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Fashion, at modern time, was actually a way for women to go out in the world. There was one painting of a woman sitting at a café, drinking a beer by herself and kind of pretending to read but really watching people, that sort of thing. It fascinated me.

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Kim Gordon
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
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Kim Althea Gordon
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