“I think food is for fat people and poor people. Rich people don’t eat. They get dressed up and go shopping.”  – Celebrity stylist Robert Verdi takes a page from Rachel Zoe’s handbook and denounces the fatshionista.

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So Beth Ditto dishes on not being famous in the US, what it means to be a fashion icon, and why she always looks like Ray Charles put on her make-up.

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