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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.

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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
Perfect
Life
Pursued
Red
Fashion

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I adore artifice. I always have.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.
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I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.
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