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Jun 2024
1h 18m

André Leon Talley, THE fashion trailblaz...

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo
About this episode

This week's re-release episode is on a fashion industry icon and trailblazer, André Leon Talley. From his early years growing up in the Jim Crow-era South to his rise to prominence as a fashion journalist and Vogue's first African-American male creative director. Join us as we dish on everything from his infamous caftans and his time at Vogue magazine to his juicy stories of Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld...we spill it all.

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault and eating disorders

Created and produced by Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo


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