The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir (Unabridged) The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir (Unabridged)

The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the pages of Vogue to the runways of Paris, this “captivating” (Time) memoir by a legendary style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments.

The Chiffon Trenches honestly and candidly captures fifty sublime years of fashion.”—Manolo Blahnik

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Fortune Garden & Gun New York Post


During André Leon Talley’s first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at Interview, a fateful meeting with Karl Lagerfeld began a decades-long friendship with the enigmatic, often caustic designer. Propelled into the upper echelons by his knowledge and adoration of fashion, André moved to Paris as bureau chief of John Fairchild’s Women’s Wear Daily, befriending fashion's most important designers (Halston, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta). But as André made friends, he also made enemies. A racially tinged encounter with a member of the house of Yves Saint Laurent sent him back to New York and into the offices of Vogue under Grace Mirabella.

There, he eventually became creative director, developing an unlikely but intimate friendship with Anna Wintour. As she rose to the top of Vogue’s masthead, André also ascended, and soon became the most influential man in fashion.

The Chiffon Trenches offers a candid look at the who’s who of the last fifty years of fashion. At once ruthless and empathetic, this engaging memoir tells with raw honesty the story of how André not only survived the brutal style landscape but thrived—despite racism, illicit rumors, and all the other challenges of this notoriously cutthroat industry—to become one of the most renowned voices and faces in fashion.

Woven throughout the book are also André’s own personal struggles that impacted him over the decades, along with intimate stories of those he turned to for inspiration (Diana Vreeland, Diane von Fürstenberg, Lee Radziwill, to name a few), and of course his Southern roots and faith, which guided him since childhood.

The result is a highly compelling read that captures the essence of a world few of us will ever have real access to, but one that we all want to know oh so much more about.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
ALT
Andre Leon Talley
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
09:38
hr min
RELEASED
2020
May 19
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
294.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Escontrias ,

Beautifully Told

A beautifully told memoir of not only his life, but of fashion. I am surprised by how relatable Mr. Talley as he is an icon who is both an inspiration and aspiration. Listening to his voice is an added treat given his engaging tones.

BrokeAndBoojie ,

An Enchanting Theatrical Masterpiece!

This is the most informative, entertaining, & encompassing memoir I’ve experienced in yeeeeeears! The life Mr. Talley has experienced and shared in such theatricality and generous detail is a feast for readers! A MUST READ! I must confess, after reading the book... I also downloaded the eBook after learning he narrated it. THIS LISTEN WAS AMAZING!

KAF38 ,

Fashion Fashion & More Fashion!

A great read from the legendary style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments. I enjoyed listening to the audio! ATL himself is one of the most renowned voices and faces in fashion. It’s a highly compelling read that captures the essence of a fashion world few of us will ever have real access to, but one that I wanted to know so much more about.

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