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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
Socialite
Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
Independent
Taste
Fashion
Style
Hand
Hands
Much
Boring
Good
Inspiring

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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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I adore artifice. I always have.
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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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