Anna Wintour remembered long-time colleague André Leon Talley as looming presence in the fashion industry Wednesday, a day after his death.
“The loss of Andre is felt by so many of us today: the designers he enthusiastically cheered on every season, and who loved him for it; the generations he inspired to work in the industry, seeing a figure who broke boundaries while never forgetting where he started from; those who knew fashion, and Vogue, simply because of him; and, not forgetting, the multitude of colleagues over the years who were consistently buoyed by every new discovery of Andre’s, which he would discuss loudly, and volubly — no one could make people more excited about the most seemingly insignificant fashion details than him,” Wintour, the ever-present Vogue editor-in-chief, said in a statement.
“Even his stream of colorful faxes and emails were a highly anticipated event, something we all looked forward to.”
