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I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
Fashion
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People

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Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.
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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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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.
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The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
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Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.
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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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One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.
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There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.
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I think it's important that models be healthy.
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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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I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
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The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.
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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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On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.
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People have always been fascinated by people in the public eye and what they wear, what they are doing, but not in a tabloid way. Tabloid celebrities are a turnoff. A lot of celebrities...you wonder why they are celebrities.
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I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.
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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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When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.
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I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.
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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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