“The loss of André is felt by so many of us today: the designers he enthusiastically cheered on every season, and who loved him for it the generations he inspired to work in the industry, seeing a figure who broke boundaries while never forgetting where he started from those who knew fashion, and Vogue, simply because of him and, not forgetting, the multitude of colleagues over the years who were consistently buoyed by every new discovery of André’s, which he would discuss loudly, and volubly-no one could make people more excited about the most seemingly insignificant fashion details than him.
The “pharaoh of fabulosity,” as another Vogue staffer once dubbed Talley, was also the industry’s biggest champion and booster, the first editor backstage, quick with encouraging advice or a course correction. When the news of his death from a heart attack broke late last night, many of his friends in fashion and beyond took to social media to express their grief, and a theme emerged. Talley was a man of grand pronouncements, extravagant capes, and friends in design studios from New York to Paris-Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, Karl Lagerfeld, and many more. "If it's a man and you can see the reflection of his face on the top of his black shoes, it means they've been polished to perfection.André Leon Talley, the larger-than-life former Vogue editor, has died at 73. "You can tell everything about a person by what he puts on his feet," Talley told the AP. Of all the elements of a person's apparel, Talley considered shoes to be most important. Talley released another memoir in 2020, "The Chiffon Trenches," that included gossipy behind-the-scenes tales about Wintour and other fashion figures like the late designer Karl Lagerfeld. Talley worked as a park ranger in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, where he told visitors about slaves who built Fort Washington and dressed up like a Civil War soldier, he told The Associated Press in 2003.Īfter stints with Interview magazine and Women's Wear Daily, Talley was hired at Vogue in 1983 by Editor in Chief Anna Wintour and was appointed its creative director in 1988. At 6-feet-6 inches tall, Talley cut an imposing figure wherever he went, with his stature, his considerable influence on the fashion world, and his bold looks. Talley was an influential fashion journalist who worked at Women's Wear Daily and Vogue and was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe. The Instagram post announcing his death said Talley was "the larger-than-life, longtime creative director at Vogue during its rise to dominance as the world's fashion bible" while noting that he "had a penchant for discovering, nurturing and celebrating young designers." Andre Leon Talley smiles as he stands near Bryant Park for Olympus Fashion Week, Februin New York City. Talley's literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley's death to USA Today.
Taley's death was confirmed on his Instagram account. André Leon Talley, titan of fashion journalism who paved way for African Americans, dead at 73 05:03Īndré Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died.
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