it girl

noun

variants or It girl or It Girl or less commonly it-girl

ˈit-ˌgərl 

or It-girl or It-Girl

plural it girls or It girls or It Girls also it-girls or It-girls or It-Girls

informal

: a woman or girl of superlative social appeal and influence

It could be from their legendary acting, brilliant singing, or even how they walk the runway, but one way or another, they become Hollywood it girls, the ones that everyone looks up to and wants to be.

—Alexandra Ramos

Jazz is finally an It Girl, one of the popular girls at school.

—Sam Scala

She's also getting ready to film a new movie, and she's trying to adjust to life as this moment's It girl.

—Mark Binelli

The "It" girl represents something indefinable—a quality, charisma, or spark that makes her stand out and captures something of her time.

—@The Talk, on Youtube

… she went from plucky Hollywood newcomer to fashion It Girl in about a nanosecond.

—Nicole LaPorte

The 'It-girl' is more than a person; she is an aesthetic, a cultural moment, a business distilled into human form. She embodies the zeitgeist of her era, serving as a lens through which her generation perceives and defines itself while always standing apart from it.

—Amy Francombe

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above