His byline appeared in Vanity Fair, HG, Interview, Ebony and Women's Wear Daily and he was the editor of Numero Russia," the statement continued. "Over the past five decades as an international icon was a close confidant of Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Paloma Picasso and he had a penchant for discovering, nurturing and celebrating young designers. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Talley was the larger-than-life, longtime creative director at Vogue during its rise to dominance as the world's fashion bible." "It is with great sadness we announce the passing of André Leon Talley on Januin New York," the statement read. “But first of all let me say, Anna Wintour did not make me, I made myself.Fashion icon and former Vogue editor André Leon Talley has died at age 73, a statement released on his official Instagram confirmed late Tuesday. “In many ways, I owe to her my world of Vogue, I owe to her many many important segments of my life,” he told Hall in 2020. Talley often emphasized his appreciation for his time at Vogue and Wintour, but he was clear that he credited his own upbringing and tenacity with his rise in the fashion world.
“When we talk about how your job will never love you no matter how much you give them, saying nothing about André Leon Talley’s passing and just tweeting as normal is a case study,” writer Roxane Gay wrote on Twitter hours after the news first broke. Though Vogue acknowledged Talley’s passing and released an obituary the morning following the news, some pointed out that their social media channels remained quiet while memorials came in from around the world. And I do not think she will ever let anything get in the way of her white privilege.” “She comes from (Britain), she’s part of an environment of colonialism. “Anna Wintour is a colonial broad she’s a colonial dame,” Talley told Bernhard. "This is about a Black man's experience in a very insulated world," Talley told Gayle King of his memoir released last year. This is about a Black man’s experience in a very insulated world.” “This book will help unpeel the onion about her,” he said. His relationship with Wintour had hit “an iceberg,” he told CBS’s Gayle King in May 2020 while discussing his memoir. Talley and Wintour’s relationship was the subject of speculation in recent years. I didn’t scream and yell and shout….That was the best strategy, because that was the world I moved in. “I did it in dulcet tones, and I was persistent and tenacious….I always assumed a very quiet role. “I worked behind the scenes,” he told talk host Tamron Hall in 2017. Wintour promoted him to creative director five years later, and he helped helm the publication until 2013, aside from a three-year stint at W magazine in Paris.
He worked at Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, Women’s Wear Daily and the New York Times before taking his first role at Vogue in 1983 as its fashion news director. Talley started his fashion career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute with an unpaid role under fashion editor Diana Vreeland, according to Vogue, who ushered in the Met Gala’s heydey.
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