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The fashion component of the "it girl" originated with Glyn's elder sister, couturier Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, known professionally as "Lucile". Lucile managed exclusive salons in London, Paris and New York, was the first designer to present her collections on a stage complete with the theatrical accoutrements of lights and music (inspiring the modern runway or catwalk show), and was famous for making sexuality an aspect of fashion through her provocative lingerie and lingerie-inspired clothes.Evans, Caroline. (2013). The Mechanical Smile, pp 34–36, 39–41Bigham, Randy Bryan. (2012). Lucile: Her Life by Design pp 23–31. She also specialised in dressing trendsetting stage and film performers, ranging from the stars of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway to silent screen icons such as Mary Pickford and Irene Castle.

As early as 1917, Lucile herself used the term "it" in relation to style in her fashion column for Harper's Bazaar: "... I saw a very ladylike and well-bred friend of mine in her newest Parisian frock ... she felt she was 'it' and perfectly happy."Duff-Gordon, Lady (Lucile). (1917). "The Last Word in Fashions". Harper's Bazaar, 63, October 1917Bigham, Randy Bryan. (2012). Lucile - Her Life by Design, 31, 275.

In 2023, Matthew Schneier for The Cut, defined the New York "it girl" as being: "Famous for being out, famous for being young, famous for being fun, famous for being famous." Schneier added that an "it girl" does not define itself that way, but that "magazine writers, newspaper columnists, photographers" do. The prominence of an "it girl" is often temporary; some of the rising "it girls" will either become fully-fledged celebrities, commonly initially via appearances on reality TV shows or series; lacking such an accelerant, their popularity will normally fade. Schneier claimed that achieving obscurity is required to be considered one: "An undeniable celebrity is not an 'It' girl."

Editors at The Cut also included a list of over 150 '"It" girls. Called 'It' Girl Inflation, the article praised the Internet for increasing supply and demand, or democratizing, the 'It' Girl. Notable New York "it" girls included Tinsley Mortimer, Olivia Palermo, Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Amanda Hearst, The Misshapes, Vashtie Kola, Cat Marnell, Audrey Gelman, Tavi Gevinson, Jemima Kirke, Barbie Ferreira, Chloe Wise, Salem Mitchell, Dasha Nekrasova, Ivy Getty, Caroline Calloway, and Eve Jobs.

• Evelyn Nesbit (1884 or 1885–1967), American artists' model, photographic model, chorus girl, and silent film actress, whose rise to fame around 1900 has been called "the birth of the 'It Girl'".
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• Brenda Dean Paul (1907–1959), British silent film actress and socialite.

• Daisy Fellowes (1890–1962), French socialite, Paris editor of American Harper's Bazaar, and an heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune.

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• Lee Radziwill (1933–2019), American socialite, public relations executive, interior designer, and younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

• Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), American actress, model, and Andy Warhol's Warhol superstar, was dubbed "the it girl".
• Twiggy (b. 1949), British model and actress, famous for her iconic androgynous look and role in defining the 1960s fashion era.
• Jane Holzer (b. 1940), American art collector, former model, actress and Warhol superstar.
• Peggy Lipton (1946–2019), actress and model known from the hit TV show The Mod Squad.
• Ali MacGraw (b. 1939), American actress and activist, her first job was as Diana Vreeland's assistant in the early 60s.
• Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon (b. 1947), British socialite and heiress
• Pat Cleveland (b. 1950), American supermodel, one of the first African-American models within the fashion industry to achieve prominence.

• Marisa Berenson (b. 1947), American actress, model and granddaughter of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
• Diane von Fürstenberg (b. 1947), Belgian fashion designer, her and husband Prince Egon von Fürstenberg were known as an "it couple".
• Grace Jones (b. 1948), Jamaican singer, model and actress. "It girl" of the Studio 54 disco scene.
• Bianca Jagger (b. 1945), Nicaraguan actress and activist, wife of Mick Jagger, and "it girl" of the Studio 54 disco scene.
• Nan Kempner(1930–2005), American socialite and philanthropist.
• Iman (b. 1955), Somali-American supermodel, entrepreneur, philanthropist and widow of David Bowie.

• Edwige Belmore (1957Edwige Belmore2015), French model, singer, artist and actress.
• Dianne Brill (b. 1958), fashion designer, model, author, and former Club Kids. Andy Warhol deemed her the "Queen of the Night".
• Cornelia Guest (b. 1963), New York socialite, author and actress, considered an "it girl" of the 80s club scene.
• Cookie Mueller (b. 1949–1989), American actress and author who starred in multiple John Waters films.
• Lisa Edelstein (b. 1966), American actress, and part of the 80s club scene. She was dubbed New York City's "Queen of the Night" by Maureen Dowd in 1986.
• Tina Chow (b. 1950–1992), American model and jewelry designer.

• Kate Moss (b.1974), English model. Considered one of the UK's most famous "it girls", Moss has been a muse to various fashion designers and contemporary artists; namely Marc Jacobs.
• Chloë Sevigny (b. 1974), American actress and model, was described as an "it girl" by Jay McInerney in The New Yorker in 1994, because of her status as a fashion impresario.
• Pamela Anderson (b. 1967), Canadian-American actress, model, media personality, and author.
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966-1999), American publicist for Calvin Klein and wife to John F. Kennedy Jr.. Cited as the pinnacle of the 90's American "It Girl".
• Tamara Beckwith (b. 1970), English socialite and television personality, was widely described as an "it girl" in the 1990s.
• Aerin Lauder (b.1970), American socialite, businesswoman and billionaire heiress. Considered an "it girl" by Vanity Fair.
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971–2017), English socialite and television personality, was considered to be the foremost of the 1990s "it girls" in the United Kingdom.
• Parker Posey (b. 1968), American actress, was considered by many to be the "it girl" of the burgeoning independent film scene of the 1990s after she played a hip, young socialite in the 1995 film Party Girl.

• Alexa Chung (b. 1983), English model and television personality. Described as the "21st century it girl."
• Devon Aoki (b. 1982), American supermodel and retired actress.
• Tinsley Mortimer (b. 1975), American socialite and television personality.
• Charlotte Ronson (b. 1977), English fashion designer and socialite, based in the U.S.
• Fan Bingbing (b. 1981), Chinese actress.
• Nicky Hilton (b. 1983), American socialite, member of the Hilton family by birth and of the Rothschild family through marriage.
• Mischa Barton (b. 1986), British-American actress. Entertainment Weekly, as well as other tabloids, labelled her as an "It Girl" in the early 2000s.
• Olivia Palermo (b. 1986), American socialite and television personality.
• Sara Schätzl (b. 1987), German writer and actress, was labelled an "it girl" by the German tabloid press in the late 2000s.
• Cory Kennedy (b. 1990), American Internet celebrity and model, described as "the Internet's First It Girl".

• Gigi Hadid (b. 1995), American model and television personality.
• Bella Hadid (b. 1996), American model.
• Kendall Jenner (b. 1995), American model and television personality.
• Cara Delevingne (b. 1992), English singer, actress and model.
• Emily Ratajkowski (b. 1991), American model and actress.
• Cat Marnell (b. 1982), American writer and media commentator.
• Petra Collins (b. 1992), Canadian artist, director of photography, fashion model and actress.
• Park Shin-hye (b. 1990), South Korean actress.

• Julia Fox (b. 1990), Italian-American actress, artist, model, singer, and media personality. "I'm So Julia" became a slang term for being "everywhere", which in turn means being the "it girl".
• Lily-Rose Depp (b. 1999), French-American actress and model.
• Charli xcx (b. 1992), English singer-songwriter.
• Jisoo (b. 1995), Jennie (b. 1996), Rosé (b 1997), and Lisa (b. 1997), members of South Korean girl group Blackpink.
• Hari Nef (b. 1992), American actress, model, and writer.
• Addison Rae (b. 2000), American singer.
• Irene Kim (b. 1987), American model.
• NewJeans, South Korean girl group.
• Hunter Schafer (b. 1998), American actress and model.
• Emma Chamberlain (b. 2001), American influencer, YouTuber, podcaster, businesswoman and model.
• Ayo Edebiri (b. 1995), American actress and comedian.
• Alex Consani (b. 2003), American model and social media personality.
• Gabbriette (b.1997), American model and musician.
• Ivy Getty (b.1994), American heiress and model.
• Mia Khalifa (b. 1993), Lebanese-American media personality, model and former porn star.

• Glyn's 1927 film script was adapted into a musical called The It Girl, which opened off-Broadway in 2001 at the York Theatre Company, starring Jean Louisa Kelly.
• It Girls is a 2002 feature documentary film directed by Robin Melanie Leacock, which chronicles the activities of a group of socialites in Manhattan, New York, U.S., during New York Fashion Week.

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• Bigham, Randy Bryan. (2012). Lucile: Her Life by Design
• Brown, Leah Marie. (2015, 2016, 2017). The It Girls series. Book one: Faking It ; Book two: Finding It ; Book three: Working It ; Book four: Owning It
• Caroline Evans (2025). 9780300189537, Yale University Press. . ISBN 9780300189537
• Arthur Marwick (2025). 9781852854485, Hambledon and London. . ISBN 9781852854485
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• David Stenn (1988). 9780385241250, Doubleday. . ISBN 9780385241250