Tributes poured in for André Leon Talley, the longtime creative director at Anna Wintour’s Vogue who became a fashion icon in his own right.
According to his obituary, Talley died Tuesday at the age of 73. official Instagramaccount, was a prominent figure in fashion in all senses. The 6-foot-6 Talley appeared at fashion shows and industry events — often alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Wintour — in outrageous looks that included capes, hats and bold colors and patterns.
“No one saw the world in a more glamorous way than you did,” designer and friend Diane von Furstenberg Submitted. “The world will be less joyful. I have loved you and laughed with you for 45 years… I miss your loud screams… I love you soooo much.”
Roxane Gay, fashion writer called Talley “a beacon of style for so many.”
Edward Enninful (Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue) thanked him. “paving the way,” WritingFollow us on Instagram “Without you, there would be no me.”
Milla Jovovich (actress and model) mourns the loss. “force of nature”And she said that she felt it. “lucky”He was someone she had encountered several times throughout her career.
Kerry Washington was just one of the many Hollywood stars who paid tribute. “Oh Andre! Heaven is not ready for you darling!!!!!! The whole afterlife is going to be just too fabulous now,”She wrote Instagram.
Talley is also a Vogue contributor for over 40 years. He was also a popular guest judge. “America’s Got Talent”It was the subject of a documentary in 2018. “The Gospel According to André,”That charted his rise to prominence in the fashion industry, where he was a notable and influential Black man who advocated beauty in every day life. “Fashion is fleeting. Style remains.”
That film also captured Talley’s rise from a childhood in Durham, North Carolina, where he was raised by his grandmother, to the inner circles of the New York celebrity and fashion scene. Arriving in New York City in the 1970s, he became a receptionist for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and mingled with the likes of Halston and Karl Lagerfeld.
After working at Women’s Wear Daily in Paris, he joined Vogue in 1983 as news director under Wintour — and was later promoted to creative director and editor at large. He left Vogue in 2013.
“I worked behind the scenes. I did it in dulcet tones, and I was persistent and tenacious,” Talley Tamron HallAt a 2017 event at Brooklyn Academy of Music. “I always assumed a very quiet, role. I didn’t scream and yell and shout….That was the best strategy, because that was the world I moved in. After all, it was Vogue, darling.”
Talley also published many books, including “A.L.T: A Memoir,” “Chiffon Trenches”Illustration books like “Little Black Dress,” “Oscar de la Renta, His Legendary World of Style.”
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