Andre Leon Talley Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.”
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“I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.”
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“People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.”
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“When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.”
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“I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.”
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“People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.”
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“Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.”
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“Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.”
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“I love Russian culture. I don't know the young Russia, I'm not at all familiar with young Russia, but the old school Russia is good enough for me for the moment.”
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“At an early age I discovered the beauty in pictures in 'Vogue' magazine and Ebony magazine, and I would read 'The New York Times.' I had to make my own world within my world because I was an only child.”
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“Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.”
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“Uggs can be as chic as heels for women.”
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“The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.”
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“I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.”
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“One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.”
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“You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.”
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“Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.”
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“Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you're standing wrong. Drek is a total, total, total hot mess.”
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“There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.”
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“You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.”
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“Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.”
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“Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way.”
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“Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up.”
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“When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.”
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“Reality TV, although I'm a part of it, I think reality TV is a terrible thing.”
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“On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.”
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“I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.”
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“First Ladies have always been held like specimens under a media microscope.”
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“Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.”
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“Beauty is health. Health is beauty.”
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