Editor-at-large at Vogue Andre Leon Talley is a treasure. What die-hard The Hills fan can forget when he told Whitney she missed her calling as a model. He's styled everyone from Jennifer Hudson to Sarah Jessica Parker/Carrie Bradshaw and has mentored many young designers as well as people in the entertainment industry as well. I'll personally never forget reading that he once told fashion reporter Jeanne Beker to lose her guilt about wearing fur saying, "wear it before it eats you!"
But there's more to the man amidst the flashing lights. Hailing from Durham, North Carolina he went on to receive a bachelor degree at North Carolina Central University and a Master's in French at Brown. He accredits much of his stylish upbringing to his grandmother and expresses gratitude to Vogue darling Diana Vreeland for mentoring him. You can read more about his life and see it in pics in both of his books: A.L.T. A Memoir, and A.L.T. 365.
I ask, what is not to love about this man?! I absolutely adore him, he's regal as all hell and the man rocks a fur coat better than I'll ever know how to!
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