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In celebration of SheerLuxe.com's latest competition (to win THE It Bag of the year – Mulberry’s new Shimmy), we thought we'd take a look at that which inspired the term 'It'. The original It Girl.
And as no original It Girl would have had to splash out £875 on this bag, why should you?
Click on this link to enter to win yours, along with £1,000 to spend online at fashion boutique, Start London.
SheerLuxe.com will make an It Girl out of you yet...
Now, about that It Girl.
In a very helpful article on Mental Floss, we learned that the term was coined for silent screen actress Clara Bow, who starred in the 1926 film, It. The film was based on a novelette by tastemaker Elinor Glyn, who was paid $50K to state publicly that Clara Bow had 'It'. In her words, from Wikipedia:
'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'."
Apparently Bow wrote to several gossip columnists bequeathing her crown to Marilyn Monroe, although the term was also used for Jean Harlow and Edie Sedgewick. But despite the fame and the glamour, none of them ended up particularly well. Bow died a reclusive schizophrenic, Monroe died at 36 of an overdoes, Harlow died at 26 of kidney disease, and Sedgwick died at 28 of an overdose.
So maybe it's safer to stick with It Bags, and if they're all as fabulous as this one, that's just fine with us.
Click on this link to enter to win yours, along with £1,000 to spend online at fashion boutique, Start London.
SheerLuxe.com will make an It Girl out of you yet...
Now, about that It Girl.
In a very helpful article on Mental Floss, we learned that the term was coined for silent screen actress Clara Bow, who starred in the 1926 film, It. The film was based on a novelette by tastemaker Elinor Glyn, who was paid $50K to state publicly that Clara Bow had 'It'. In her words, from Wikipedia:
'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'."
Apparently Bow wrote to several gossip columnists bequeathing her crown to Marilyn Monroe, although the term was also used for Jean Harlow and Edie Sedgewick. But despite the fame and the glamour, none of them ended up particularly well. Bow died a reclusive schizophrenic, Monroe died at 36 of an overdoes, Harlow died at 26 of kidney disease, and Sedgwick died at 28 of an overdose.
So maybe it's safer to stick with It Bags, and if they're all as fabulous as this one, that's just fine with us.
Here Is The Writer : The Shopaholics
Madame A and Madame B live in penthouses down the hall from each other not far from The Square Mile. One works for an American bank, one is
just an American. Both require their identities to be secret for a
variety of reasons, but mostly because they'd like to stay out of hot
water with their partners and bank managers.
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