The Beautiful Fall Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris [Paperback]

Deliciously dramatic...The Beautiful Fallcrackles with excitement. -New York Times Book Review

In the 1970s,Parisfashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, andParisbecame a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries - Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusiveenfant terrible,and Karl Lagerfeld, the flamboyant freelancer with a talent for reinvention - and they dividedParisinto 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 YorkTimes

Addictive. -PhiladelphiaInquirer

It's likeUS 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. -BostonGlobeAlicia Drake writes regularly for publications including International Herald Tribune, British Vogue, Travel and Leisure and W Magazine for which she was a contributing editor. She has lived and worked in Paris for the last ten years.