Icons are rare. They are aspirational, unlike any other, and impossible to imitate. Breaking barriers, they represent a belief system that is uniquely their own, leaving a mark on culture and history at large. An icon tastemaker, André Leon Talley represents a spirit, sensibility, intellect, and attitude that never goes out of style.

André Leon Talley is a fashion journalist, best-selling author, and former editor-at-large of Vogue. Ahead of his time, he was the magazine’s fashion news director from 1983 to 1987 and then its first Black creative director from 1988 to 1995. “People who have something that’s unique, they’re iconic.”