Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Man:

Andre Leon Talley. That name alone should be enough to stop anyone in their tracks and recreate the effects of an earthquake. For those of you who just kindly partake in fashion, this man decides what you put on every morning. Now you may say to yourself "what does SoHo B mean?" "how can he decide what I wear daily?" He decides what you pull from your closet because this is the man that determines what you need to have in your closet. Talley is and has been the editor-at-large for Vogue for some time now. Depicted in the picture above to the left of Talley is Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief for American Vogue ((coming soon) just know that she is everything.) Andre is a huge influence in the fashion industry, aside from predicting trends better than the weather men can predict the weather he also seeks out young talent. That is very important because he is in a very prominent position in the industry and the fact that he even bothers with young designers and musicians shows that he understands that the knowledge he possesses must be passed on. People are always saying they love fashion and they live for fashion but Talley lives fashion and lets just say he wasn't born yesterday. I ran into him as we were both on our way to see the Diesel show at Bryant Park. If I had any second thoughts about going to see that show, they were surely wiped away once I spoke with Andre and discovered that he too was going to see that show. You just know that your in the right show when Andre Leon Talley is there; he has been front row of the best fashion shows for over 25 years. Hopefully we'll catch up again before fashion week is over but for now get into the bag:
When you command such power of persuasion it is important that you send messages that you believe in. He wanted to make sure that I got the bag in the picture; thank you Talley for this message.

SoHo