In 1972, Karl Lagerfeld is an unknown 38-year-old designer of ready-to-wear fashion, largely unknown to the public. His encounter with the young Jacques de Bascher, an ambitious and seductive dandy, changes everything.

When Florence Foresti is not on stage, she is a woman like any other. Worse yet. A public figure, she’s also a joint-custodial mother, a drifting bachelor, an inspiration-seeking artist, and a chronic sufferer.