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Posted: 2022-01-19T17:49:28Z | Updated: 2022-01-19T22:37:13Z People Remember Andr Leon Talley In Charming, Poignant Tweets | HuffPost Life

The former Vogue editor-at-large, who died this week, impressed and inspired people he met and those he didn't.

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Legendary fashion journalist and adviser André Leon Talley died earlier this week at age 73, and the reaction from fans and fashion luminaries was swift especially on Twitter, where people shared their memories of meeting Talley and taking inspiration from his life and career.

The former Vogue creative director and editor-at-large was raised in Durham, North Carolina, and worked at Interview and Women’s Wear Daily before he was hired at Vogue, where he became one of the world’s most influential arbiters of style and a trailblazer who worked constantly to increase diversity and representation in fashion. He also really, really loved Rihanna and caftans .

Here, we’ve gathered some of the most charming and poignant tweets remembering him:

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Andre Leon Talley

1980(01 of49)

Talley and Marina Schiano in New York City circa 1980. (credit:Images Press via Getty Images)

1989(02 of49)

Talley at the Met Gala in 1989 in New York City. (credit:Images Press via Getty Images)

1989(03 of49)

Talley and Naomi Campbell during Tanqueray Sterling Ball in New York City in 1989. (credit:Ron Galella, Ltd. via Getty Images)

1990(04 of49)

Talley and Marc Jacobs during the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Show and Cocktail Party in New York City in 1990. (credit:Ron Galella, Ltd. via Getty Images)

1991(05 of49)

Talley and Sandra Bernhard at the 1991 American Foundation for AIDS Research benefit. (credit:Frank Trapper via Getty Images)

1995(06 of49)

Talley during the Board Aid Lifebeat Benefit in Los Angeles in 1995. (credit:Ron Galella via Getty Images)

1997(07 of49)

Talley and Anna Wintour at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards in New York City in 1997. (credit:Ron Galella, Ltd. via Getty Images)

1997(08 of49)

Talley and Cher at the Met Gala in New York City in 1997. (credit:Ron Galella via Getty Images)

1999(09 of49)

Talley and Wintour at the Met Gala in New York City in 1999. (credit:Rose Hartman via Getty Images)

2000(10 of49)

Talley and Sophie Dahl at the 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (credit:Evan Agostini via Getty Images)

2002(11 of49)

Talley in New York City in 2002. (credit:Arnaldo Magnani via Getty Images)

2003(12 of49)

Talley and Phillip Bloch at The Hudson New York in 2003. (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images)

2004(13 of49)

Talley during Olympus Fashion Week in New York City in 2004. (credit:Gregory Pace via Getty Images)

2004(14 of49)

Talley and Rene Zellweger during the 2004 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Ron Galella via Getty Images)

2004(15 of49)

Talley and Selma Blair during the 2004 CFDA Fashion Awards at the New York Public Library. (credit:Sylvain Gaboury via Getty Images)

2004(16 of49)

Talley at an Interview Magazine event in New York City in 2004. (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images)

2005(17 of49)

Talley and Tracy Reese during Olympus Fashion Week at Bryant Park in New York City in 2005. (credit:Djamilla Rosa Cochran via Getty Images)

2005(18 of49)

Talley and Wintour during Paris Fashion Week in 2005. (credit:JB Lacroix via Getty Images)

2006(19 of49)

Talley at the 2006 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

2006(20 of49)

Talley and Oscar de la Renta at Morgan Library in New York City in 2006. (credit:Michael Loccisano via Getty Images)

2007(21 of49)

Talley during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City in 2007. (credit:Shane Gritzinger via Getty Images)

2007(22 of49)

Talley at a Calvin Klein runway show in New York City in 2007. (credit:Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

2008(23 of49)

Talley and Venus Williams at the Met Gala in New York City in 2008. (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images)

2008(24 of49)

Talley and Campbell at the 2008 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York City. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

2008(25 of49)

Talley and Wintour at an event at Skylight Studios in New York City in 2008. (credit:Brian Ach via Getty Images)

2009(26 of49)

Talley at the 2009 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)

2009(27 of49)

Talley and Diane von Furstenberg at the Tribeca Film Festival Opening Night Dinner in New York City in 2009. (credit:Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

2010(28 of49)

Tally at Simyone Lounge in New York City in 2010. (credit:Jemal Countess via Getty Images)

2010(29 of49)

Talley and Kathryn Chalmers at the New York Junior League's 2010 Winter Ball at The Plaza Hotel. (credit:Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

2010(30 of49)

Talley and Whoopi Goldberg at the 2010 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images)

2011(31 of49)

Talley at the 2011 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Larry Busacca via Getty Images)

2012(32 of49)

Talley at a Chanel show in Versailles, France, in 2012. (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)

2013(33 of49)

Talley at Milan Fashion Week in 2013. (credit:Jacopo M. Raule via Getty Images)

2013(34 of49)

Talley and Fern Mallis at 92nd Street Y in New York City in 2013. (credit:Charles Norfleet via Getty Images)

2014(35 of49)

Talley at the memorial service for L'Wren Scott at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City in 2014. (credit:John Lamparski via Getty Images)

2014(36 of49)

Talley and Wintour backstage at the Carolina Herrera fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City in 2014. (credit:Michael Loccisano via Getty Images)

2014(37 of49)

Tailey and Jennifer Hudson at "Watch What Happens Live" in 2014. (credit:Bravo via Getty Images)

2015(38 of49)

Talley departs The Mark Hotel for the Met Gala in 2015. (credit:Andrew Toth via Getty Images)

2015(39 of49)

Talley and Robin Givhan at her "Battle of Versailles" book signing party in Washington, D.C., in 2015. (credit:Paul Morigi via Getty Images)

2015(40 of49)

Talley at "Watch What Happens Live" in 2015. (credit:Bravo via Getty Images)

2016(41 of49)

Talley at the Marc Jacobs fashion show during New York Fashion Week in 2016. (credit:Gilbert Carrasquillo via Getty Images)

2017(42 of49)

Talley leaving The Mark Hotel to attend the 2017 Met Gala in New York City. (credit:Ben Gabbe via Getty Images)

2017(43 of49)

Talley during "Sunday at The Met: Andrew Bolton and Andre Leon Talley" in New York City in 2017. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

2017(44 of49)

Talley in New York City in 2017. (credit:Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)

2018(45 of49)

Talley at the Carolina Herrera fashion show during New York Fashion Week in 2018. (credit:Gilbert Carrasquillo via Getty Images)

2018(46 of49)

Talley at a screening of "The Gospel According to Andre" in Los Angeles in 2018. (credit:Araya Doheny via Getty Images)

2019(47 of49)

Talley at Arise Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2019. (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)

2020(48 of49)

Talley at the Blue Jacket Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week in 2020. (credit:Rob Kim via Getty Images)

2020(49 of49)

Talley at the Carolina Herrera show during New York Fashion Week in 2020. (credit:John Lamparski via Getty Images)

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