PARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Silk caftans, unique leather-based coats and monogrammed Louis Vuitton baggage units are amongst gadgets from the late American style journalist Andre Leon Talley set to go beneath the hammer this week at Christie’s in New York.
“He was a larger-than-life tour de pressure,” mentioned Elizabeth Seigel, head of personal and iconic collections at Christie’s New York, talking at an exhibit in Paris, the place among the gadgets are displayed.
“His work may actually make or break any designers,” added Seigel.
Near 400 heaps will go on sale from Friday to Feb. 16, illustrating Talley’s eccentric, private model and love of style, with drawings, pictures and clothes linked to his friendships with different towering trade figures, like designers Karl Lagerfeld and Diane von Furstenberg and longtime Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
The public sale home estimates the heaps will fetch greater than one million {dollars}, funds that may go to 2 Baptist church buildings that performed a key function in Talley’s life.
Talley, a former U.S. Vogue editor at giant and artistic director, died on Jan. 18, 2022, at age 73.
“He was Anna Wintour’s right-hand man, and he additionally paved the way in which for a brand new era of those that adopted him, reminiscent of (British Vogue editor-in-chief) Edward Enninful,” mentioned Seigel, noting that he additionally performed a job mentoring new generations of designers and writers.
Reporting by Manuel Ausloos, enhancing by Mimosa Spencer
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