André Leon Talley quit US Vogue as he wanted more money for his retirement André Leon Talley, the former contributing editor at US Vogue, says Numéro Russia offered him 'fabulous money' to be their editor-at-large. André Leon Talley recently quit his role as US Vogue 's contributing editor. Officially, it was because he was poached by the just-launched Numéro Russia to be their editor-at-large. Unofficially: Anna Wintour is a tightwad. READ: Anna Wintour: Beneath the bob I've been there for 30 years, it was a tough decision when I went to talk to Anna about this. I'm proud to say I'm going to be 64, I felt I needed more financial security as I go in my twilight age, a little bit more cash for mortgages and as I go into retirement. I took the job because I love Russia and the salary was something fabulous," he said in an interview with WWD . Money isn't everything but it is when you start thinking about putting money away for your retirement days...Anna was very sympathetic and understood. We're sure Wintour was very sympathetic, with her reported $2 million salary: surely the woman who raised $40 million for Barack Obama's re-election campaign could have raised Leon Talley's salary by a smidgeon? READ: Anna Wintour raised $40 million for Obama's re-election campaign Then again, Leon Talley can't be that terribly off, as one of the Fantastic Four at Vogue (that would be Grace Coddington, Hamish Bowles, Wintour and Leon Talley); even if he was getting 10 per cent of Wintour's salary, that's still $200,000. Still, who can blame him for shifting over to someplace that's probably paying him even sillier money? Dawg needs a blinging retirement home in the Seychelles when he hits 75. Leon Talley will remain a contributor at Vogue , focusing on digital and online, but his magazine column, "Life with André," will be canned. For the inaugural March 2013 issue of Numéro Russia , he's put Naomi Campbell on the cover because she lives in Russia and is dating a Russian, Vladimir Doronin: "They have an extraordinary new house by Zaha Hadid, and I was privileged enough to see it before it was completed." Photo: Numéro Russia