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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

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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
Delicious
Evening
Aren
Clothes

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Pleasure is everything.
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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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