Tom Ford: “I adored André Leon Talley. He was brilliant, shocking and sharp”

Designer Tom Ford has released a statement following the passing of André Leon Talley, legendary fashion stylist, creative director and editor at Vogue magazine. Talley passed away yesterday of a heart attack stemming from complications of COVID-19. He was 73 years old.

Talley was a true fashion icon, known as an advocate for diversity in the fashion industry. Tom Ford referred to André Leon Talley as brilliant, with a wit that was both shocking, worthy of Marie Antoinette, as well as “sharp and right on.”

“I adored André. He was brilliant. Just when he would say something so completely shocking and worthy of Marie Antoinette he would then counter it with a statement so sharp and right on that it reminded you of exactly why he was able to have come so far in the world.” 

—Tom Ford

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As many tributes to André Leon Talley continue to be made throughout the day, Vogue has compiled a photo essay on his life.

As we remember his extraordinary influence on the world of fashion, here, take a look back at Talley’s whirlwind life—and his lifetime of audiences with the crème de la crème of style and high society: https://t.co/PYMSVivH8k

— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) January 19, 2022

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