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

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Bloomsbury, Jan 1, 2007 - Art - 438 pages
In 1954, they were two young talents from the provinces, both dreaming of Paris, glamour & glory. Yves Saint Laurent was the charmed youth. Karl Lagerfeld was the freelance designer. Seemingly from a background of wealth & privilege, he was in fact a tireless workaholic, driven by his passion for capturing the pose of the moment.

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About the author (2007)

Alicia Drake writes regularly for a variety of publications, including the International Herald Tribune, Travel and Leisure,W magazine and British Vogue, for which she was a contributing editor. She has lived and worked in Paris for the last ten years.

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