Andre Leon Talley Quotes

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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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  Inspiration, Pursuit Of Happiness, Luxury

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• The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.

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  Beautiful, Simple, Bed

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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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  Bed, Get Up, Exciting

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• I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

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  Tears

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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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  Fashion, Emotional, Clothes

  "A history of the little black dress" By Ann Hoevel, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2012.

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• People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.

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  People, Needs, Edited

  "Q&A: André Leon Talley". Interview with Luisa Zargani, wwd.com. February 28, 2013.

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• I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

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  Fashion, People

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• I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

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  Believe, Skills, Heaven

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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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  Fashion, House, Guests

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• I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.

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  Drama, Thinking, People

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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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  Black, Dresses, Zenith

  "On The Little Black Dress" by Andre Leon Talley, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2013.

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• Beauty is health. Health is beauty.

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• There is room in today's world for men to wear dresses.

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  Men, Dresses, World

  "A history of the little black dress" By Ann Hoevel, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2012.

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• I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

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  Risk, Athleticism, Couture

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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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  Fashion, People, Dresses

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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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  Shoes, Hot, Looks

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• I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

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  Grandmother, Unconditional Love, Grand Mother

  "Unconditional Love: Remembering My Grandmother" by Andre Leon Talley, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2013.

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• I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.

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  Successful, Water, Trying

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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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  Beautiful, Growing Up, Sunday

  "On The Little Black Dress" by Andre Leon Talley, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2013.

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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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  Fashion, Live Your Life, World

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• I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

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  Sick, Mermaid, Dresses

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• Money isn't everything, but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days.

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  Retirement, Thinking, Money Isn't Everything

  "Q&A: André Leon Talley". Interview with Luisa Zargani, wwd.com. February 28, 2013.

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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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  Thinking, Airports, People

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• You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

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  Paris, Originality, Wonderful

  "ABC News: Sober Vuitton Caps Global Fashion Marathon". ABC News, 2007.

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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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  Differences, People, Making A Difference

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