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When She Was "It" – The 80s

You could find the "It" girls .... Dancing with Madonna at Dancelaria before she got big, then sitting at the next table over from her at the Odeon a couple of years later, going to AREA and the Palladium and, before it went all bridge-and-tunnel, Limelight (but not the briefly rebarn Studio 54); working out at the Vertical Club, hanging out at Elaine's and Indochine; shopping at Charivari and the Antique Boutique; staying up with cocaine and coming down with Quaaludes, (barely) eating macrobiotically; ordering Absolut on the rocks; reading about themselves in Michael Musto's column and Stephen Saban's and Liz Smith's after they turn up at the same East Village parties as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and (still) Andy Warhol.

When She Was "It" – The 70s

You could find the "It" girls... visiting Halston at his salon in Olympic Tower and his house on East 63rd Street, shopping at the Biba counter at Bloomingdale's and the Courrèges store on 57th, after hours at Maxwell's Plum and Max's Kansas City or coupled up on Fire Island or at a New York Dolls show at the Marcer Arts Center, dancing at Studio 54 (ar Xanan, if it was just too hard to get in that night), getting one of the dozen burgers served every night at Raoul's, having lunch with their mothers at La Côte Basque or La Grenouille, where they discussed Fear of Flying.

When She Was "It" – The 60s

You could find the "It" girls... at the Peppermint Lounge as teenagers before they moved on to the Scene a couple of years later, shopping for minidresses at Paraphernalia and Betsey Bunky Nini, getting up with Obetral and down with Valium, rooming at the Barbizon Hotel, popping in to see Andy Warhol at the Factory on 47th Street, pearing at the vintage racks of Limbo, buying their makeup at Cambridge Chemists, attending Be-Ins in Central Park, slopping for a 2 a.m. omelet or shrimp-and-lobster salad at the Brasserie on Park Avenue.

The 00s to now

You could find the \"It\" girls... smoking illicitly inside the Beatrice Inn with the Olsens (and now doing ketamine at Paul's Cocktail Lounge); dancing to the Smiths at Sway; watching a basketball game with Jay-Z at 40/40 Club; brunching al Prune; nibbling on fries at Pastis; renting out Lucien for their birthdays; posing against the white brick wall at Misshapes; checking style.com, purple.fr, and lastnightsparty.com first thing the next morning; making out with a Stroke at Black and White; walking in a Heathereffe show; ending up in a Ryan McGinley photo; on theme at Allison Sarofim's Halloween party; at the Odeon (again) for Chanel dinner; rushing in their Manolos lo a Cinema Society screening.

When She Was "It"

In April, this magazine celebrates its anniversary (it’s our 55th) with a “Yesteryear” issue. This year’s looks back at a particular New York phenomenon, the “It” girl: who anointed them, what it was like to be them, and where they are now.

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The Group Portrait: Playing and Praying Together

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Dynasties

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What Lies Beneath Shinkai's Skies

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Camelot Is a Lot

Aaron Sorkin just can’t leave anything up to the audience’s imagination.

Parent Trap

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'Hamlet Is Mine, Too'

James Ijames’s Fat Ham doesn’t just break the fourth wall— it bulldozes it.

It's Tubi's Time

How streaming’s weirdest player won the internet.

Now That He Has Your Attention...

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Randy Polumbo made parts of the Cardea offices out of mycelium.

Emma Tucker's Deadline

The new Wall Street Journal editor, recently imported from London by Rupert Murdoch, knew little about America, New York, or her staff. And then Evan Gershkovich got arrested in Russia.

The New Light Is Bad

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How Stormy Daniels Sees It Ending

The long afterlife of a forgettable fling with a reality-television personality.

37 Minutes With... Paul Schrader

At Coterie, the Hudson Yards senior-living facility the screenwriter moved into to stay close to his wife.

On With Kara Swisher: Sam Altman

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Second Acts

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Neighborhood News: A Rat Hunter Takes Bushwick

A vintage way to tackle a newly pressing problem.

The Body Politic

The Disaster of Trump’s Indictment Why the circus surrounding his arrest may do more harm than good.

Who Ordered All the Turbot?

This big flat fish is everywhere.

Grudge Match

In Beef, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun find release in feeling bad.

Just Don't Call Them a Supergroup

Three solo records later, boygenius gets the band back together.

Big Little Things

Sarah Sze’s interstitial worlds take over the Guggenheim.

Why Are My Secret Spotify Songs Following Me Around?

At bars, with friends, on TV, I kept hearing the same music from my “Discover Weekly” rotation. So I tried to peer inside my bubble IRL.

Confessions on Jessie Ware's Dance Floor

After a career of romantic tearjerkers, she’s got everyone crying (for joy) in the club.