André Leon Talley

André Leon Talley Instagram – On the grand Pont Alexandre III in Paris, France, in Tom Ford court coat, Ralph Lauren black tie, Charvet shirt,
Roger Vivier court shoes, photographed by Jonathan Becker, my favorite bridge in Paris.
Paperback writer: Chiffon Trenches, my New York Times best-selling memoir goes on sale in paperback next week. It has been a long, hard year but the memoir has bought me incredible joy and news. I was nominated for a Grammy award for audio sound, which was a first. To be nominated is already a win. And the most incredible
joy I sustain, is that I learned last Sunday, I am a Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, of the French Republic. This was the best day in my life, to be in the august and impeccable body of Chevaliers: Diana Vreeland, Tina Turner, James Baldwin, Rudolph Nureyev and for a black man educated in public schools in Durham, North Carolina, I thank my French teacher, the late Cynthia P. Smith, who wrapped me in French: the language, the culture, style, history and literature. I also want to thank Wanda Garrett, my English teacher, who still resides in Durham, and who is a member of the Links Chapter of Durham, who had her own television show in Durham, early in the Sixties. She somehow knew that I was special. Oh how I wish my mother, my father, William Carroll Talley, and my grandmother, all her nieces and nephews, all her siblings , and all my cousins who have gone on to glory were here. Photograph by Jonathan Becker #JonathanBecker #tomford #ralphlauren #abyssinianbaptistchurch #cfda #thechiffontrenches #hamishbowles #monoloblahnik #virgilabloh #marcjacobs | Posted on 22/Apr/2021 20:40:16