Leandra Medine Quotes

Author Image

Leandra Medine

Profession : Author

Birth : December 22, 1988

Next time you look in the mirror, close your eyes and ask yourself when you feel like the best version of you. When you open them, act on that.

Leandra Medine

No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them.

Leandra Medine

It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes.

Leandra Medine

Fashion is used as a tool to convey a point about who we are or potentially want to be. Whether or not a civilian curates his or her own aesthetic is up that person, but it is an integral part of one's public image.

Leandra Medine

I do not wear a lot of makeup. On social media, this seems to work both in my favor and against me.

Leandra Medine

Don't get me wrong - I'm not against makeup. If I could manage looking like 'me' in a way that also read as tastefully, invisibly airbrushed, I'd sign up for that faster than you could choose a filter to do it for me.

Leandra Medine

One thing I didn't think upon getting married: that my style would - or could - change.

Leandra Medine

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.

Leandra Medine

There's charm, in some capacity, to every trend. I just think practicality should die. Crocs - blech.

Leandra Medine

I started my blog when I was a senior in college, and I knew that all the people in my program were probably going to be applying for very similar jobs, so I needed something to separate my resume.

Leandra Medine

I want Man Repeller to feel like you're waking up in the morning, you're calling your girlfriend, you don't know what she is going to say, you don't really care what she has to say, but you know you're going to like it, and you're going to laugh and hang up the phone and feel ready to take on the day with all this new knowledge.

Leandra Medine

I always wanted to make sure that I was honest to myself and that people wanted to hear an opinion that was authentic... I wanted Man Repeller to be a voice for women who felt like they didn't have a voice or for women who didn't know how to express their voice.

Leandra Medine

I have always had a fleeting relationship with clothing.

Leandra Medine

You have to keep a feeling of goodness in your exteriors.

Leandra Medine

I never thought I'd wear Birkenstocks, but here I am! Having said that, I'm pretty sure I'd never wear Crocs.

Leandra Medine

I never borrowed money from Mom. I lived at home, but my parents never helped me. I worked hard and moved out. I treated my blog like a business; hard work is important.

Leandra Medine

Man Repeller is intended to chronicle all the fashion trends that women love and men hate. I started it because I am woman with a deep appreciation for harem pants. And sometimes blaming clothing on a sad love life is easier than blaming oneself!

Leandra Medine

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.

Leandra Medine

Nothing's worse than oily skin.

Leandra Medine

I am loving visible bras with shirts, high-waisted pants and oversize blazers.

Leandra Medine