How to be an IT Girl

How to be an IT Girl

Feel IT, Look IT, Own IT!

By Maya Haidar

The Canadian Model’s Resource
By Dan Grant (Trafford Publishing) $30
The ultimate resource guide for anyone who seriously wants to pursue a career in modeling, this book is the bible for what you need to know to get started. Author Dan Grant, Canada’s only journalist dedicated to the model
industry, takes you through every detail—even down to what you should be toting around to go-see appointments. Bonus: Contributions from many of the industry’s top agents and some prominent international scouts. www.modelresource.ca

"I always recommend that girls stay away from black eyeliner when having their photo taken, as it has a tendency to make the eyes looks smaller and almost squinty." Matti Gidilevich, Agent at Elite Models & contributor to The Canadian Model’s Resource

Glamour’s Big Book of Do’s and Don’ts
By Cindi Leive & the editors of Glamour (Gotham Books) $32.50
If one of your guilty pleasures is staring at fashion Do’s and Don’ts in the various celebrity rags out there, then this is a must-have for you! Every page is a collection of the coordinated and the catastrophic, brought to you by celebrities and real peeps right off the street. These offences are worse than any socks and sandals hideousness you can ever imagine. Best part? Guessing who the black-barred celebs are. The other best part of this is that Cindi and her expert team tell you why it’s bad, so it’s an educational read as well as one that will have you gasping and laughing uncontrollably.   

Being a Girl: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Teen Life
By Kim Catrall (Key Porter Books Ltd.) $24.95
As shocking as she was, we can all appreciate the no-nonsense directness of Samantha Jones. However, in real life, even the best of us fall short of such perfectly cool confidence. Kim Catrall, the Canadian actress who played the sharp-toothed Jones, knows all too well the hardships of being a teen. This book is full of amazing advice, top tips and tricks for being glamorous and confident, as well as stories and journal entries that are funny and touching.