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Fashion is everywhere and about everything. It is folly, vanity and the fun of it all. It is disguise, innuendo, and cunning. It is mean, gorgeous and ambitious, and definitely the last word for the next few seconds.

Barbara Kruger

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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Painter
Photographer
Visual Artist
Newark
New Jersey
Barbarah Ḳruger
Barbarah Kruger
Barabra Kruger
Everything
Everywhere
Innuendo
Mean
Definitely
Cunning
Fashion
Gorgeous
Fun
Disguise
Word
Ambitious
Lasts
Seconds
Last
Folly
Next
Vanity

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