From André Leon Talley to Zora Neale Hurston: A “Superfine” Reading List
In recent years, the theme of the Costume Institute’s big spring exhibition—and, in turn, the Met Gala—has often had an establishing textual reference, whether Susan Sontag’s Notes on Camp or…
Anna Wintour on the Late André Leon Talley, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and a Special Met Issue of Vogue
It was his favorite photograph of himself, taken by Arthur Elgort, 1988: André Leon Talley, in a wash of sunlight, striding up Fifth Avenue in a gray panel-checked suit by…