André Leon Talley, (born October 16, 1948, Washington, D.C., U.S. died January 18, 2022, White Plains, New York), influential fashion editor who grew up in the segregated South and rose through the historically white ranks of his industry to become the first Black person to serve as creative director (1988–95) of American Vogue through his savvy and belief in the power of fashion. Born in Washington, D.C., Talley was raised from infancy by his grandmother Bennie Frances Davis in Durham, North Carolina. She was a cleaning woman at Duke University, who rooted her grandson in the power of faith and the
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