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Plus, Sofia Coppola is the forever It Girl, how to keep your makeup sweatproof, & more. [Nylon Daily]( [Woman wearing a red hat and gloves, shading her eyes, looks up joyfully on a sunny city street.]( IT GIRL [Candace Bushnell On Being The Original New York City It Girl]( With Sex and the City minting new Gen Z fans on Netflix, Candace Bushnell, aka the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, weighs in on ’90s New York and downtown It Girls. “I have people come up to me and say the show changed their life,” she says. [→ READ MORE]( [BEABADOOBEE FIGURES OUT HER FAME]( It Girl [BEABADOOBEE FIGURES OUT HER FAME]( There’s one crowd that Beabadoobee is afraid to play. It was a discovery she made on a recent trip to Japan, where she celebrated both her and her boyfriend Jake Erland’s birthdays. “I think everybody expected me to sound good, and I was like, ‘Just like heaven!’” she sings as off-key as Beabadoobee could possibly be — which is to say, she still sounds as angelic as always. [→ READ MORE]( entertainment [horizontal divider] [Woman in blue lace gloves posing with hands on cheeks against a pink curtain backdrop with a large white flower.]( it girl [Gracie Abrams On Protecting Her Fans And Texting With Taylor Swift]( Gracie Abrams is everywhere all at once. [→ READ MORE]( [A young woman sits on steps, wearing denim overalls, a white blouse, and black sandals, bathed in sunlight with a shadowy backdrop.]( it girl [LAUFEY is MODERN JAZZ’S BIGGEST STAR]( The 24-year-old Icelandic jazz singer has amassed a fandom typically devoted to that of pop icons thanks to her penchant for honest sincerity. [→ READ MORE]( the deep dive [horizontal divider] [Collage of various women's portraits with different expressions and angles, artistically overlaid on textured background.]( entertainment [SOFIA COPPOLA KNOWS WHAT MAKES AN IT GIRL]( Before Sofia Coppola was an Oscar-winning filmmaker, she was an It Girl. You can see it in a 1994 [archival video from MTV]( where she and then-boyfriend Spike Jonze talk about staging a guerrilla fashion show for Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon's X-Girl clothing label. “You too, can do a fashion show,” she says, giggling into the microphone. “That’s all you need: walkie-talkies and a sheet and some girls.” It helped that she had good genes, great style, and hip friends. But the ease with which she could whip together a cultural moment and seize attention was her real gift. [→ READ MORE]( trending [horizontal divider] [ON BEING AN IT GIRL NEW MOM]( music [ON BEING AN IT GIRL NEW MOM]( From DJing on New Year’s Eve while seven months pregnant to posting her stomach at six weeks postpartum, Amrit Tietz is redefining modern motherhood. [→ READ MORE]( [The Makings Of A Literary It Girl]( entertainment [The Makings Of A Literary It Girl]( This energy is concentrated in the heart of savvy writers who not only aren’t afraid to DIY, but for whom it matches their personalities to create genuinely interesting, creative work to promote their books [→ READ MORE]( icymi [horizontal divider] [A woman in a cropped gray sweater and blue jeans poses against a white background.]( exclusive [Alix Earle's Guide to World Domination]( First she conquered TikTok. Now, the Internet's favorite It Girl is gearing up for even more. [→ READ MORE]( FURTHER READING → [How to Keep Your Makeup Melt-Proof, According to 5 Experts]( → ["Peach Girl" Nails Are Everywhere This Summer & These Manicures Prove It]( → [For Francesca Scorsese, TikTok Is Just The Beginning]( Follow us on: [instagram]( [facebook]( [tiktok]( [x_social]( [Want to Advertise With Us? Get in Touch.]( You're receiving this email because you signed up to receive communications from BDG Media. If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely [unsubscribe](. Or to manage preferences click [here]( BDG Media, Inc. · 315 Park Ave. South · New York, NY 10010 · USA Copyright 2024 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved.