The Beautiful Fall
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| Author(s) | Alicia Drake |
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| Subtitle | Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
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| Paris in the '70s was running at full tilt—a new order was coming into view amid hedonism, ambition, and outrageous decadence. This was a fashion revolution, the beginning of fashion as rock-star spectacle, and the world went wild for it. Alicia Drake writes about the dramatic collision and rivalry between two titanic geniuses, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, whose clashes sparked that tumultuous decade. Americans came to Paris in droves - from Andy Warhol and Jerry Hall to Bianca Jagger and Jessica Lange—to be part of this irresistible moment. Others came just to catch sight of Karl Lagerfeld… | |
Paris in the '70s was running at full tilt—a new order was coming into view amid hedonism, ambition, and outrageous decadence. This was a fashion revolution, the beginning of fashion as rock-star spectacle, and the world went wild for it. Alicia Drake writes about the dramatic collision and rivalry between two titanic geniuses, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, whose clashes sparked that tumultuous decade. Americans came to Paris in droves - from Andy Warhol and Jerry Hall to Bianca Jagger and Jessica Lange—to be part of this irresistible moment. Others came just to catch sight of Karl Lagerfeld strutting around the cafs in his high heels and furs. Drake vividly captures the stunning highs and heartbreaking lows, the glorious achievements and dramas of an era when style reigned in the most glamorous of cities.
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Barnes and Noble
In the Paris of the 1970s, the Cold War was passé; center stage belonged to rival fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint-Laurent. To witness this high-chic fracas, celebrities flocked from New York, Hollywood, and London. Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, and Jessica Lange were just some of the glitterati on the scene. Vogue journalist Alicia Drake's taut tell-all exposes the excitement, the excess, and the café cat fights of well-coifed cliques battling for fashion supremacy.
