New York Instances columnist Maureen Dowd had some (direct and unbidden) type assist from late Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley.
Dowd recalled throughout a 92nd Avenue Y occasion that the outspoken artistic director — who additionally served as a “America’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin” decide — got here down with the flu whereas in Washington D.C. in 2012 and wanted a spot to crash for per week.
Dowd says Talley stayed along with her and “began yelling at me that my closets have been messy, and that I couldn’t exit in wrinkled garments.”
“He’d say, ‘Come again right here and iron that!’” she mentioned in the course of the interview with Christine Baranski.
Dowd has a brand new ebook popping out known as “Infamous: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Tradition, Vogue, and Tech,” which options her conversations with individuals like Uma Thurman, Tina Fey, Larry David, Elon Musk, Bob Iger, Tom Ford and Talley.
“He was very kind of demanding, but in addition he was the good, most enjoyable particular person,” Dowd mentioned of Talley.
“By the top of the week, we have been simply mendacity in mattress watching previous French motion pictures,” she informed the gang. “He had a complicated diploma in French literature. We have been critiquing Jeanne Moreau’s garments and Catherine Deneuve’s stockings, and it was actually among the best instances I’ve ever had.”
Talley, who started working on the vogue bible 1983, died in 2022 on the age of 73 from COVID.
His funeral was attended by Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell, Marc Jacobs, Karlie Kloss, Martha Stewart, Diane von Furstenberg and extra.
