The fashion world has recently lost three of its greats – Andre Leon Talley, Thierry Mugler and Virgil Abloh. Each man was a pioneer in his own way: Mugler and Abloh pushed boundaries as designers, Talley was a Black editor at a time when they were few and far between.
Robin Givhan, the Washington Post’s senior critic-at-large, reflects on each man’s influence and impact on the industry, and what these losses across the fashion industry mean.
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