As the Met Gala hits the Red Carpet in 2025 it is worth noting the man who should have been front and center of the fashion trade biggest event was sadly tossed aside by the same people who are now celebrating Black Style. What happened to Andre is a cautionary tale of living in a brutal transactional field where skin color, age, and celebrity wattage matter more than knowledge.
The Brown University graduate’s autobiographic chronicle is a plush swerve of delusional fantasy built on Birkin Bags to the hard realities of prejudices in a closed industry where Talley admitted to earning significantly less than less experienced colleagues.
Three years after his death, Mr. Talley continues to influence a world that never fully accepted him.
