Let's take a deep dive into Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent's rivalry that changed fashion forever.
stands as perhaps the last great example of the traditional Parisian couturier. Yet, as different as both these men's legacies in fashion would come to be, you can trace the beginning of both of their careers to single photograph taken all the way back in 1954 in Paris. In it, a 21-year-old Lagerfeld stands next to a model wearing a canary yellow garment that had won him first place in the coat category of a competition that would come to be known in later years.
You could say that Saint Laurent was driven by his id, exploring his distinct passions and creative impulses for his own house, even if sometimes the rest of the fashion world wouldn't catch up until years later. Lagerfeld was more driven by his superego, and was apt to compare himself to a computer. He received each assignment like a problem to be solved, and drew up his library-like knowledge of a wide range of subjects to find an artful solution.
“Of course I knew about the affair with Saint Laurent," he said. "I had been close friends with Yves for more than 20 years. We used to go out in the early days with Anne-Marie Munoz and Victoire Doutreleau. Pierre smashed that to bits. He said I engineered their liaison to destabilize the house of Saint Laurent."
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