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Leon talley with us. >> just a paur of shorts and a tennis short. i go to ralph lauren for the shirt. this is my version of the tennis watch. it is all a part of being who i am. i have to get up and approach live in my own esthetics. >> he's worked with tom ford and the late oscar de la renta. and the film covers his life from the jim crow era. >> i didn't know who i was becoming. i was becoming, but i dud get out of the jim crow south. >> people's hands exploded because he was so many things he wasn't supposed to be. >> he became part of the landscape of new york. >> you don't get up and say,...

From the south that is inhabited by people under 40. >> how does that compare to your experience? in reading the profile of your documentary, you obviously decided to transcend a lot of what you were up against. >> well, i knew i had to get out of there. i knew i had to get out of the south. i was destined to be a teacher at a public school or private school. and i would have never left the south. once i got out of the south and went to brown and then came to new york and met the great andy warhol, they said, don't go back to the south. don't go home for christmas because it will happen for yo...

This was my first big show. actually, this is a dress that was donated to the museum. i said, what can i put -- it's a fabulous t-shirt dress. >> i need to make a huge xerox of it and wear it paper doll style. andre leon talley, a pleasure and honor. >> always. so happy to be here. thank you. >> thank you to our panelists. that's all for now. andrea mitchell reports is live from the dover air force base and coming up next. ouncer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to s...