Andre Leon Talley

Fashion Roundup: Andre Leon Talley Loses His Shirt; Kate Moss Calls Off Her Engagement; Alice Temperley's Latest Creation

Andre Leon Talley.
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Andre Leon Talley.

Andre Leon Talley, whose suitcase was lost en route from New York to Milan, was forced to wear the same Juicy Couture shorts and gray Ralph Lauren polo shirt he wore on the plane to the D&G show on Monday. [WWD]

Following her show at London Fashion Week last week, Alice Temperley has given birth to a baby boy. [Vogue UK]

Discount fashions from stores like H&M, Topshop, and Zara are going out of style. [IHT

Kate Moss has reportedly called off her engagement to Jamie Hince, the guitarist of The Kills. [DailyMail read more »

Talley-Ho! This Year, Says Vogue Editor, Designers Let Them Eat Cake!

Andre in the tent with Venus
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Andre in the tent with Venus

Before this afternoon’s Diesel Black Gold show at the Bryant Park tents, Vogue’s longtime editor-at-large André Leon Talley sat in the third row—“I have to dash out of here. If you sit in your normal seat you can’t get to the door fast enough,” he explained—discussing his excitement over “the sudden surge of diversity on the runway” he’d observed thus far at Fashion Week.

“It’s so much better than watching just an army of anorexic-looking girls from places like Croatia, or Serbia, or the Ukraine, or Russia; I mean, I think that school is going to go out fast, because it’s very unsettling to sit and watch a show where these girls look like they’re … they need food! They need to eat a piece of cake!”

He reserved special accolades for Carolina Herrera, who not only cast a diverse troupe of mannequins, but staged “the most extraordinary show I’ve seen as of today.  read more »

Morning Memo: Andre Wants to Dress Michelle; Lindsay Lohan Bravely Declines Award

Hat in the Ring: Talley
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Hat in the Ring: Talley

A "source" at last night's Obama fundraiser hosted by Michelle Obama, Anna Wintour, Calvin Klein, and Andre Leon Talley says that Mr. Talley might have his sights set on styling Mrs. Obama. [P6]

The Trump kids found out about their parents' marital troubles when they saw covers of the Post, one of which read, "Marla Boasts to Pals about Donald: BEST SEX I EVER HAD." [P6]

Taking a cue from Katherine Heigl, Lindsay Lohan has taken herself out of the Emmy race in hopes of improving her chances next year for her appearances on Ugly Betty. [US Weekly]

Kate Moss, Daria Werbowy, and Lara Stone posed for a group "summer camp" spread in W Magazine that doesn't look like any kind of summer camp we've ever been to.  read more »

Morning Memo: Gallerist Caught on Tape; Hills Star Caught at 7-11

Soy nut fan, Whitney Port
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Soy nut fan, Whitney Port

Plum TV has posted a video of the infamous Hamptons gallerist getting arrested for serving alcohol illegally and resisting arrest. Oh, and it's narrated by Kelly Killoren Bensimon! [Plum TV via Daily Intel]

Screenwriter David Benioff and wife, Amanda Peet, like to get it on in bathtubs. [P6]

Michael Lohan said he didn't look at daughter, Lindsay Lohan's nude Marilyn photos, doesn't care whether she's having girl love with Samantha Ronson. [NY Daily News]  read more »

Projectile Runway

These past five days in Bryant Park, the anyone-can-be-a-celebrity theory embraced and air-kissed—  read more »

Chilly Liaisons Abounding At Met For The Big Ball

"I didn't want to be a marquise, you know?" said Diane Von Furstenberg, with a conspiratorial narrow  read more »

Fucking Articulate

Not everyone stuffed into MTV Networks chairman Tom Freston's East 66th Street townhouse on April 12  read more »

Towering Over Fashion Scene, Talley Proves His Singularity

A.L.T. , by André Leon Talley. Villard, 232 pages, $24.95.  read more »

Man Who Mistook Helmut Newton For Magritte

I've always been intrigued by the term "fashion victim." As I understand it, it's a phrase used by p  read more »

Thank Kyeew ! Madonna's Phony Accent Is the Latest Fashionable Thing

Most people think it all started with Madonna.  read more »

Meet Bill Blass, Magazine Editor!

With the distinctive click-click of fashionland's highest heels, Anna Wintour had left the building.  read more »

Learning to Drive Under the Influence of Sex Drug: Hey-It Was Perky, Very Perky, Really Rock Hard …

I test-drove Viagra recently.Swallowed the hype whole. Popped the blue pill. Oh, sure.  read more »