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I'm interested in fashion I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.

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Nate Berkus
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 17
Designer
Interior Designer
Television Presenter
County of Orange
California
Gotten
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