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People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.
Leandra Medine
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I haven't worn make-up since my wedding, and my husband loves me a lot.
Leandra Medine
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I do know that I would never - though you should never say never - work with a decorator, because I don't want to see the touch of someone else in my own space.
Leandra Medine
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Initially what defined me as a 'man repeller' was my conscious effort to wear clothing that was attractive in my opinion but not necessarily in a man's opinion.
Leandra Medine
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I can't imagine catering to an audience that doesn't also interest me.
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I have always, always loved words.
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My blog is not about repelling men, it's about good fashion.
Leandra Medine
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The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that.
Leandra Medine
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I think Man Repeller is more about self-confidence than it is about a woman's relationship with a man.
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I think that when I started Man Repeller, the Internet was still hungry for authentic content from girls that weren't actresses or supermodels and were just relatable girls who had opinions and outfit ideas, and they weren't always good, but at least they were original.
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What a woman does or does not do to her face is personal. And as with most other things, makeup or a lack thereof can serve as either a prison or a fortress commanded by the mind: you can become a slave to it, or it can set you free.
Leandra Medine
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You're not stupid because you're interested in fashion, period.
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I buy all my perfumes duty free - I think people are fools not to.
Leandra Medine
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Nothing's worse than oily skin.
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I really love the category on the site called Brain Massage.
Leandra Medine
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What good is a wall without framed art? It is like the equivalent of the accessories that you choose to wear to decorate a black dress - precisely the stuff that makes the wall/dress you.
Leandra Medine
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I realized that if I were a 23-year-old girl getting married, and I wasn't struggling with it, that would likely mean that something was either massively wrong with me or that my brain is made up of delicately wrapped almonds that serve perfectly as party favors.
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Could Yosef be considered a Man Repeller even though he's a man? I'd love to get my hands on that techni-colored dream coat! Feels very Matthew Williamson to me.
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I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or.
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You don't usually find an island in a New York kitchen.
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I am loving visible bras with shirts, high-waisted pants and oversize blazers.
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I have always had a fleeting relationship with clothing.
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There's charm, in some capacity, to every trend. I just think practicality should die. Crocs - blech.
Leandra Medine
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I didn't actually even really know my grandmother; I must have been 3 or 4 when she died.
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