Rather than slowly retreat from the fashion world now that her name and adolescent image has become so ubiquitous, Tavi Gevinson is in fact embarking on a new project that proves she's here to stay. Having long referenced the now defunct Sassy magazine as a pool of inspiration, Tavi stunned her readers yesterday when she posted on her blog she would be reviving the publication along with its original editor, Jane Pratt. It "won’t be Sassy (or the rebirth of Sassy, or Sassy 2.0)," Gevinson wrote, giving the impression that the Sassy sequel will entail something else entirely. Considering the high schooler has already crafted a 'zine based around first kisses, there's a good chance that this title too will live outside the world of the internet.

If dwindling ad sales are to blame for print's demise, than sponsorships for bloggers are the wave of the future. "For influential bloggers, sponsorships can be more lucrative than display ads alone, with payments reaching into the thousands for a multipronged campaign stretching over weeks or months," says Portfolio of the (not exactly new) trend. Not only are brands sponsoring bloggers by sending them loads of free swag, they're straight up paying them. "Fashion bloggers are a unique combination of publisher and talent," says Sea of Shoes' Jane Aldridge, who's accrued her own slew sponsorships and side gigs, like designing for Urban Outfitters. "It’s important for both bloggers and advertisers to stay true to their brands.” Exactly how are bloggers staying true to their brands? Well, in the case of Tavi, it's fessing up.

Illustrated T-shirts by California-based artist Danny Roberts featuring likenesses of fashion bloggers got loaded onto racks at Forever 21 today. "The portraits on the shirts of the bloggers behind Pandora, Fashion Squad, Because I’m Addicted, Style Bytes and Alice Point were culled from an existing series of blogger images, many of which he made to thank bloggers he reads and appreciates," says Women's Wear Daily. Up next for the 24-year-old artist is "a third collaboration with Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Lovers and a first with men’s footwear brand Heutchy."

Terry Richardson appears to have moved beyond his man heel obsession, adopting a new footwear fetish, Five Fingers. Created by a company called Vibram, the footwear, which looks a lot like toe socks, is making waves beyond the fitness world. "Remember going barefoot as a child?" reads Vibram's site. "Now you can experience that same physical and visceral sensation in Vibram Five Fingers—the only footwear to offer the exhilarating joy of going barefoot with the protection and sure-footed grip of a Vibram sole." While not exactly poised to sweep the high-fashion community, even Martin Margiela approves of a little toe separation once in a while.

Scrolling through my RSS this morning I happened upon the latest blog post from Tavi, the Stephen Jones hat loving, controversy spawning Style Rookie. In the apparently self-styled (as per usual) and self-shot series of images, Tavi, I must say, appears all grown up. Relatively speaking that is. With a bleached blond bordering on white new bang and short crop 'do and bright red lips to boot, Tavi appears well beyond her years--of which she has 14. (Andy Warhol, who dyed his hair egg white so as to appear ageless, would surely approve.) In the makeshift editorial Tavi sports Miu Miu SS10, knee socks and supremely high heels as well as an oh-so-perfect vacant stare with lips slight parted. (Lara and Kate would surely approve.)

● Oprah tried to wipe the birthmark off of Super Bowl champion Drew Brees' face. What? He's usually wearing a helmet! Bonus: his mole has a Twitter. [BuzzFeed] ● The easy-to-impress internet is all about 13-year-old blogger Tavi tearing up New York fashion week. The next logical step? A 5-year-old. [Racked] ● A young potential vandal had his leg cut off in a Brooklyn subway tunnel while trying to paint graffiti. That's so much worse than what his mother warned him would happen. [NYT] ● At this point even stills from an unreleased Lady Gaga music video are mind-blowing. [Haus of Gaga]

Tavi Gevinson mania continues. The official shit storm descended during Paris Fashion Week, when the 13-year-old surfaced in the front row at Dior wearing an over-sized bow hat, and a journalist from Grazia took issue with the view-blocking choice in chapeau. Meanwhile, acclaimed fashion scribe Sarah Mower has just spoken out about her own ax to grind with Gevinson's father for letting the middle school student cut class in order to attend couture collection presentations.

Earlier this week Tavi, the tween blogger behind Style Rookie, set off a press frenzy when she was tweetpic'd wearing an over-sized Stephen Jones-made bow hat to the Dior haute couture show in Paris. In defense of her chapeau on steroids, Tavi writes "Dudes, it is a HAT. And I'm SHORT. So watching the show behind me would be like watching it through a regular-sized adult, but better, because adult heads do not have holes in them. Other than the stinky cheese man, from that one book, from like, second grade, or something. I'm pretty sure the Grazia writer that tweeted this picture was joking, too? Or did I miss something..." Tavi goes on to say that she wishes news sites would write about more than just what one wears to a fashion show: "otherwise, it feels pretty pointless to me!" Ouch.

Haute couture shows kicked off today in Paris and guess who's sitting front row? Celebrities, fashion editors and Tavi, the 13-year-old blogger-cum-fashion phenomenon. She was spotted front row at Dior's presentation today, confirming rumors that started swirling online last week (and, in the case of The Moment, were promptly removed from their twitter feed) that the blogger would be attending haute couture on behalf of Pop. The latter put Tavi on its cover last fall, but now it appears Tavi is in full-on contributor mode, interviewing models backstage and reporting on the whole haute couture shabang. But, the fact that Tavi is getting such preferential treatment, even in the blog world, is definitely bound to ruffle some feathers.

In just a few years, Anna Wintour has undergone quite the attitude adjustment regarding her perspective on the blogosphere. While at one time so bothered by the word "blog" she tried to come up with a substitute, Wintour has done a 180. In Vogue's next issue, she'll highlight seven different fashion bloggers. Word first came when Bryanboy tweeted he was in town for the shoot; then the names of Tommy Ton of Jak & Jil and Todd Selby of The Selby were added onto the confirmed list. (None of these three are necessarily a surprise, given Bryanboy's prominence within the industry -- sitting front row at D&G and having a Marc Jacobs bag named after him -- while Tommy Ton contributes to Style.com.) But who are the unnamed four?