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I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
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Washington
District of Columbia
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When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.
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Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.
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