The book, The Beautiful Fall: Saint Laurent, Lagerfeld, and the Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris is now available in English and French.
Written by a British journalist, Alicia Drake, the book was prohibited in France because of Karl Lagerfeld.
Drake talks about the rivalry between the two fashion giants, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld.
Laurent got his start at 21 when he found himself at Christian Dior. In 1961, he launched his own high fashion design house.
Lagerfeld, made his way up the ladder when he came to Chanel in 1983 and became inseparable from the fashion industry.
Drake did hundreds of interviews with people who have worked with the two designers and didn’t delay in revealing the juicy details on their lives.