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The Beggar Wears Prada

[Blind Gossip] It is always interesting to watch the rise and fall of big names.

This person has been a dominant force in the fashion industry for decades.

Yes, decades.

Remember that scene in The Devil Wears Prada where the assistant Andrea Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway) discusses her life choices with her boss Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)?

Well, at one point, everybody wanted to be this fashion man’s friend!

Since the 1980s, he has been hugely influential  in determining who’s in and who’s out and what you should be wearing. He led the good life.

Well, guess who’s out now?

He is.

This giant in the fashion world has hit a rough patch in both his career and his personal life.

Despite all the business deals he has seen come and go over the years, he someone forgot to get the paperwork signed on a significant deal to which he was a party. Oops. Now he is in a huge amount of financial trouble.

Someone helped him start a fundraiser. They asked for exactly what he needed to get him out of his mess.

Naturally, the thousands of fashion models and designers and retailers with whom he had worked over the years rallied to his side and happily bailed him out, right?

Not exactly.

When they tallied up all the donations… it came to less than 3% of what he needed.

Ouch!

The fundraiser was quietly canceled.

It looks like our man is now out of fashion!

Then again, we’re sure our fashion man owns lots of expensive designer clothing and accessories.

Perhaps he could raise money by selling them on Ebay or one of those used clothing resale sites?

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Fashion Man:

[Optional] What do you think he should do?

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  1. Hot Cocoa says

    Andre Leon Talley. I read his book, “The Chiffon Diaries”. He didn’t say anything about any financial problems, let alone that he went bankrupt three times. So he left a lot out and maybe the people who are not donating to him know more about what he left out.

  2. grumpy says

    Fashion Man: Andre Leon Talley

    What do you think he should do? Go file BK and live a nice quote life

    • deepsigh says

      I thought he did…..Chiffon Trenches or something. I should buy a copy.
      I still like him. I hope he lands on his feet.

  14. llabine1 says

    Andre Leon Talley who has squatted in a house for years on the pretense that he wanted to buy it….move on Leon….

  19. ILUVCA4evr says

    Andre Leon Talley

    Check into a sanitariom for ‘rest’. Move your things to a smaller, less grander place, and write a tell all book that will expose all of high fashion and their hijinks through the years. Seems to work for most celebrities…otherwise, start praying for a miracle. Or hitting the lottery.

  22. Tommy417 says

    Andre Leon Tally

    He has always been overrated

    Maybe he can sell some of his old clothes to Oprah?

  24. NedLudd says

    Andre Leon Talley.
    He should try to find another job or sell some of his very expensive things to raise the funds.

  27. OoLaLana says

    Andre Leon.

    He should …
    … do like everyone else who loses their job.
    …re-group, re-reflect, re-invent and go out there and find something to do that you enjoy and pays you.
    … and if it doesn’t pay you enough, lower your expectations, i.e. the material trappings. Go for the life.

  30. Grandma3 says

    Andre Leon Talley

    Write a honest, juicy tell all about his time at Vogue. He’ll get a great advance to live off of for now. Also, sell some of his designer pieces he’ll never use again.

  32. taupeantlers says

    searching suggests it’s Peter Nygard, someone I’ve never heard of. If not, I’ll throw out that Cojo guy just so he can see someone still remembers him.

  34. tvgirl13 says

    Andre Leon Talley

    I wish him the best. This event is so unfortunate and for it to be played out in public is a shame. I hope he gets his affairs in order.

  39. Pinkieswear says

    Andre Leon.

    Pay up. You ate the steak. Figure out a way to pay what you owe, then live within your means.

  40. JoshuaTree says

    Andre Leon Talley, who fell out with Anna Wintour after decades at Vogue.

    He’s getting evicted from is Westchester, NY mansion. Stylist and designer Akeem Smith set up a GoFundMe for him this week to raise $500K for him and it’s only at a mere $9,000.

  42. FiyahHotFlashy says

    Fashion Man: Andre Leon Talley

    [Optional] What do you think he should do? Downside, sell his stuff, get real and move on. Guess he realized that being FABULOUS in your own mind doesn’t pay bills.

  45. Midsomerfan says

    André Leon Talley
    I don’t really have any advice, I am afraid! I feel like I don’t understand the world I am living in any more!

  46. Baileygirl says

    Michael Kors. He is the only name I can think of that I have little from lately.

  47. aaaStorm says

    Andre Leon Talley

    He should have seen it coming…likely should (or already in the process of) file bankruptcy.

  51. zappy2020 says

    WHO? Andre Leon Talley.

    The rumor was that he NEVER helped other Blacks and minorities when he worked at Vogue and that he was a tyrant.

    In life, you don’t really get away with anything. “All the bridges that you burn, come back one day to haunt you” – from Tracy Chapman

    If you are kind to others – people will be kind to you.

    WHAT TO DO? Move to a no-name town in the mid-west and use his social security checks to rent a small studio apartment.

    Unfortnately, it is OVER.

  55. Carnac The Magnificent says

    Andre Leon Talley.

    Wow. I thought he would have had at least a couple of million in the bank, for the visibility he’s had in the industry for all these years.

    What should he do? Write a real tell-all book. Name names, and go scorched-earth. Kind of like what Truman Capote did.

  58. VegetableLasagna says

    Andre Leon Talley getting evicted and having more financial trouble

    He should move

  60. aaaDeg13 says

    André Leon Talley… Not sure what he should do. But that’s a sad ending to an interesting career.

  62. Gerseychick says

    Andre Leon Talley…..I wish the fashion world would help him…Sadly, Wintour dumped him like a hot potato years ago….

  67. Christina X says

    André Talley

    He should just leave the house quietly. He lived the high life for years but I guess he didn’t save money for a rainy day. That’s on him. Lack of financial planning on his part does not constitute an emergency on everyone else’s part.

  71. badgerette85 says

    Michael Kors?? Definately one of the judges on Fashion Runway – so could also be Isaac M or Zac Posen.