A review by anniew415
The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake

5.0

Long and densely written, this is a great insight into the personal/professional rivalry of two great designers. It also gets into the different social cliques or entourages they hosted constantly, and the decadent life of the 1970s fashion scene. It’s also illustrates that though perhaps the lesser creatively, Karl Lagerfeld was a giant visionary in fashion business, setting a new standard for new designers at stories labels - which is actually the way forward.