Posted AT 2:07 PM EDT on 12/04/08
The unbearable lightness of literary It Girls
Unless you count cupcakes, condos and corporate bankruptcy, not much is manufactured on the island of Manhattan these days. But there is one thing New York has been spitting out with admirable consistency for well over a century: the It Girl.
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- Partido fantastico
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