Albert Hammond, Jr. Quotes

It's so funny because when I talk about fashion and menswear designers, it's really like a small percentage of my head. I don't mind talking about it, but I always worry that it's gonna seem to the outside world that that's all I think about.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

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• It's so funny because when I talk about fashion and menswear designers, it's really like a small percentage of my head. I don't mind talking about it, but I always worry that it's gonna seem to the outside world that that's all I think about.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • World
  • Mind
  • Small