NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died. The death Tuesday of Talley, the influential former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, was confirmed on his Instagram page early Wednesday. : A Memoir,” Talley focused on two of the most important women in his life: his maternal grandmother, Bennie Frances Davis and the late, legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland. “You can tell everything about a person by what he puts on his feet,” Talley told the AP. Asked whether fashion and food went together, he noted that "Food is not important in the fashion world, where you are supposed to look like an asparagus.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2022 06:10 UTC