How designers, writers, and celebrities are paying tribute to AndreLeonTalley
Photo: PIXELFORMULA/SIPA/Shutterstock On Tuesday, renowned fashion icon André Leon Talley died in New York at 73. Talley was an inimitable force in the fashion industry, a beacon of glamour, luxury, and flamboyance. He began his career in fashion working for Diana Vreeland at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute before becoming a receptionist at Interview magazine under Andy Warhol.
A trailblazing Black tastemaker in a notoriously white and elitist industry, Talley was a close friend and mentor to dozens of legendary designers, including Oscar de la Renta, John Galliano, and Alexander McQueen, as well as supermodels like Naomi Campbell. Photos show him with all walks of cultural icons: Diana Ross, Grace Jones, Fran Lebowitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring. In 2008, he styled the Obamas during their first year in the White House.
In 2018, Talley was the subject of a documentary, “The Gospel According to Andre,” which followed him from a childhood in the segregated South to the top of Vogue’s masthead. In 2020, he published The Chiffon Trenches, a best-selling memoir that looked back on how he managed to survive the insidious racism of the fashion industry.
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