| The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris Contributor(s): Drake, Alicia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316001856 ISBN-13: 9780316001854 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Drake presents a sublime and dramatic narrative about the high-chic fashion wars of 1970s Paris where two titanic geniuses and rivals, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagefeld, collided and sparked a tumultuous decade. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.49" W x 8.55" (1.31 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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 |