Andre Leon Talley began his career assisting Diana Vreeland at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and later wrote for
Interview Magazine and
Women's Wear Daily, before joining
Vogue, where he served as creative director, editor-at-large, and contributing editor for many years. In October 2011, the Andre Leon Talley Gallery opened at the SCAD Museum of Art; Talley has served as a mentor for SCAD fashion students for over two decades. Talley is the author of the books
A.L.T.: A Memoir, A.L.T. 365+, and
Little Black Dress.
Paula Wallace is the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Under her leadership, the university's academic horizons span three continents, with unique locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; in Hong Kong; in Lacoste, France; and online. She is an author, designer, and historic preservationist.
Gioia Diliberto is a biographer, journalist, professor, and novelist. Her novels include The Collection and I Am Madame X, while she has penned biographies of Diane von Furstenberg, Hadley Richardson, Jane Addams, and Brenda Frazier. A graduate of DePauw University and the University of Maryland, she is currently a professor of writing at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Maureen Dowd is a New York Times columnist and the bestselling author of The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics; Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide; and Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk. Dowd has previously written for Time and the Washington Star. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her New York Times coverage of scandal in the Clinton administration.
Adam Kuehl is a photographer from Oak Park, Illinois. He holds a BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and has had work appear in publications such as the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Vogue, and Architectural Digest. Kuehl currently works as a photographer and professor of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Hong Kong.