A biography for Leandra Medinehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“My eyes will never be blue; my bone structure will never allow for you to mistake me for a Scandinavian model.”
“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.”
“Running a business is incredibly hard, especially as a creative person, because you're extricated from the creative very quickly, and that is really hard. Obviously, I have experienced that first hand.”
“Part of what dressing for yourself means requires your understanding that the scrutiny of others is frankly irrelevant.”
“If I were going to prom again, I would wear a huge skirt and plain cotton tank. A big, poofy, flotation-device-sized skirt. I wish I had done that.”
“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.”
“I am loving visible bras with shirts, high-waisted pants and oversize blazers.”
“Making the decision to embrace or to shun makeup is one that should be contingent on nothing more, nothing less, than doing what makes you feel like the best version of yourself.”
“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.”
“Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.”
“Initially what defined me as a 'man repeller' was my conscious effort to wear clothing that was attractive in my opinion but not necessarily in a man's opinion.”
“I'm Jewish, so I don't really do Christmas gifts, and Hanukkah is not as big a deal as gifts are concerned, so I never actually give gifts.”
“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!”
“I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that.”
“If I have to give up good fashion for a relationship, I don't want a relationship.”
“I wore some stupid brocade dress to my prom.”
“I do not wear a lot of makeup. On social media, this seems to work both in my favor and against me.”
“I have always had a fleeting relationship with clothing.”