Andre Leon Talley

Editor

1949-10-16 – 2022-01-18

Quotes by Andre Leon Talley

• Uggs are comfort shoes, and it's important to have a shoe that gives you a sense of comfort. I have about 15 pair of Uggs - the same shoe, the same color. And I also have the bedroom slippers.

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• I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

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• Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicality. She understands what a woman needs to wear to work and what a woman needs to wear when it's time to go out and put on the Ritz!

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• In the heyday of the Oscars, there were electric sparks flying. When Cher went in her fabulous Bob Mackie dress and her Mohawk, and Bjoerk with her swan dress. Then we thought it was bad taste; now I think it should have been the best dress because she stood out.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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