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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: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
Trains
Pose
Borrowed
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Train
Sick
Bling
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