{"product_id":"the-chiffon-trenches-a-memoir-9780593129272","title":"The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the pages of \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eto the runways of Paris, this \u003cb\u003e\"captivating\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir by a legendary style icon captures the fashion world from the inside out, in its most glamorous and most cutthroat moments.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Chiffon Trenches\u003c\/i\u003e honestly and candidly captures fifty sublime years of fashion.\"--Manolo Blahnik\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - \u003ci\u003eFortune \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During Andr  Leon Talley's first magazine job, alongside Andy Warhol at \u003ci\u003eInterview, \u003c\/i\u003e 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, Andr  moved to Paris as bureau chief of John Fairchild's \u003ci\u003eWomen's Wear Daily, \u003c\/i\u003e befriending fashion's most important designers (Halston, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta). But as Andr  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 \u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eunder Grace Mirabella. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There, he eventually became creative director, developing an unlikely but intimate friendship with Anna Wintour. As she rose to the top of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's masthead, Andr  also ascended, and soon became the most influential man in fashion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e The Chiffon Trenches \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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 Andr  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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Woven throughout the book are also Andr 's own personal struggles that have impacted him over the decades, along with intimate stories of those he has turned to for inspiration (Diana Vreeland, Diane von F rstenberg, Lee Radziwill, to name a few), and of course his Southern roots and ongoing faith, which have guided him since childhood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593129272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs","brand":"Andr\u0026#233; Leon Talley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39580160098485,"sku":"9780593129272","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3fe32d8e-98b6-42a6-9897-fb5d63190772.jpg?v=1617084852","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-chiffon-trenches-a-memoir-9780593129272","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}