People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother’s front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister’s farmhouse in Orange County, where chickens paraded outside the kitchen’s screen door and hams were cured in the smokehouse. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at Pottery Barn, and serve iced beverages. Anytime I do welcome friends, it’s always a tray of canapes or Planters peanuts, jellied candy from Paris, and a good bottle of Sancerre. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
When my best friends doubt their little black dresses, they call me on the telephone seeking reassurance. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
It’s incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don’t have experience to look at fashion in a professional way. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
Snooki and Honey Boo Boo. These are big celebrities in the U.S. You want to throw up. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
Wearing clothes should be a personal narrative of emotion. I always respond to fashion in an emotional way. Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicality. She understands what a woman needs to wear to work and what a woman needs to wear when it’s time to go out and put on the Ritz! Andre Leon Talley Read Quote
