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Inside the apartment of New York’s most eccentric dresser
Tziporah Salamon has lived in her one-bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side in New York City since 1982.
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Salamon was a favorite subject of the late street style photographer Bill Cunningham, and one of the star's of 2014's "Advanced Style" documentary.
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She took CNN on a tour of her apartment, showing off her impressive collection of clothing and accessories. Hats, she says, are "the exclamation point."
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"One of the rules of dressing is that wherever you go, you have respect to the occasion," she says.
The daughter of Hungarian Holocaust survivors, Salamon remembers her father advising against her dressing to elaborately.
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"I understood it from his point of view, because as the daughter of Holocaust survivors, (I was) so sensitive to their pain," she says. "You don't want to be a peacock in the camps because you'll be the first to go. So lay low, fit in, and shuffle along."
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Today, Salamon sees herself taking on the role of teacher, leader, and fashion high priestess.
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"I don't want to be misunderstood about this or to sound as if I'm coming from an arrogant place, because this for me is such a humble realization," she says.
