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“The few Malandrino pieces I have collected are so Latin-influenced, I’d always thought she was Spanish. Her flavors are no less picante today. References to flamenco, mariachi and matador evoke a jet set V.I.P. room in Old Mexico City: think Frida Kahlo for Yves St. Laurent, summer 1984.”

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