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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.

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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
Intoxicating
Banality
Release
Fashion
Must
World

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