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[Glanrhos]

21a - General term for a wardrobe staple considered timelessly stylish (7) ?l?s?i?
48d - Term that derived from a story by Rudyard Kipling for a stylish, upwardly-mobile female socialite (2,4) i? g?r?
Thanks for some help

[fiction-factory]

it girl?

[Sam1960]

it girl

[fiction-factory]

classic

[Glanrhos]

Thanks fiction-factory, Sam1960 - I thought that the expression "it girl" was coined by an American?

[scorpiojo]

It Girl" was originally slang for a beautiful, stylish young woman who possessed sex appeal without flaunting her sexuality, when the phrase originated in British upper class society around the turn of the 20th century.[1] An early literary usage of the term "it" in this context may be traced to a 1904 short story by Rudyard Kipling: "It isn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just 'It'."