André Leon Talley Instagram – Throwback to true elegance: Anne H Bass, who died last spring, was one of the true original and elegant
ladies of the universe. We were very close friends; my favorite moments were when we dined or had lunch, alone, just the two of us. Or with another close friend, at Majorelle, Catie Marron. Anne loved everything beautiful and stunning: gardens, paintings, clothes, films as in Bertolucci or Visconti, and of course, ballet.
And more than anything, she loved her two daughters, Hyatt and Samantha. Hyatt interned for me at HG
(formerly House & Garden, where I was Creative Director) for nine months, while Anna Wintour, was the glass ceiling decimator, as editor-in-chief. I loved this Ron Galella photo because it shows that we cared about how we got dressed back in the Eighties and Nineties.
I miss Anne the way I miss Lee (Radziwill) and Sao (Schlumberger) and Diana (Vreeland), I think about Anne, Lee, and Sao and Mrs Vreeland a lot. A whole lot. Here, Anne and I are in New York, going to the Met Gala in 1993.
Yours truly, author of Chiffon Trenches (just released in Penguin paperback)is wearing full military formal dress, from Welsh & Jefferies, Saville, Row, London, and bespoke D’Orsay shoes with gilt buckles, Manolo Blahnik.
Anne is wearing Valentino couture, and an antique pearl and diamond brooch. Soignée . Sashshay
#thechiffontrenches #monoloblahnik #valentino #giancarlogiammetti #vogue #metball #penguinrandomhouse | Posted on 09/May/2021 18:16:21
