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Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.

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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