Andre Leon Talley
Andre Leon Talley
André Leon Talleyis the former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years. He uses his influence to promote young fashion designers and mentors young talent in other fields...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth16 October 1949
CountryUnited States of America
Andre Leon Talley quotes about
fashion careers antonio
Fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez was a major part of my early career.
grandmother doors orange
The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen's screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse.
hug friendly faces
Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
watches news
I only watch MSNBC for the news.
grandmother unconditional-love grand-mother
I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.
fashion editors way
It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional way.
style taste france
It's always great to have things from France at a wedding. It's symbolic of style, of culture, of taste.
speak
In my day you didn't speak until spoken to.
new-year party home
I'm usually at home and in bed by 10 o'clock. I do not want to be out at anybody's New Year's Eve party.
thinking healthy important
I think it's important that models be healthy.
successful water trying
I suppose the most daring thing I've ever done is try to water ski. And that was not successful.
unique hands political
Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume.
successful rejects-you idols
Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.
humble russia paris
One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.