André Leon Talley

Fashion editor André Leon Talley is a Vogue contributing editor and the magazine’s former American editor at large. In 2014 he was named artistic director of Zappos Couture, and he has been on the board of trustees of Savannah College of Art and Design since 2000. Mr. Talley was awarded the Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres from the French Republic in 2020 and the North Carolina Governor's award for literature, 2021. He has written several books, including Valentino (1982), A.L.T.: André Leon Talley (2003) and Little Black Dress (2013); for Assouline he has contributed to Valentino: At the Emperor’s Table (2014) and Cartier Panthère (2015).