André Leon Tully on the 2011 Met Gala. Tons of of clothes, artwork, equipment and furnishings belonging to the late vogue journalist have been bought at public sale this week for greater than $3.5 million.
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André Leon Tully on the 2011 Met Gala. Tons of of clothes, artwork, equipment and furnishings belonging to the late vogue journalist have been bought at public sale this week for greater than $3.5 million.
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The late vogue journalist and icon André Leon Talley was identified for his discerning style and flamboyant attractiveness.
Artistic director and editor-in-chief of the American Vogue, who died in January 2022 on the age of 73, famously draped his 6ft 6in physique in tailor-made fits, robes, capes and kaftans.
So it was solely becoming that a lot of these signature items have been among the many lots of of his private gadgets bought at Christie’s public sale this week, which ended up promoting for greater than $3.5 million.
A Christie’s press launch stated the 2 auctions, one reside and the opposite digital, have been attended by greater than 2,000 registrants from 47 international locations.
“It was particularly gratifying to see the curiosity generated by surprisingly excessive charges throughout the board,” stated Elizabeth Seigel, head of personal and iconic collections at Christie. “The André Leon Talley assortment is a testomony to his impeccable style, and Christie’s is delighted to have helped obtain such excellent outcomes.”
The primary assortment, which included 66 a lot of work by well-known artists, tailor-made kaftans, jeweled jewellery and designer suitcases, bought on Wednesday in New York for practically $1.4 million. The long-term on-line public sale of 350 a lot of clothes, artwork, equipment, residence furnishings and different gadgets raised greater than $2 million when it closed on Thursday.
Proceeds from each auctions will profit the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York and Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, which, in accordance with the public sale home, “have been near Mr. Talley’s coronary heart.”
Talley, the primary black man to carry workplace in Voguegrew up in remoted Durham and traced his curiosity in vogue to attending church together with his grandmother as a baby.
His storied profession will embrace work in Interview Log, In, New York Instances And Girls’s clothes for each dayin addition to shut friendships with different giants of artwork and vogue.
The public sale featured a lot of their works, from work by Andy Warhol to sketches by Karl Lagerfeld and images of former Vogue editor Diana Vreeland.
“The gathering is each glamorous and intimate, reflecting his longstanding relationships with icons comparable to Karl Lagerfeld, Diane von Furstenberg, Ralph Rucci, Tom Ford, Diana Vreeland and Anna Wintour,” Christie’s stated in an announcement.
For each collections, closing bids ranged from $756 (for 10 pairs of “assorted leather-based, wool or child gloves”) to $94,500 (for 2 Warhol work, certainly one of which was of Vreeland, and a set of three customized Louis Vuitton suitcases) .
Different highlights included Vivienne Westwood’s “local weather revolution” cape full with lengthy practice ($32,760) and Antonio López Talley’s sketch with Vreeland and designer Paloma Picasso ($25,200).
In line with Christie’s, lots of the gadgets far exceeded their presale estimates.
The Christian Dior wool coat was anticipated to price $1,000, nevertheless it ended up promoting for $40,320. A pink sleeping bag coat from Norma Kamali bought for $25,200, which the public sale home says is 50 occasions its low estimate of $500.
The brightly coloured outsized coat would possibly sound acquainted, particularly to those that watched Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
Through the efficiency, Rihanna was wearing a puffy pink coat, which many took as a tribute to Talley. The 2 apparently shared a mutual admiration, as evidenced by a lately surfaced video of Talley sucking as much as Rihanna’s outfit on the 2015 Met Gala.
Talley’s official Instagram account, which stays energetic, celebrated her forward of the present by sharing a video of them speaking and hugging. And later, a nod to her outfit adopted: a photograph of Talley in his iconic pink coat, captioned with lyrics from Rihanna’s music “Umbrella.”
