Admire Monday...Andre Leon Talley

Happy Admire Monday! Today's honor goes to former editor-at-large of Vogue, Andre Leon Talley. If you love fashion or at the very least, have watched the infamous "Whitney falls" (AMJL named that ourselves) episode of ''The Hills", you are undoubtedly familiar with the great Mr.Talley. What makes Andre admirable is not only his blunt yet accurate opinion, upper echelon resume and BFF status with Anna Wintour, but as the September issue of Vanity Fair highlights, his humble beginnings and rise to one of the most prolific fashion editors in history. Coming from a low income, broken family in the prejudice south, Andre Leon Talley never let his circumstance sway him from what made him unique. As the great Manolo Blahnik himself said "Andre doesn't make fashion. Andre himself is fashion". Anyone who had to start from the bottom with a dream, strive for greatness and earn a cemented place in fashion history deserves some admiration. Here's to a man who exemplifies determination, individuality and all things fabulous. In Mr. Talley's own words,  "The world has become too casual, and people have become too lazy. There was a time when people went on the airplane with gloves". Here's to Monday and stepping it up, Andre Leon Talley style.

photo cred: ny mag