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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gaspard Ulliel stars as Yves Saint Laurent and Louie Garrel as Jacques De Bascher in the new film, "Saint Laurent," directed by Bertrand Bonello. (Video: Sony Pictures Classics) ...

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.

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 ...

De Bascher — a fledgling writer and Lagerfeld’s eventual love interest — has accompanied him to the fashion show of his friend and rival Yves Saint Laurent (played by Arnaud Valois).

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.

Jacques de Bascher, left, was in many ways the opposite of the more rigid Lagerfeld, right. Fairchild Archive/WWD, via Getty Images ...