Loulou & Yves: The Untold Story of Loulou de la Falaise & the House of Saint Laurent

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Fearless, “in the bone” style made Loulou de La Falaise one of the great fashion firebrands of the twentieth century.

Descending in a direct line from Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, she was celebrated as the “highest of haute bohemia,” a feckless adventuress in the art of living—and the one person Yves Saint Laurent, the most influential designer of his time, could not live without. In a sometimes agonizingly close personal and professional relationship, Loulou was Yves’s creative right hand, muse, alter ego, confidante and the virtuoso behind all the devastatingly flamboyant accessories that tipped the YSL “look” into something else. On the publication of his new book, Loulou & Yves, a vivid oral biography with candid recollections from everyone from Karl Lagerfeld and Andy Warhol to Mick Jagger and Tom Ford, Christopher Petkanas is joined by New York Times Chief Fashion Critic Vanessa Friedman, supermodel and muse Pat Cleveland, Simon Doonan, Creative Ambassador-at-Large of Barneys, and philanthropist and interior designer Susan Gutfreund. Together they take a deep dive into the untold story of Loulou and the House of Saint Laurent, a glittering conversation moderated by Fern Mallis that no one interested in fashion, style, or the high-flying intrigues of café society will want to miss.