Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 5, 2005 19:14
19 yrs ago
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English term
anti-it girl
English
Marketing
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
I love this coat sort of, trenched shape and the hood, but it’s in this really sort of sloppy, almost hand woven looking blue and brown And then I love the sort of velvet paisley, it’s like a paisley burn out, and then again the really sloppy washed out khaki drill, urm sort of anti-it girl kind of look.
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Aisha Maniar
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French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
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anti-fashion
"an anti-it girl kind of look" is a style that goes against what is considered to be fashionable and appropriate to the styles lauded in that particular season. Kind of going against what the establishment (probably the media in this case) consider fashionable.
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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cheers :-)
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George Rabel
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cheers :-)
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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Alexander Demyanov
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juvera
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Robert Donahue (X)
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jennifer newsome (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all."
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George Rabel
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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rebel / independent minded /
Like, you know...
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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like, thanks mariteri
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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Like, thanks Maddie
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sarahl (X)
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Like, I think the Clara Bow "itness" referred to by Ruth is not the one we are dealing with here
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Thank you
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Robert Donahue (X)
: I don't think Ruth was referring to Clara Bow in particular, rather than just pointing out the etymology of the term "it" as it's used here. In that respect, Ruth is exactly right. It does mean who is considered the "hottest" actress at a given time.
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neither do I, but I don't think this "itness" is necessarily sexy, just, "in". Like baggy pants.
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Claire Langhard
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deliberately non-sexy
Clara Bow was called the "it" girl in the 1920's. "It" was sex appeal. Having "it" made her "hotsy-totsy". So to be an anti-it girl is to be the opposite of sexy.
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-05 19:26:18 GMT)
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I am not saying this writer would ever have heard of Clara Bow, but that is the origin of the term, whether applied to Madonna or Paris Hilton.
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-04-05 19:26:18 GMT)
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I am not saying this writer would ever have heard of Clara Bow, but that is the origin of the term, whether applied to Madonna or Paris Hilton.
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RHELLER
: thanks for explaining it :-) I never knew that
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Thanks, Rita
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TranslateThis
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Thanks, TT
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Kirill Semenov
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Thanks, Kirill
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Alexander Demyanov
: While the historical account is correct, I am not sure this is the modern meaning of the "it". E.g. consider this: http://www.christinaricci.info/cgi-dodger/showpage.pl?sel=in...'est-à-dire.
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chacun a son "it"
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Robert Donahue (X)
: +++My take is that since she's talking about the clothing in such detail, she is swimming against the fashion tide so to speak. So anti-fashion is more appropriate. She might still look good : )
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The writer sounds anything but rebellious, and the double use of the word 'sloppy' implies non-form-fitting.
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humbird
: Yes, "it girl" is a term spared for glamourous, sexy woman of '20s,
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Thanks, humbird, actually I like your idea of anti-glamorous
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Girl who does not wear high-fashion designer clothing
IT-girls are women who love being seen in all the latest designer fashions & haute couture.
Thus, an anti-IT girl is a woman who eschews the glamourous IT scene. She does not want to be a slave to fashion and will wear clothes that she likes, even if they're not up-to-date. She is not as high-maintenance as the IT-girl.
Thus, an anti-IT girl is a woman who eschews the glamourous IT scene. She does not want to be a slave to fashion and will wear clothes that she likes, even if they're not up-to-date. She is not as high-maintenance as the IT-girl.
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