André Leon Talley Instagram – It’s Kaiser Karl (Lagerfeld) and Andre (the tall skinny beanstalk (Leon Talley) in 1977, at the legendary wedding ball of the late @ysl muse, Loulou de la Falaise, to Thadee Klossowski. Paris, on the ile du bois, a special evening where I flew over to Paris, and Karl and I went together. We were on the official list of invited guests sent out by the house of YSL. Karl’s love of his life, the late Jacques de Bascher was not invited. He caused the complex rupture of friendship between Karl and Yves. He dangled his dazzling sexual chemistry on a tightrope in front of Yves; and Karl seemed amused by it all.
Lagerfeld and I were in our second year of friendship. When we met, through Andy Warhol, in May , 1975, we got on like fireworks in a spectacular display. Lagerfeld was way ahead of everyone, even then, we climbed into
a high Range Rover as a luxury sedan to go to the ball, which lasted until dawn. Lagerfeld, resplendent and I, in a hand me down custom made Halston white dinner jacket, and a cotton kerchief carrying my evening stuff, ( a comb and a mini camera) to catch the likes of Bianca Jagger , in a Zandra Rhodes crinoline, where Yves
stood her against a wall and decorated with fresh palm fronds, or where I missed all the decadence, going on, on the outer edges (drugs, sexual dalliances! hetero and homo). I flew over coach to Paris, and stayed in
the late Joel LeBon’s flat where Picasso once lived. Tina Chow, came over for the wedding , wearing her favorite Fortuny silk dresses wrapped around her throat as a muffler to the gay Club Sept. What was so wonderful about going out with Lagerfeld in 1977: he was a rising star in the fashion galaxy, designing for Chloe, the luxury ready-to-wear French house and Fendi. I was on a fast track , speed dial, tutorial learning everything from Karl about Eighteenth century France: style, art,
design, fashion, arts de vivre. Everything about Karl was exceptional, and elegant. There was nothing seedy, or vulgar, nothing perverse, then or ever, during our near four decades of friendship.
Those were the great days of my youth. #wwd #thechiffontrenches #karllagerfeld #vogue #dvf #andywarhol | Posted on 07/Feb/2021 00:29:15
