Karl Lagerfeld's lover Jacques De Bascher died of AIDs in 1989. He was a Parisian aristocrat. Lagerfeld never had sex with De Bascher, but De Bascher had a BDSM relationship with Yves Saint Laurent.

Companions: Jacques De Bascher wears a white jacket and waistcoat, as he accompanies his partner Karl Lagerfeld, wearing a black three-piece suit, in a photo believed to have been taken in the 1980s ...

PARIS— Jacques de Bascher, the decadent dandy who was Karl Lagerfeld ’s partner for close to two decades, is the subject of a revealing new book that sheds light on the man at the center of ...

In Marie Ottavi's biography of de Bascher, Jacques de Bascher, Dandy de l’ombre (“Jacques de Bascher, Shadow Dandy,”) Lagerfeld was frank about his deep affection for de Bascher, despite their starkly ...

Théodore Pellerin as Jacques de Bascher in the location used for the living room of Karl Lagerfeld’s Saint-Suplice apartment. Photo: Caroline Dubois/Jour Premier/Disney Théodore Pellerin as ...

In Ottavi's book Jacques de Bascher, Shadow Dandy, he told her they had "no physical contact". He said: "I infinitely loved that boy but I had no physical contact with him.

Karl Lagerfeld. David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock Lagerfeld opened up about his final wishes in the 2017 biography Jacques de Bascher, dandy de l’ombre, written by Liberation reporter Marie Ottavi.

His encounter with the young Jacques de Bascher, an ambitious and seductive dandy, changes everything. Karl is finally ready to go up against his friend, haute couture genius Yves Saint Laurent ...

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld (Daniel Brühl), left, meets and falls in love with Jacques de Bascher (Théodore Pellerin) in Becoming Karl Lagerfeld. We live in an age obsessed with self-creation.

The relationship – said to have been loving but not physical – is chronicled in journalist Marie Ottavi’s 2017 title, ‘Jacques de Bascher, dandy de l’ombre’. Lagerfeld told Ottavi: “I infinitely loved ...

Late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld gave up sex for 30 years following the tragic death of his longterm partner Jacques de Bascher. The German designer was left heartbroken when his boyfriend of 18 ...