In her piece on on #AndréLeonTalley’s estate auction, Robin Givhan writes, “The caftans, created by designers including Tom Ford, Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Rucci and Patience Torlowei, were an extravagance and crutch.”

This is true of all fashion (not just #Fatshion)—all clothes, in fact, particularly if you see #crutches in the non #ableist sense as an often necessary accessory that allows one to move through the world.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CofJIewuQLs/?igshid=OTRmMjhlYjM= The auction of personal possessions of #AndreLeonTalley

The secret life of André Leon Talley: what an auction reveals about the late fashion legend https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/feb/01/the-secret-life-of-andre-leon-talley-what-an-auction-reveals-about-the-late-fashion-legend

'Toward the end of his life, he was an early cheerleader for the designer LaQuan Smith, who has gone on to build a prestigious brand – that buttercup-yellow trench that Priyanka Chopra Jonas is wearing on the cover of this month’s issue of British Vogue is one of his. Talley recalled giving him $2,000 of his own money to “‘go to Paris … just seeing how light falls on the buildings will inspire you’”'

#AndreLeonTalley #auction #fashion