The Very First "It Girl"

"IT" is that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force. With "IT" you win all men if you are a woman—all women if you are a man. "IT" can be a quality of the mind as well as a physical attraction.

Self-confidence and indifference whether you are pleasing or not—and something in you that gives the impression that you are not at all cold. That's "IT".

-Elinor Glyn

Defined by Novelist Elinor Glyn who made the term "It Girl" popular for our first it girl Silent Screen gem Miss Clara Bow.

In 1927, Clara Bow reached the height of her fame in the film "It". the movie was based on a story by Elinor Glyn, and soon after the films release, Miss Clara Bow became known as the first "It Girl." In Glynn's story, It, a character explains what "It" really is: "It...that strange magnetism which attracts both sexes...entirely unself-conscious...full of self-confidence...indifferent to the effect...she is producing and uninfluenced by others.")