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description: A comprehensive biography of the late designer Karl Lagerfeld and his infamous rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent. Deliciously dramatic... The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement.-New York Times Book ReviewIn 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. 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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title: The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
publisher: Back Bay Books