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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. "

Leandra Medine

Man

Perfect

Life

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Leandra Medine

Time

Always

" 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. "

" My goal is never to push anyone to do anything other than think. "

" 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. "

Leandra Medine

Day

Think

" I wanted to be my own editor, and by 'editor,' I mean unedited-or. "

" You don't usually find an island in a New York kitchen. "

" I don't say in the morning, 'Look, Leandra, here are a bunch of women. Put that bronzer down.' It's more that I'm busy and whatever helps you get out the door and go to sleep easier. "

" 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. "

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Leandra Medine

Always

Book

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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. "

" Your doubts are generated by fear, and fear is a series of distorted thoughts. "

" Being a man repeller becomes a process of elimination. If a guy is only really into your outfit and won't date you because of what you're wearing, they are too driven by the female exterior and don't care about your intellect. "

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Leandra Medine

I Am

How

" 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. "

" As someone who has been known for the way they've been dressed, it's almost OK for me to wear New Balances and sweat pants. I'm not necessarily moulding trends, but it's OK if I'm not adhering to them. "

Leandra Medine

New

Dressed

" I love manicures - I'm really into colorful nails. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Without getting too spiritual, God has done so much for me; the least I can do is drink Kiddush wine on a Friday night. "