I have a theory that every icon in pop culture history had a leopard print garment they adored & were photographed wearing.
🐆EXHIBIT A🐆: Duke Ellington in the comfort of his luxe leopard smoking robe, April 1950 (📸: Roger Viollet).
Happy 🎹🎂 Birthday, Edward...a dapper gentleman who was, in his own words, "beyond category."
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