Umm I can't believe it either. Only fellow Teen Vogue obsessives could possibly understand the shock and ongoing heart palpitations that began when their online editorial assistant emailed me, saying that they were "huge fans of my site and style" - what?!?! Teen Vogue or at least some of it's brilliant employees, know who I am?!! The mind boggles.
I am such a hardcore Teen Vogue lover that I have found it impossible to throw any of the issues I've gathered away since the Jessica Simpson/Nick Lachey cover because that would be demonic sacrilege. So you see why I have no closet space left for my clothes. But anyway, I fell in love immediately with the high-low styling and very different take on teen magazines it took..did anyone actually read those "embarrassing" YM stories..who on earth were the girls writing in with them? I don't care if you had chicken stuck in your teeth when your crush kissed you! Well I guess I did read a couple then, but still. I remember in particular a profile on Jeisa Chiminazzo and Isabeli Fontana that followed them around in their perfect model lives that made me fall in love with them immediately and a story on denim featuring Karolina Kurkova in tie dyed jeans before I knew who she was. I should really look into scanning the thing..if my scanner still functions that is. Oh, and in search of the 2000 cover photo, I found this amazing website that archives information on a good number of magazines..fun stuff. I'll never forget the Helena Christensen-photographed debut of Nylon either.
If you want to read Anna Wintour's intro letter for that first issue and how it was inspired by Bee (and you do), click forth. She even acknowledges such mundanities as braces and blemishes. Oh, to be a teen.
Well anyway, thank you to Naomi and co. (if you really do read this!), Teen Vogue is one of my biggest inspirations.
Click on the pic above for the full interview.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Must be dreaming
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omg!!!!! congrats.
I love Teen Vogue! I can't believe those two were on the cover. I did not know that it has been around since 2000! Congrats Rumi! You're totally blowing up and you deserve it.
Congratulations! You totally deserve it, I love your blog
Congrats. You DEF deserve it.
Omg I am so excited for you! Your blog rocks and I am happy you are getting the attention you deserve!
Wow! Congrats! Those girls have a sharp eye
Oooh CONGRATS!!!!
Thats soo awesome, Congrats Rumi, it must feel amazing to get noticed like that, but you def deserve it =)
congrats!!
Congratulations! Well-deserved. I love love your blog.
hey congrats! i saw you on the teenvogue blog and i was like "Woah!" super cool ;)
Congrats Rumi!! Your blog has been my daily dose for fashion inspire.. *curlyyat*
that's awesome news, congratulations!! I just wanted to let you know I read this thing religiously, and I JUST started my blog so if you have some time to kill please check it out:) Updates will be hopefully occurring in the next few days. Thanks!
Congrats, Rumi! I really enjoy your blog and your style (I definitely check your blog every day), but I also appreciate your witty and intelligent writing.Thank you.
Congratulations! I love teenvogue too! It's the only teen mag I cannot give up at age 22!
rumi! congrats!! i read your blog everyday since i discovered it from another site (but i forgot which one)...
wow, you must be sooo happy! this is a great oportunity to make your blog known for a lot of people. congratulations
Wow, that's so great! Congratulations. Although I'm not surprised they picked you, you're style is just amazing.
And thankyou for linking my blog too :)
I headed over to TeenVogues website to check out the real post and it is way awesome! Congrats and as always..I look forward to your blog :)
congrats rumi, kepp on doing a great blog!
CONGRATS, well u totally deserve this. No wonder, u have such a great and pretty unique style i think.
Check also my blog! :)
congratulations!
You are my favourite internet style icon
wow, i think that's the dream of every blogger! congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations! I read Teen Vogue religiously too (And I'm 24), its just one of the best out there.. and i completely agree with u on the YM Embarassing Stories..
Congratulations! I absolutely adore your style and I hope you won't mind if I post a link of your blog on my site. Keep up the good work! :)
What a marvelous coup for you, and for the readers of Teen Vogue. Congratulations, Rumi, as the recognition is much deserved. Your captivating writing style, beautiful photos, and the fact that you are just plain nice make you ever so deserving. Not to mention your eclectic and exquisite eye for fashion. Cheers to you!
Oh wow Rumi thats amazing!! Well done, very much deserved.x
GOD!!!
Congratulations!!!!
Of course, you deserve it, your blog is amazing!
Congratulations!! Thats awesome, and you are so deserving. Your blog is inspiring without being overly pretentious, and I love it. I predict that this won't be the last we hear or see of you in the press. Go Rumi!
I too collect far too many fashion magazines, Teen Vogue being my biggest weakness. I understand the closet-space issue. But the magazines are just as important as the actual clothing is sometimes! ♥ Also, thanks for linking Anna Wintour's intro letter.
wow that is amazing well done!
i've just linked you to my blog as you are one of my daily reads and i love your blog!
ahh thats so amazing!! congratulations!!
CONGRATULATIONS*
Well ma'am, you ARE the reason many girls have started their own blogs, including me. I even say that in my first post. You're great at what you do and wear... so thank god you got some recognition for it. ;) Keep it comin'.
OMG! Congrats! I love teen vogue as well and share the same obsession. Great job!
Congratu-freaking-lations!
You definitely deserve it and I'm happy to see you're going places with your passion :)
I love checking your blog daily, though I'm sure you get that all the time. Keep it up and remember the little people when you become famous :)
Wow, that's freaky!
By the way, I featured you on my fashion blog.
Keep on doing this!
Nina
congrats girlie, thats great.
well deserved. congratulations!!!
but i know a lot of people go on & on about teen vogue, but i just cant get around to liking it at all.
This is AMAZING recognition and quite deserved as well! You are such an inspiration to me and so many other ladies. I never miss a day without checking your blog (I actually check it several times a day!) You write intelligently and never come off as pretentious! You come across as someone that is very approachable, and sweet and I congratulate you! Keep bloggin'!!!!
you deserve it! duhhhhhh :)
Congrats!
that is awesome yay!!! :)
congrats!!!
congratiulations! im a huge fan of your blog and visit it every day so i didnt wonder that it is the blogger of the moment in teen vogue!
btw, i linked you on my blog i hope its okay. its still pretty new so dont wonder :)
xoxo denise
Enhorabuena!
te lo mereces!
besos
Yay! So excited for you, Rumi!
Sarah B in San Diego
wow, dream come true. You truly have amazing style, don't ever doubt that!
i saw that yesterday on the site-that is such a dream
congrats!
Congrats Rumi! Your style and blog are both amazing!
Congrats! I feel exactly the same way about Tenn Vogue. good to know their are others who feel the same way.
That's so amazing! Lots of Congrats! Thats definitely part of the goal of blogging - so good, enjoy!
That TeenVogue cover looks really odd, I don't believe I have ever seen it... I only have every issue since 2004 saved though. Hmmmm
Ok so I just commented above about how I have every issue of teenvogue since 2004... and I just googled it and teenvogue started in 2003 so I don't understand where you got that picture from? is that not American teenvogue or something?
CONGRATS!!!
Thank you SO MUCH! You are all so sweet <3
Anon, I linked to where I got the picture from :) - they started out with four test issues and officially launched as a monthly magazine in '03.
xoxo
Chuff! Dude you seriously are big time. Congrats You deserve it...you definitely have come a long way since those days when you exclusively wore those pocketless jeans that reminded me of a super skinny elephant. But I guess I can't really talk - I wore white socks with dark jeans and brown shoes the other night...I hope you didn't notice but I know you have an eye for that kinda stuff - stupid me for not doing my dark laundry before I came up. Later!
Haha god THOSE JEANS. Although, I am thinking it's insane that you did not prioritize mentioning the thighless jean/shorts/bootlings. Did we coin that term? We should look into copyrights, maybe.
Yeah, your socks were all I could think about, my mind was screaming in anguish. But not really. Miss you!
Hope Matt's solo ferry ride went okay, tell him I want to steal Molly.
congratulations, you have a very good look it was just normal for you to be in teen vogue......
I love your photos.......
bye
that's a total OMG! I don't know how you find all these great clothes!! You have the best style I've ever seen!
Congrats! This is amazing!
ooo i love your answers! fabulous!
Cool!
i will never forgive teen vogue for that cover with those "has beens", but i still like them, if that makes sense.
i hope they realize your a great catch, and hire you as a writer or something!!!! oh yeah i would love that!
congratulations rumi!
i'm a big fan of your blog and i'm glad that you finally got recognized.
you definitely deserve it.:)
super congrats, I just read the article and you are very well spoken. I didn't know you work in fashion so that is fabulous too. The photos on your site are so great. No wonder, your boyfriend is a photographer. Maybe he will work in fashion photography.
thats sooo amazing.
lucky you!
thats definitely one of my goals!
you deserve it though.
omggg rumi! im so happy for u! i stalk ur site like 10x a day haha. congrats on the teen vogue interview
Congratulations! What a great site to be featured on :)
You deserve the success because you are original, have great style w/o having to spend a lot of money- which to me is REAL style. Anyone can buy expensive clothes, but you make second-hand look so fresh! :)
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