Well, here is the followup thus far to a previous post I made regarding Jennifer Hudson's rise to fame. Not surprisingly Jennifer Hudson was slammed for her choice of a gold bolero jacket to the Oscars. Apparently Andre Leon Talley, second only too Anna Wintour herself at Vogue was in charge of getting Jennifer to the ball so she wouldn't look like a pumpkin. After the backlash Hudson told Matt Lauer that the only regret she had about the Oscars was her dress. The morning of the ceremony, Jennifer wanted to go with a custom Roberto Cavalli dress instead. That’s when Andre lost it.

A source said, “Jennifer was kind of sponsored by Talley and Vogue. Andre insisted she wear that hideous Oscar de la Renta dress with the awful, awful gold python bolero. Jennifer really didn’t want to, and so [noted stylist] Jessica Paster got her a beautiful gold Roberto Cavalli custom-made. But when Andre found out, he went ballistic. Moments before she left for the show, there was a power struggle and Jennifer ended up putting his outfit on.”

Nice job here throwing Andre Leon Talley under the bus. I'm not sure that's such a great idea. The man dictates fashion and has a monthly feature in Vogue describing how he goes about getting that herculean task done. Are we supposed to believe she wore something she didn't like just because one man threw a hissy fit? Sounds like some serious spin to me.