André Leon Talley dreamed of a life 'in the pages of Vogue, where bad things never happened'
- Written by: Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
Photo by John Lamparski/Getty ImagesEvery time we see a “fashion moment”, we use the words of André Leon Talley, from his description of Galliano’s 1994 Japonisme show.
Talley, who died yesterday age 73, was a flamboyant, over-the-top figure from the fashion industry, inclined to snobbery and rather overbearing. He had a...