The artist Patrick Hourcade met Karl Lagerfeld in 1976. A friendship that will last more than twenty years is immediately born between the two men, strengthened by their shared passion for eighteenth-century arts. The two would build a magnificent universe together, refined and sometimes overly extravagant, especially at the Grand-Champ chateau in Brittany, the Hotel Pozzo di Borgo in Paris, or at La Vigie, a villa on the French Riviera.
Patrick Hourcade tells the story of this aesthetic connection, through previously unpublished documents and a unique biography of Karl Lagerfeld, where he is seen in all of his splendor as well as his weaknesses. This intimate story also crosses paths with the colorful characters who populated the life of the great designer, including Anna Piaggi and Francine Crescent, Laure de Beauvau and Liliane de Rothschild, Pierre Berge and Yves Saint Laurent, Gilles Defour, Vincent Darre, Guy Bourdin, and Andree Putnam, and, most importantly, his mother Elisabeth and Jacques de Bascher--his two loves of his life.
Details:
Hardcover
Size: H 24.7 x W 17.9 x D 2.3cm
Pages: 224
Published: Jan 2022
