Could there be anyone more perfectly suited to star in “Gossip Girl”?
Engen grew up in Oslo, Norway, and is a weaver.
PerThe New York Times, dad Steve Gevinson is a retired English teacher.
“Both are encouraging, but neither seems overly invested in their daughter’s career.”
Tavi Gevinson has two older siblings, and all of the children were encouraged to be creative and expressive.
And so “Style Rookie” was launched in March 2008.
The blog evolved into something much bigger than Gevinson could have imagined.
She says she wears “just pajamas, or a T-shirt and boxers.
It’s not great.
I could probably stand to change that up.
But I really love working from home and then emerging into the world at night.
She acted as editor-in-chief until the site closed in 2018 (viaThe Poetry Foundation).
“We went somewhere here in Brooklyn.
We kept in touch over the years,” Gevinson told Debbie Millman on “Design Matters.”
(Hepburn had given them to Ryder, according to Gevinson.)
“I have them in a safe, literally,” Gevinson told Millman.
“It’s crazy, like, she made all of this.”
“I struggle with anxiety and depression.
She also told the outlet about how she used Rookie to help educate others about mental illness.
I think the more it’s talked about the less stigmatized it is.”
“Fear is something that holds me back a lot.
