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

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0316001856 ISBN13: 9780316001854 Release Date: September 2007 Publisher: Back Bay Books Length: 448 Pages Weight: 1.20 lbs. Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.6" 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 expos? of an era: of social ambitions, shared obsessions, and the mesmerizing quest for beauty. "Deliciously dramatic... The Beautif