From the Archives: André Leon Talley on Two Women Who Taught Him How to Live

When I walked into her office, Mrs. Vreeland was eating her sparrowlike daily lunch: a small shot of Dewar’s White Label Scotch and a tiny, tiny finger sandwich sent over…

Pre-Met Gala, Doechii Pays a Jaunty Homage to André Leon Talley in Full Louis Vuitton

There’s a lot to play for, this coming Monday, in conceptualizing a look that celebrates the message. The ‘tailored for you’ theme reflects the exhibition’s focus on menswear, and is…

From André Leon Talley to Zora Neale Hurston: A “Superfine” Reading List

In recent years, the theme of the Costume Institute’s big spring exhibition—and, in turn, the Met Gala—has often had an establishing textual reference, whether Susan Sontag’s Notes on Camp or…

Anna Wintour on the Late André Leon Talley, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and a Special Met Issue of Vogue

It was his favorite photograph of himself, taken by Arthur Elgort, 1988: André Leon Talley, in a wash of sunlight, striding up Fifth Avenue in a gray panel-checked suit by…