Fashion Journalist André Leon Talley Dead at 73
Fashion journalist, New York Times bestselling author and former Vogue creative director André Leon Talleyhas died age 73, TAA PR has confirmed.
The cause of death has not been released.
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Born in Washington, D.C., Talley’s career included runs at WWD, Vanity Fair, House & Garden and Vogue. He was best known for his time at Vogue where he was fashion director between 1983 and 1987, before becoming its creative director. In 1995, he moved to Paris for a stint at W, but returned to New York as Vogue’s editor at large where he was a trailblazer in the fashion industry.
The former creative director at Vogue earned an undergraduate degree in French literature at Carolina Central University and later on scholarship at Brown University, he earned a master of arts degree in French literature. Talley lived in France from 1978 to 1980 while working for Women’s Wear Daily, with his first big piece on Yves Saint Laurent establishing him in Paris. That was the first of “so many great experiences” and travels in France, he said. There were also trying exchanges, as chronicled in his memoir “The Chiffon Trenches,” which was released in 2020.
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