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Simon Doonan

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Author, bon vivant, judge on NBC's 'Making It' with Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman, former Creative Ambassador for Barneys NY.
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This New York Tudor Revival Was Inspired by the Windsors

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By Helen Crowther, Simon Doonan
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When Miles Redd and David Kaihoi come calling in Rochester, New York, the results are anything but mild-mannered. Simon Doonan engages them on those Windsors—Edward and Wallis—the color red, and the answer to the question, Do you want to live in ugly? Well, no… Simon Doonan: The word that screeched out of my brain when I first looked at this project was ecclesiastical. The house looks like a bishopric—and I don’t mean to be obscene. MILES REDD: I was not thinking of that at all.
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Forgiveness Is Overrated. Learn the Healing Power of Holding a Grudge.

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By Simon Doonan
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Doonan Our softy culture says we should forgive even the most heinous crimes. Sometimes it’s healthier not to. Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer. Last week a man bumped into me on Fifth Avenue. “Out of the way, tutti-frutti!” he boomed, eliciting shocked glances from passersby. As I scanned for a cop, I thought, “What kind of crazy, Little Richard–inspired hate speech was that?” But the moment quickly passed. The quaintness of this old-school 1950s insult gradually sank in.
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The Horrifying Thing I Learned About Marilyn Monroe by Folding Her Capri Pants

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By Simon Doonan
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What I learned about the icon by folding her capri pants. What made Marilyn Monroe such a fashion icon? Photograph by STR/AFP/Getty Images. In this season of holiday extravagance, it’s worth revisiting Simon Doonan’s take on Marilyn Monroe’s modest estate, which he helped Christie’s prepare for auction. The excerpt below, originally published in 2012, is from Simon Doonan’s Gay Men Don’t Get Fat.
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