Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller shows off her wardrobe for The Coveteur and sits down for a chat dishing on clothes, shoes and her internship at Valentino. Check it out!
Leandra Medine from The Man Repeller shows off her wardrobe for
The Coveteur. The young fashion blogger has already designed
clothing and jewelry lines, guest-starred on E! Fashion Police and
has a book in the works.
"I am pretty anal about keeping everything in this part of my
closet color coded. It makes fishing easier and speaks volumes to
my monochromatic way o’living," she reveals.
Speaking about the animal printed coat in her closet, Leandra
confesses that, "This is a genuine leopard fur coat that belonged
to my great grandmother. She just recently passed away, God bless
her. And her wardrobe. The little Amish slice of heaven underneath
is a super 70's Tory Burch dress that I wore for a mother’s day
campaign that ran on their site a couple of weeks ago."
As on the beautiful red gown, she says that, "I scored [this gown]
at a sample sale for $600! It was slashed down from $5,000. There’s
only one runway sample, it never went into production and happens
to be the actual dress Serena wore on an episode of Gossip Girl a
few seasons ago. If you think this is good, you should see what my
mama scored. I’m talking white fur cape."
When it comes to shoes, Leandra told The Coveteur that, "I
consider myself more a shoe collector than wearer. I’ve spent close
to every dollar I’ve ever made on shoes. My mom once told me to
always invest in shoes and handbags and that I could improvise the
rest with meagre means. I bet now she regrets giving me that
advice. Funny how much a girl will spend on accessories that are
meant to drag across dirty sidewalks."
Talking about the Yves Saint Laurent ring, the renowned blogger
explains that, "Ah, the official blogger ring. I bought my arty
oval when I was abroad in Paris last fall. Before I was a blogger.
One time, at a Passion Pit concert I smacked myself in the face
with it. This is also the framed page from my Lucky Magazine
spread. Don’t I look like the Mediterranean version of Ellen
DeGeneres? Got to love a crisp white suit."
Leandra also reveals she was an intern at Valentino. "I was an
intern at Valentino for three years. One time, I had to sharpen 500
pencils. That may not sound like a lot but it took three days, sh*t
tons of finger blisters and white dresses ruined by led. In the
final stretch, after having been moved by various employees because
the sharperner noise was so irritating, I was sitting on the closet
floor, sharpening away when my boss flipped her lid on me. The
gowns were grazing against some pencil shavings. The horror! The
horror!"
Anyway, this bag was gifted after I worked with them and ELLE on an
accessories story. Be nice to your interns, people. You never know
when you might need them again," she continued.
Read Leandra Medine's complete interview on thecoveteur.com.
Photos courtesy of The Coveteur


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