When Atlanta artist and SCAD painting student Dylan Griggs set out to capture the late André Leon Talley, he wasn’t just painting a portrait. He was channeling a legacy. His five-foot acrylic work, “ALT,” now part of the exhibition “André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever” at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, radiates the same grandeur, confidence, and creative power that made Talley an international fashion icon.

“Honoring André Leon Talley through my painting was profoundly meaningful to me. It was an opportunity to celebrate Black excellence in a creative space—something Talley himself championed so powerfully throughout his life and career,” Griggs said.

The portrait presents Talley seated in his trademark red robes, surrounded by mannequins in couture. The composition—rooted in styliz

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