Karl Lagerfeld : A Fashion History - RIZZOLI
Karl Lagerfeld : A Fashion History, MARIE OTTAVI.
An extraordinary biography of Karl Lagerfeld, based upon a series of
rare, powerful, and emotional interviews—the real story, full of inside
details, that repeatedly surprises and enlightens.
Ottavi
enjoyed a rare degree of open and candid access to Lagerfeld in his
later years, and this biography offers an unparalleled look into the
iconic designer’s complex personality and wide-ranging creativity.
Lagerfeld himself wanted this to be a frank, honest, serious account
that would be an invaluable resource for fashion lovers and admirers of
his incomparable legacy. Unlike other recent books, this intimate
portrait deftly reveals his true inner nature in his own words.
Based
upon interviews with Lagerfeld over the course of two years prior to
his death, this biography is further enriched with memories, stories,
and anecdotes from close friends and associates including the Princess
of Hanover, Bernard and Hélène Arnault, Silvia Fendi, Bruno Pavlovsky,
Tom Ford, Alessandro Michele, Valentino, Carine Roitfeld, Naomi
Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Inès de La Fressange, Linda Evangelista,
Tadao Ando, Fran Lebowitz, and others.
Lagerfeld was many things:
inspired creator, witty raconteur, media darling, highly cultured,
eccentric in his manners, insatiable at work, ultra-sensitive, and given
to maintaining grudges. This narrative includes Lagerfeld’s own
especially perceptive insights into his relationship with Jacques de
Bascher, his only true love, and how Yves Saint Laurent’s later passion
for de Bascher resulted in the infamous break in the longstanding
friendship between the two couturiers.