André Leon Talley Shares How His Grandmother’s Church Outfits Inspired a Life-Long Love of Fashion

Before André Leon Talley passed away earlier this year at the age of 73, the esteemed fashion editor took time to record an episode of Finding Your Roots, which airs tonight on PBS. During his appearance on the celebrity-focused genealogy show, Talley recounts how he grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and was raised by his maternal grandmother, Binnie Francis Davis. “My grandmother was a domestic worker at Duke University for 50 years, but on the weekends she rose,” Talley tells the show’s host, American historian and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “She rose to her regality, her regalness, when… Read Full Article