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

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genetics, and the History of a Decade is an exquisitely crafted book that delves into the lives of two of the most iconic fashion designers of the 1970s - Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld.

Through interviews with dozens of their colleagues and friends, Drake offers a revealing inside look at their personalities, obsessions, and the mesmerizing quest for beauty that defined an era.

The book stitches together the lives of these two fashion legends into a work as finely detailed as any outfit they ever created, providing insightful commentary on their collections and the trends they set.

With a large entourage of colorful supporting characters and exotic locales, the story becomes an account of one glittering party after another, interrupted occasionally by fashion shows and sprinkled with celebrities such as Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol.

The two designers' homosexuality is dealt with frankly, and their aesthetic senses and public personas are nicely detailed.

This book will appeal to the fashion crowd and those interested in pop or gay culture of the era.

Don't miss out on this captivating tale of beauty, excess, and creative consumption that defined an era!