André Leon Talley

André Leon Talley Instagram – André Throwback: The moment in time, waiting alone, in the basement of the Louvre, for a Valentino show to begin. I am wearing, a beautiful gray twill Chanel jacket with brass buttons and four pockets, designed just for me by Karl Lagerfeld. It was the second jacket he made for me in the couture, and at that time, M.Pacquito was chief of tailoring. My turtleneck is English cotton, and my officer trousers with the contrast stripe are from Welsh & Jefferies, Savile Row. It is where the English Royals go for military dress. I have many trousers like this in every conceivable color and contrast, best ones, evening dress, with big gold braid. The shoes, inspired by
a pair of 1930s ski boots in the Hermès archives, Paris. I loved them so much, simply because they had red shoelaces,and still have them in my Paris archives closets in North Carolina.
That was when I felt like life was all sunshine, and very few dark clouds. I did make it into the Intrenational Best-Dressed Hall of Fame. Look at how I look, what a grand and elegant giraffe, if I had to compare to another creature. #valentino #hermes #paris #welshandjeffries #thechiffontrenches #armani #amyfinecollins #tbt | Posted on 25/Mar/2021 09:04:52