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

Author: Alicia Drake

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 16 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/21/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Art

Synopsis

In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries-Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant terrible, and Karl Lagerfeld, the flamboyant freelancer with a talent for reinvention-and they divided Paris into two fabulous halves. Their enduring rivalry is chronicled in this dazzling exposé of an era: of social ambitions, shared obsessions, and the mesmerizing quest for beauty. "Deliciously dramatic...The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement."-New York Times Book Review

About Alicia Drake

Alicia Drake writes regularly for publications including the 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan on April 13, 2016

alicia drake has written the non-fiction version of the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay. this book, a bildingsroman in the truest sense, does a wonderful job of painting the human side of yves saint laurent, karl lagerfeld and their respective coderies, which serves to highlight their dizzin......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 21, 2018

In the early 2000s there was a show on some cable channel or other called “Fashiontrance”. It was literally thirty minutes of models on catwalks. I LOVED it. I watched it obsessively. This book is almost as cool and glamorous as “Fashiontrance”. I would have liked more insight into the whole process......more

Goodreads review by Susmitha on July 19, 2018

I had written a negative comment on this book earlier.. but weeks after reading it, all the details are still in my mind. It's like I cannot escape the narrative! So I deleted my comment and have to say this book was wonderfully written, with lots of research and detail. It's written so well it stay......more

Goodreads review by Adeline on October 22, 2024

SPECTACULAR. A biography so good it may have ruined me for all other biographies. This is a thick book, heavily researched, packed with details, but that still reads full of heart and charm. It's funny, poignant and with some unhinged stories. But even so, Drake's portrayal of everyone here is always......more

Goodreads review by Cori on July 26, 2021

This is the perfect summer vacation book. Comprehensive, exciting and a full psychological portrait of how fashion got to be where it is today.......more

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