André Leon Talley, fashion industry icon and former creative director of Vogue, dead at 73
the visionary former creative director of Vogue magazine, died Tuesday. He was 73.
Talley's literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley's death to USA TODAY late Tuesday. Additional details were not immediately available.
Talley's Instagram account also issued confirmation early Wednesday, noting that over five decades the "international icon was a close confidant of Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Paloma Picasso and he had a penchant for discovering, nurturing and celebrating young designers."
Talley began at Vogue in 1983, and in 1988 was named the New York Giants Jersey fashion bible's creative director, ultimately also serving as editor-at-large. Throughout his career, the 6-foot-6 fashion journalist, whose towering presence sitting front-row of fashion shows was as ic...




