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The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

Drake, Alicia

Paperback

Art HistoryEuropean ArtFashion & Accessories

ISBN10: 0316001856
ISBN13: 9780316001854
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.49 Depth: 8.55
Language: English
A comprehensive biography of the late designer, Karl Lagerfeld, and his infamous rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent.

In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries - Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant terrible, and Karl Lagerfeld, the flamboyant freelancer with a talent for reinvention - and they divided Paris into two fabulous halves. Their enduring rivalry is chronicled in this dazzling exposè of an era: of social ambitions, shared obsessions, and the mesmerizing quest for beauty.

Deliciously dramatic... The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement.-New York Times Book Review

Fascinating. -New York Times

Addictive. -Philadelphia Inquirer

It's like US Weekly, 1970s style. -Gotham

A story constructed as exquisitely as a couture dress. . . . It moves stylishly forward, with frequent over-the-shoulder glances at some very dishy background. -Boston Globe

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