Salon: An Art & Fashion Book Club

Wednesday, Sep 30

7:00pm

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Join us for the inaugural edition of Salon: An Art & Fashion Book Club! Our first book will be The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake. It's a comprehensive biography of the late designer, Karl Lagerfeld, and his infamous rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent. Every month, we'll gather and discuss some of the best nonfiction books covering art and fashion and discover notable moments throughout the history of fashion. Marmalade in Brooklyn will provide the cozy, salon vibe, and we'll have the types of French wine on hand that we might've found Yves Saint Laurent sipping at Cafe de Fleur in the seventies. For our first gathering, books can be ordered through Word Bookstore for a 10% discount. Here's a synopsis of September's book from the publisher and some reviews.... In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries - Yves Saint Laurent, the reclusive enfant terrible, and Karl Lagerfeld, the flamboyant freelancer with a talent for reinvention - and they divided Paris into two fabulous halves. Their enduring rivalry is chronicled in this dazzling exposè of an era: of social ambitions, shared obsessions, and the mesmerizing quest for beauty. "Deliciously dramatic... The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement."-New York Times Book Review "Fascinating." -New York Times "Addictive." -Philadelphia Inquirer "It's like US Weekly, 1970s style." -Gotham "A story constructed as exquisitely as a couture dress. . . . It moves stylishly forward, with frequent over-the-shoulder glances at some very dishy background." -Boston Globe