A Fashion Legend

by André Leon Talley is the new memoir by the legendary style icon whose presence and contribution in the fashion industry are well known and admirable. The book offers a candid look at the who’s who of fashion for the last fifty years and tells with raw honesty how Leon Talley not only survived the brutal style landscape but thrived to become one of the most renowned voices and faces in fashion journalism. He started off his career alongside Andy Warhol at then a fateful meeting with Karl Lagerfeld sparked a decades-long friendship with the enigmatic designer. With his knowledge and adoration of fashion, Leon Talley’s career also rose as he made important friends and also enemies along the way. “The Chiffon Trenches” also covers his personal struggles over the decades and the people he has turned to for inspiration.