A worldwide fashion legend and longtime Vogue creative director, the Westchester retreat hit the marketplace for $1.25 million.
André Leon Talley, a media titan with a famous penchant for capes and caftans, for the last 18 years of his life called this White Plains, NY mansion, The New York Times was the primary to report it.
The North Carolina-born stylist, who wasn’t a giant fan of city life, considered the colonial-style mansion his “sanctuary,” he told a 2018 publication.
He He died last 12 months, on the age of 73, after complications from COVID-19.
A limited liability company created by a clothier Diane von Furstenberg is selling a 3,600 square foot property that is on the list with Bonnie Stein from Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.
“The house was ideal for André since it was on a personal road,” Alexis E. Thomas, an old friend and trustee of Talley’s estate, told the Times. “His porch became a spot where he spent lots of time, especially on warmer days. He interviewed from there and did Zoom from there. I can not count what number of hours I spent with him on that porch.
In nearly twenty years, Talley was rarely within the expansive kitchen (he didn’t cook, Thomas explained), stayed within the study rather a lot, used certainly one of the 4 bedrooms as a linen closet, and never had anyone but Thomas in one other bedroom.
Talley’s close friend George Malkemus, a director of Manolo Blahnik who died in 2021, and his husband, Anthony Yurgaitis, bought Talley a 169-year-old house for $1.02 million in 2004, as “America’s Next Top Model”. the judge was reportedly in a pinch over a mold problem in his current home and credit issues, amongst other issues. (Separately, Talley said he moved there because his landlord raised the rent.)
The arrangement modified in 2020 when its kind owners desired to sell it, there was a misunderstanding and each parties sued one another.
According to the Times, the legal situation resulted in a “confidential settlement” in 2022.
After his death, Talley’s estate was auctioned for $3.5 million, however the house still has a little bit of his essence within the $10,000 leopard print carpeting paving the stairwell and parts of the second floor.
There are also 2.5 baths, a breakfast nook with a window, oak floors throughout, a beautifully landscaped garden, circular driveway and multiple fireplaces.
