The below seems to have a familiar sound. *whistles innocently*
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From Wikipedia:
The early usage of the concept "it" in this meaning may be see in a story by
Rudyard Kipling: "It isn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily.
It's just 'It'."[1] Elinor Glyn lectured: "With 'It' you win all men if you
are a woman and all women if you are a man. 'It' can be a quality of the
mind as well as a physical attraction."[2] The expression reached global
attention in 1927, with the film It, starring Clara Bow. - While "it girls"
of today are commonly young females in the worlds of fashion or
show-business, the original concept focused on personality. Kipling's "Mrs.
Bathurst" was a middle-aged widow, and Glyn significantly kept both Benito
Mussolini[3] and the doorman at the Ambassador hotel[4] on her "It men"
list. - "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 and all
women if you are a man.[2] and 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.[2] - Glyn stated that "Personality plus", was the
rock-bottom definition[9] and that "conceit" destroyed "It". - However, the
movie also plays with the notion that "It" is a quality which eschews
definitions and categories, consequently the girl portrayed by Bow is an
amalgam of an ingenue and a femme fatale, with a touch of "material girl".
By contrast, her rival is equally young and comely, and rich, blonde and
well-bred to boot, but she simply hasn't got "It". - The movie was planned
as a special showcase for the popular Paramount Studios star Clara Bow, and
her spectacular performance[10] introduced the term "It" to the cultural
lexicon. Bow said she wasn't sure what "It" meant,[11] although she
identified Lana Turner,[12] and later Marilyn Monroe,[13] as It girls, and
Robert Mitchum as an It man.[14] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It-girl
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