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