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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Andre Leon Talley

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
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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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Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.
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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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People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.
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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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Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
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I don't understand the world of the Internet. I just type up on my computer.
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Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.
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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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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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The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
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Beauty is health. Health is beauty.
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I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.
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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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You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.
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Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.
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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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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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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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On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.
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