In his new memoir, André Leon Talley didn’t shy away from sharing his unfiltered experiences about his former friend, Anna Wintour
Friends? Foes? Family? Photo: Eugene Gologursky/WireImage/Getty Images André Leon Talley just can’t seem to quit Anna Wintour. Despite filling his new memoir, The Chiffon Trenches, with several droll and petty anecdotes about the long-reigning Vogue editrix and his time at the magazine , the fashion titan makes one thing clear: He’d still happily take Wintour’s call, even if she had a tendency, however inadvertent, to revel in mind and power games with her supposed “fast friend.
2. One of Talley’s first memories of working with Wintour was when Grace Mirabella, the former editor-in-chief of Vogue prior to Wintour’s ascension, casually dismissed his idea of including an African tribal photograph in a fashion spread with the following comment: “What have I done to deserve this underground influence?” When he expressed his discomfort to Wintour about the racist jab, she shrugged and offered, “don’t worry about it, don’t … just don’t worry about it.
5. Years went by without Wintour mentioning his weight again, until an “intervention” occurred, led by Oscar de la Renta, Annette de la Renta, Wintour, her new boyfriend Shelby Bryan, Vogue’s public relations director, and Talley’s pastor at the Vogue offices. “It was explained that my weight was out of control and I was being sent off to rehabilitation at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center in my hometown of Durham, North Carolina.
8. Vogue decided to get into the podcasting game in 2016, and Talley was tapped to interview designers, editors, and other prominent figures in the fashion industry — at a modest rate of $500 per episode. It was when the podcast abruptly ceased, without explanation, that Talley decided to reevaluate his friendship with Wintour. “No explanation or financial severance compensation. Just sphinxlike silence from Anna Wintour,” he wrote. “She decimated me with this silent treatment so many times.
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