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# A Farewell to the Eternally Glamorous and Groundbreaking André Leon Talley
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/a-glamorous-farewell-to-andre-leon-talley-01-2022/
- Published: 2022-01-19T15:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-19T19:13:54.000Z
- Description: RIP, one of the world's most resplendent men.
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: Featured, *Flashback*, fugs, retrospective, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:18

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When the news broke around dinner time on the West Coast last night that [André Leon Talley -- one of the few icons who truly deserved to be called iconic -- had died](https://wwd.com/business-news/media/fashion-journalist-andre-leon-tally-dead-at-1235039207/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), I flashed back to a moment in my own life. Heather and I were covering Fashion Week for New York magazine, and I had somehow ended up arriving at Oscar de la Renta VERY late. As was André Leon Talley! (He surely for glamorous reasons, I just couldn't get a cab.) Anyway, under most circumstances, ALT would certainly have been found a seat regardless while I would have correctly shuffled over to standing room, but the way the show was set up logistically, it was too late for any of that -- and that's how I ended up perched on top of a sandbag next to him in the photo pit to watch the show. It was thrilling. (He did not seem to mind. He was resplendent in a caftan.) I'm certain there are going to be countless remembrances of him from folks who actually knew him published over the next several days and I look forward to reading them; there is surely so much to write about such a groundbreaking and unforgettable man. I also really recommend[ his excellent autobiography, The Chiffon Trenches](https://www.amazon.com/Chiffon-Trenches-Andr%C3%A9-Leon-Talley-ebook/dp/B07XJKHQCX/ref=tmm%5Fkin%5Fswatch%5F0?%5Fencoding=UTF8&qid=1642564703&sr=8-1&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). And in his honor, we've pulled some photos from [his always well-dressed, if surely not always easy, life](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/style/andre-leon-talley-dead.html??ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). One of the things that strikes me about all these pictures is how much everyone with him seems to love his company -- which is a wonderful legacy to leave behind, too.

I saw this on Twitter last night, and thought you might enjoy seeing it as well:

> Andre Leon Talley was a walking encyclopedia of fashion. He was a leader of high style and a walking piece of fashion history. Fashion of the 20th and 21st century wouldn’t be the same without him. RIP Andre Leon Talley. [pic.twitter.com/5XGWfTDpLT](https://t.co/5XGWfTDpLT?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)
> 
> — Naomi Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup (@beyonceseyelid) [January 19, 2022](https://twitter.com/beyonceseyelid/status/1483657345024602113?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

And these shots are spectacular:

> [pic.twitter.com/D7pcoQYiC3](https://t.co/D7pcoQYiC3?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)
> 
> — Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) [January 19, 2022](https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1483644181520076800?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

And, finally:

###### \[Photos: Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images, PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images, Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images, Catherine McGann/Getty Images, Barbara Nitke/Cw Network/Kobal/Shutterstock, Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage, Sara Jaye/Shutterstock, Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, KMazur/WireImage, Billy Farrell/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Stefanie Keenan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Shutterstock, Clint Spaulding/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images, Amanda Schwab/Starpix/Shutterstock, David Hartley/Shutterstock, Stan Seymour/Shutterstock, Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock, Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images, Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images, Kristin Callahan/Shutterstock, Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel, Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel, Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock, Araya Diaz/Getty Images, Patrick Lewis/Starpix/Shutterstock, \]