The Beautiful Fall

The Beautiful Fall

Einband:
Poche format B
EAN:
9780747585466
Untertitel:
Fashion, Genius and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
Genre:
Briefe & Biografien
Autor:
Alicia Drake
Herausgeber:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Anzahl Seiten:
438
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2007
ISBN:
0747585466

Zusatztext A beautiful insight into the private lives of two people whom I admire so much! particularly Yves Saint Laurent. I would recommend it to anyone interested in fashion Informationen zum Autor Alicia Drake is a fashion journalist based in Paris. She writes regularly for major publications such as W, International Herald Tribune and Vogue. Klappentext The dazzling story of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent: of two men without equal, their meteoric rise and their bitter rivalry In 1950s Paris, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld were friends, the rising stars of the fashion world. But by the late sixties the city was invaded by a new mood of liberation and hedonism, and dominated by intrigue, infidelities, addiction and parties. Each designer created his own mesmerising world, so vivid and seductive that people were drawn to the power, charisma and fame, and it was to make them bitter rivals. The Beautiful Fall is a dazzling exposé of an era and the story of the two men who were its essence and who remain its most singular survivors. 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl Zusammenfassung 'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl

A beautiful insight into the private lives of two people whom I admire so much, particularly Yves Saint Laurent. I would recommend it to anyone interested in fashion

Vorwort
'It was all about the cult of pleasure and beauty. Some lost their plumes, others lost their lives' - Anouchka, former model and Paris party girl

Autorentext
Alicia Drake is a fashion journalist based in Paris. She writes regularly for major publications such as W, International Herald Tribune and Vogue.

Klappentext
The dazzling story of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent: of two men without equal, their meteoric rise and their bitter rivalry In 1950s Paris, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld were friends, the rising stars of the fashion world. But by the late sixties the city was invaded by a new mood of liberation and hedonism, and dominated by intrigue, infidelities, addiction and parties. Each designer created his own mesmerising world, so vivid and seductive that people were drawn to the power, charisma and fame, and it was to make them bitter rivals. The Beautiful Fall is a dazzling exposé of an era and the story of the two men who were its essence and who remain its most singular survivors.


billigbuch.ch sucht jetzt für Sie die besten Angebote ...

Loading...

Die aktuellen Verkaufspreise von 6 Onlineshops werden in Realtime abgefragt.

Sie können das gewünschte Produkt anschliessend direkt beim Anbieter Ihrer Wahl bestellen.


Feedback