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As long as you are promoting something that you really believe in - yes, it's incredible to see that designer earn the esteem they deserve - but there's something to be said about the fact that if you're convicted about an opinion, and you really believe something's great, you're not going to credit yourself for their success.
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I gained this new sense of control over my love life because when I called myself a 'man repeller,' you assumed that being single is my choice. I'm man-repelling because that's how I want to dress. I'm not single because no men like me. I'm single because I choose fashion over a relationship.
Leandra Medine
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I'm not comfortable leaving the apartment if the bed isn't made or a chair isn't tucked into the table.
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I feel like alternative piercings in the ear is this untapped way to festoon yourself. Not many people understand this, but it hurts so good. It's like getting dental work done. It hurts in the right way.
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Especially with Instagram, I feel reluctant to make all the photos beautiful because I don't necessarily want to send this message that life is perfect and your avocado toast is always going to be beautifully lit. I want readers to feel like the Man Repeller page is real and kind of dirty. Messy.
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It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes.
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I wore some stupid brocade dress to my prom.
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I'm probably most inspired by good street style that features items I already own; it's always great to see how another person wears something you have, which sort of reinvents it for you.
Leandra Medine
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No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them.
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I think men like things tight and simple.
Leandra Medine -
I'm not dressing with men in mind at all. I'm just going to wear what I want to wear. It makes things easier, too.
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My goal is never to push anyone to do anything other than think.
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Fashion Week is a great opportunity to make unimportant people feel like they own the world.
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When I'm wearing red lipstick, I'll never do anything with my eyes. And it's so easy - you just put on red lipstick, and your whole face just seems done.
Leandra Medine
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Fashion is used as a tool to convey a point about who we are or potentially want to be. Whether or not a civilian curates his or her own aesthetic is up that person, but it is an integral part of one's public image.
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Nighttime dressing is not very different from daytime dressing for me. I feel like night clothes don't get a chance to live the way day clothes do, so I prefer to think of night clothes as day clothes.
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The men who really get repelled by what you're wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don't want to date them anyway.
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Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are two of my favorite writers; they're the kind of writers who make you feel like, 'I can do this. I want to do this.'
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If I were going to prom again, I would wear a huge skirt and plain cotton tank. A big, poofy, flotation-device-sized skirt. I wish I had done that.
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I have never done anything to my brows, though sometimes I tweeze the intersection of the left and right brow, which is either a really good thing or a really bad thing.
Leandra Medine
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When push comes to shove, no one really cares what you're wearing except you.
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Next time you look in the mirror, close your eyes and ask yourself when you feel like the best version of you. When you open them, act on that.
Leandra Medine -
Sometimes I wear red lipstick - it makes me feel sophisticated.
Leandra Medine -
By the time I graduated college, I was sick of what was out there. I wanted to bring something new to the Internet.
Leandra Medine