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"Name: Joan Rivers\r\nOccupation: Comedian; TV host; author\r\nMade in Manhattan: Born in Brooklyn, the iconic host of E!&amp;apos;s Fashion Police has remained devoted to New York City&amp;apos;s style, despite decades of work in Hollywood. &amp;quot;Women in New York are so much more individual,&amp;quot; says Rivers, 79. &amp;quot;They take more chances and they mix, which I love. They&amp;apos;ll put a great bag with an insane looking necklace. There&amp;apos;s drama in New York.&amp;quot; Of course, she admits Parisian style is pretty posh, but adds, &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t like a city that doesn&amp;apos;t use dress shields or deodorant.&amp;quot;\r\nPersonal Pizzazz: &amp;quot;I love to dress up, just going to the edge of either dramatic or just to the edge of &amp;apos;Oh what the hell try it,&amp;quot; says the star of Joan &amp;amp; Melissa: Joan Knows Best (season three premieres in early 2013 on We TV). Her most treasured togs: A gold medal jacket with a chinchilla trim by Dolce &amp;amp; Gabbana, two Marchesa cocktail dresses and a black dress with feathers designed by Randi Rahm. &amp;quot;She made it for me when I went to Buckingham Palace. And Prince Charles knighted me Lady of the Chickens!&amp;quot; says Rivers.\r\nWise Words: &amp;quot;Coco Chanel said something so smart. It&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;Fashion fades. Only style remains the same.&amp;apos; You just need to have the security in yourself. I&amp;apos;m not frightened to say what I like. This looks good on me, so that&amp;apos;s what I&amp;apos;m going to wear,&amp;quot; she says. For Rivers, that means donning her two most recent scores: A &amp;quot;fabulous&amp;quot; Burberry raincoat that&amp;apos;s studded on the sleeves and on the collar, and an &amp;quot;elegant&amp;quot; black Chanel cape, which she calls &amp;quot;perfection.&amp;quot;\r\nBeware of Boutiques: &amp;quot;I find it difficult to shop as a celebrity. When I walk into a store, especially if it&amp;apos;s a small store, I feel obliged to buy something. It&amp;apos;s such a rejection to the person if you walk out. And if they know who you are, it&amp;apos;s very difficult, you know?&amp;quot; says Rivers, who nevertheless adores the boutiques on NYC&amp;apos;s Madison Avenue as well as a Lexington Avenue shop called Paolo Poggi. She also has a soft spot for bigger stores: Barney&amp;apos;s New York (&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s where you go to find all that kind of unusual things&amp;quot;), Bergdorf Goodman (&amp;quot;You going to get great, great, great quality&amp;quot;), and Century 21 (&amp;quot;Leave me alone at Century 21. You just fight your way into bliss&amp;quot;).\r\nSmart Selections: &amp;quot;I have a wonderful stylist named Cary Fetman, who does a million celebrities and he also does The Bachelor and The Bachelorette!&amp;quot; says the author of 11 books, including 2012&amp;apos;s I Hate Everyone: Starting With Me. &amp;quot;He knows what looks good on me and he&amp;apos;s also an age appropriate nut. So maybe I&amp;apos;m not going to have the thigh-high boots [like the Bachelor cast] but I am going to have a gorgeous boot!&amp;quot; Her essentials? &amp;quot;My canvas is always black. I have black turtlenecks, black crewnecks, black scoop necks, black square necks, and all of my bottoms are the black pants. And I go from there. They think I&amp;apos;m an ass in California, but too bad!&amp;quot;\r\nQuote: &amp;quot;The whole point of dressing is to have fun with it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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