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Paradise now : the extraordinary life of Karl Lagerfeld / William Middleton.
Van Pelt Library TT505.L34 M54 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Middleton, William, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion designers--Germany--Biography.
- Fashion designers.
- Lagerfeld, Karl.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 469 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
- Summary:
- A tribute to a cultural icon and the creative director for the storied House of Chanel reveals a side the elusive designer kept private from the world while introducing some of the most unforgettable figures of fashion's inner circle for the past four decades.
- Karl Lagerfield, the creative director for the storied House of Chanel for thirty-five years, not only reinvented Chanel, but was reknown for his vivid personal style. Middleton spent years working in Paris, and often had interviews and socializations with Lagerfield. Here he takes use behind the catwalk and inside the most exclusive rooms in the fashion industry to see a side that Lagerfield kept private from the world. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Prologue: Superstar!
- Blurred origins
- The weight of German history
- The age of enlightenment
- French lessons
- Under the Paris sky
- Center stage
- Public relations
- High fashion, entry level
- Chloé and Fendi, Andy and Antonio
- Love and obsession
- Seventies Paris: Les Années Folles
- International travels
- A very fashionable friend
- The Rue Cambon
- A storied institution, a jolt of energy
- One voice
- New visions
- Death and disaster
- Shifting gears
- Gentlemen callers
- Hits and misses
- Radical change
- Revolutions
- Star power
- Larger than life
- A kept woman
- Young friends
- A fierce determination, some missteps, and the final bouquets
- The astral plane.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-459) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062969033
- 006296903X
- OCLC:
- 1370612090
- Publisher Number:
- 99993493466
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