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	The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris 4.02 avg rating — 1,469 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love You Too Much 3.44 avg rating — 938 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I was living in Paris in the 6ème arrondissement, near to the Jardin du Luxembourg. I have five children, which meant I spent a lot of my days walking. I walked back and forth across the jardin every day, several times a day, through the different seasons. I saw children coming out of school, hanging out in the jardin. I saw them playing football on the dalle, I saw them getting dropped off at the Read more of this blog post »

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After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land

by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni

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“Corey was hanging out down by the port one afternoon with Karl and Jacques when a bus-load of american tourists drove by, and in a moment of clarity Corey suddenly perceived Karl in the light of reality rather than through the kaleidoscope of fashion: the tourists were staring open-mouthed through the bus windows, ice creams held in mid-air, gawping at the apparition that was Karl. Jacques was driving the mobylette and Karl sat behind riding side-saddle dressed in hot pants, long strands of pearls and dark glasses; he was wielding a raw frankfurter straight from the packet in one hand and a bottle of coca-cola in the other. I remember thinking "I am with this total freak," says Corey.”
― Alicia Drake, The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

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“It deified a certain posture: static, cream-shouldered, jutting hips, cigarette poised between lipstick and eternity.”
― Alicia Drake, The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

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“And opposite Jacques sat Karl Lagerfeld, German ready-to-wear designer, lavish in wing collar and monocle, a fashion force in the making.”
― Alicia Drake, The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

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