The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake, $21.04

Do you think the world of fashion today is decadent? It will seem tame after reading this nonfiction work, which chronicles the adventures of a young Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent as they triumphantly take the reins of Chanel and Dior in the 1970s.

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