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People need to be edited life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
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Washington
District of Columbia
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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.
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I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.
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At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.
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Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.
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Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
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Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you're standing wrong. Drek is a total, total, total hot mess.
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Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.
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Some days are good some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.
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I only watch MSNBC for the news.
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Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
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Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.
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I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
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It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.
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The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.
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I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.
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Russia is a place of great culture. If you've read Tolstoy's War and Peace, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov...the culture of the great Russian literature is amazing. The human narrative you get out of War and Peace is universal.
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The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.
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It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.
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You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.
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