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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.
Andre Leon Talley
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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
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Washington
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Beauty is health. Health is beauty.
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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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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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I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
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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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I don't understand the world of the Internet. I just type up on my computer.
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I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.
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The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.
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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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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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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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Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.
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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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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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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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Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
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I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.
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In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.
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I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.
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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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