"... (sizeism, ageism — and, above all, racism, a recurring and painful through-line) to his own failed lap band surgery and inability to have a romantic relationship (he was abused as a child by a neighbor), it’s as if simply acknowledging the existence of these facts — the way they marred the otherwise gorgeous vistas of the industry as it unfurled in his mind — is enough. He never really looks at whether the rewards were worth the price exacted.... He was the diva he wanted to be... complete with his own often demanding behavior, and the diva his boss [Anna Wintour] needed, shaped by the divas of yore (Diana Vreeland, Andy Warhol). But today fashion has no more room or patience for such divas — not in magazines or modeling or designer ateliers — and Mr. Talley has grandiosed himself out of a job.... It’s the tension between fantasy (or the world as you would like it to look) and reality, that is the essence of fashion. But perhaps the attempt to have one without the other is what it took to be him: a pioneer; the most famous black man in the glossy world — often the only black person in the room...."
From "André Leon Talley’s Tales From the Dark Side/The juiciest fashion memoir of the year is out. But is it a tell-all, a tragedy or a harbinger of things to come?" by Vanessa Friedman (NYT).
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""Though Mr. Talley clearly makes an effort to wrestle with topics he spent a lot of his life not acknowledging, from all fashion’s shameful isms...""
Sounds like another quiz show victim!!
me, ME, MEEEEEEE!!!!
They are the goon squad and they’re coming to town...
Smart kids are worrisome, at least for this parent. Our son in 5th grade came home with a permission slip to allow him to participate in a class wide test, administered by a U of I Prof. We agreed, and about a month later got another letter inviting us in after school to go over the test results.
Short story, with the test administered to over 1000 kids, our son had blown up the curve, and the U of I wanted us to move him to Iowa city to continue his education. We declined. Our thinking was to always challenge him in things other than book learning, keep him engaged, and his ego rightsized and careful not to place unreasonable expectations on him. We still think we make the right move. Today a happy family man with community interests, He had to get rude when university almost demanded he go on the post grade work, and all he wanted to do was go design and build stuff. That is what he has been doing ever since. Designing and building.
Whoops wrong thread, Aiming for the wiz kids post. missed it by thissss much.
He was the diva he wanted to be... complete with his own often demanding behavior, and the diva his boss [Anna Wintour] needed, shaped by the divas of yore (Diana Vreeland, Andy Warhol)
Why does Anna Wintour, the biggest, ugliest diva of them all, make it out of that sentence unscathed?
A fine Lagerfeld collection, including: "Whoever wears running pants has lost control over his life."
https://www.france24.com/en/20190219-wit-wisdom-karl-lagerfeld-best-quotes
"Harbinger of things to come" is a dumb phrase because it is a glaring redundancy. And an annoyingly commonly seen one, at that. I'm talking to you, NYT editors.
“...the juiciest fashion memoir of the year is out.”
Be still my heart!
The Times really has its finger on the pulse of America, doesn't it?
Is Ralph Lauren the only straight man in the fashion industry?
"Whoops wrong thread, Aiming for the wiz kids post. missed it by thissss much."
I appreciated seeing that very much, though. My son did the same with the SATs and ACT scores. Flunked out of a great college after a semester. Turns out all he wants to do is work a job, like an electrician. Had no interest in furthering his education, despite being naturally smart.
Blue-collar workers run to type in my family.
The great Vogue documentary The September Issue is available free on youtube right now. Trust me, it's fabulous ;)
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