"Everyone said you would cancel on me last minute and I refused to believe. "Words cannot describe what it feels like knowing you are no longer with us in the physical form, like everyone who loves you my heart skipped a beat," she wrote, adding she called designer Diane von Fürstenberg right after hearing the news.Ĭampbell detailed many intimate moments she shared with Talley, including their travels to Brazil, Moscow, Paris and their recent 2019 trip to Lagos, Nigeria. Thursday Campbell wrote a thoughtful and heartfelt tribute for her late friend on Instagram, describing their time together as an "everlasting family ship."
RIP André Leon Talley: Fashion industry icon and former creative director of Vogue, dead at 73Ĭampbell became the first Black model to front the cover of Vogue Magazine's September issue and credits her close relationship with Talley, who was Vogue's fashion news director at the time, for making the opportunity happen. Many celebrities and members of the media paid their respects to Talley on social media following news of his death.
He later served as a judge for four seasons of "America's Next Top Model" and most recently, was the center of the 2017 documentary, "The Gospel According to André." Talley began at Vogue in 1983, and in 1988 was named the Condé Nast magazine's creative director, ultimately also serving as editor-at-large.ĭuring his 40-year trailblazing career, Talley brought diversity to the highest tiers of the fashion industry, serving as a mentor to supermodels, namely Naomi Campbell and Black designers including LaQuan Smith. Talley was the larger-than-life, longtime creative director at Vogue during its rise to dominance as the world's fashion bible," the statement read. Talley's official Instagram account confirmed his death with a statement and tribute to the late fashion icon early Wednesday. "Mr. Tributes poured from around the world for trailblazing fashion journalist André Leon Talley, the first Black creative director of Vogue magazine, who died Tuesday at age 73. His collection developed as he developed within the fashion industry.Watch Video: André Leon Talley, former creative director of Vogue, dies at 73 "Andre Leon Talley was a fervent student of fashion, luxury, and French culture," Rachel Koffsky, the international head of handbags at Christie's, tells Town & Country."Not only do these trunks exemplify this, but they were also constant fixtures throughout his life. But, if there's a material item that tells his story best, the honor would go to his collection of Louis Vuitton trunks. The estate sale is estimated to achieve $725,000 and will benefit causes he supported throughout his life, including the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York and Mount Sinai Baptist Church in North Carolina.Ī few standout lots of the sale include three pieces by Andy Warhol a Chanel navy silk faille tiered cape and a pair of Chanel Gripoix glass-and-gilt-metal cuff bracelets.
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Nearly one year after his death last January, Talley's belongings will head to auction at Christie's in a series of live and online auctions beginning January 27.
Andre Leon Talley will always remain a towering figure in fashion forever woven within the DNA of the industry.
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