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In the wake of André Leon Talley’s new book, The Chiffon Trenches, we present a guide to fashion literature – from tell-all biographies to inspiring essay collections
TextHannah Tindle
This week, former Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley released his long-awaited second autobiography.
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Titled The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir, the book is reported to lift the lid on Talley’s relationship with Anna Wintour, alongside his friendships with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Andy Warhol, Roy Halston Frowick, and Madonna.
But it has also been said that The Chiffon Trenches chips away at fashion’s glamorous veneer, with Talley outlining the discriminiation he faced as a working-class black man from America’s South with a place at the top of the industry’s table.
While you wait to get hold of a copy, we’ve compiled 30 non-coffee table fashion titles to add to your reading list now; including