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Simon Doonan, born on October 30, 1952, is a highly influential figure in the fashion industry, known for his unique fashion insights and creativity. His career spans various roles including fashion editor, designer, and publisher.

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“If there is such a person on the planet, then he or she-this self-appointed arbiter of “appropriateness”-deserves to be confronted with as many “inappropriate” transgressions as possible.”

Ifs Persons Self Planets Deserve Inappropriate Transgression Arbiter Appropriateness

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“Why be formal when you can be fabulously feral? Why be conventional when you can be happy?”

Conventional Formal

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“The charming shall inherit the Earth.”

Earth Charming

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“Wearing a pair of yellow shoes does not make you an interesting person, that is of course unless you've just murdered someone in them.”

Persons Doe Courses Interesting Shoes Pairs Yellow

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“I don't want a politician who's thinking about fashion for even one millisecond. It's the same as medical professionals. The idea of a person in a Comme des Garcons humpback dress giving me a colonoscopy is just not groovy.”

Thinking Want Giving Persons Ideas Fashion Politician Dresses Medical Groovy Colonoscopy

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“Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing to fashion fascism.”

Kind Real Spirit Groups Fashion Crime Identity Like You Dresses Conformity Fascism Like Yourself Succumbing Group Identity

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“The message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: 'I am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.'”

Clear Fashion Eating Messages Delight Print Prey Leopards Huntress Jumpsuits Offal Leopard Print

Book:Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

“All over America, people are making kamikaze choices about what to wear. They are misrepresenting the goods. They are letting their clothes write checks that their personalities cannot cash.”

People Writing America Choices Personality Clothes Checks Goods Cash

Book:Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

“Knowing who you really are and dressing the part -- with an air of amused recklessness -- is life affirming for you and life enhancing for other people.”

People Knowing Air Dressings Amused Affirming Recklessness Life Affirming

Book:Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

“The important thing is not to be masochistic. Women are so hard on themselves. Don't do that. No one is keeping score.”

Important Hard Important Things Score Masochistic

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“Why the hell wouldn't you want to be one of the fabulous people, the life enhancers, who look interesting and smell luscious and who dare to be gorgeously more fascinating than their neighbors?”

People Want Looks Interesting Hell Dare Smell Neighbor Fascinating Fabulous

Book:Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

“Dressing down is a crime against humanity.”

Humanity Crime Dressings Crimes Against Humanity

Book:Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

“Architects are the new comedians.”

Comedian Architect

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“Conformity is the only real fashion crime”

Real Fashion Crime Conformity Succumbing Group Identity

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Born: October 30, 1952
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