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Received a B.A. in French Literature from North Carolina Central University. Received a Master's in French History from Brown.

He was the son of Alma Ruth (Davis) and William C. Talley, a taxi driver. He grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and was raised by his maternal grandmother Binnie Francis.

Contributing editor, Vogue magazine.

Longtime friends with L'Wren Scott.

Met Diana Vreeland, who became his mentor, when he volunteered at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.