracasa.

Barbie
While I was hanging out backstage at the MAC lounge Kelly Pickler walks in. To be honest, at first I didn't know what to make of her: In comes this girl with a hot pink dress with hot pink lipstick to match and an impossibly tight blond ponytail... naturally I thought she was a Barbie promoter. But when I asked some question about the Barbie show and got only her blank stare in return, I realized I might be barking up the wrong tree. So I asked for a picture instead. I mean who doesn't like a little country music?


The Barbie show was an extravaganza of pink and plastic; most people brought their kids and they all just loved it. Designers like DVF and Rachel Roy created looks for Barbie, but the crowd favorite were Bob Mackie's looks. I however was in my own world of fascination as I was sitting directly across form Annie Liebowitz, with what seemed to be her two stunning daughters. She is such a talented artist and interesting woman, she is a fantastic role model for this generation and many to come, I wanted to somehow by just being near her absorb some of what she knows. But I've tried that before, holding Deepak Chopra's handshake just a little longer than what is considered normal, which didnt go over well.

Anyway, Barbie was fun.

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