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I've had my best times when trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I've always loved high style in low company.

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Anita Loos
Age: 92 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1981
Died: August 18
Autobiographer
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Mount Shasta
California
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