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Vulnerability is beautiful to me. There might be a need to fabricate your own beauty paradigms. I guess I never quite bought into any kind of 'standard'.

Hedi Slimane

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Hedi Slimane
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 5
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Fashion Designer
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