A review by seabreezes
The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake

5.0

Surprisingly funny, surprisingly poignant. Drake seamlessly transports the reader this time period. I kept having to pause the book to look up the names, locations, designers, specific collections (what DID Karl's first collection at Chanel, with the incorrect arm holes, LOOK like?!) and even some of the interviews she sourced (I'm a bit sad that I can't find YSL's 1991 interview with Le Figaro online). At one point I had Getty images permanently opened in my browser. It swept me away. So good.