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I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
Mermaid
Trains
Pose
Borrowed
Dresses
Train
Sick
Bling

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