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A virtuoso in capturing beauty, glamour, and star power, Cecil Beaton was an extraordinary force in the 20th century British and American creative scenes. Renowned as a photographer, fashion illustrator, costume designer and decorated writer, Beaton’s impact spans the worlds of fashion, photography, and design.
Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World is a captivating journey through Cecil Beaton’s photographs from 1922 to 1955, where glamour, resilience, and creativity converge to define an era that continues to captivate audiences today. This publication will delve into the core of his career, focusing on his key influential contributions to fashion, a realm where he initially garnered acclaim.
A virtuoso in capturing beauty, glamour, and star power, Beaton’s lens portrayed everyone of consequence in the interwar and early post-war eras. This book spotlights his ground-breaking fashion work, a pivotal aspect of his career that laid the foundation for his later successes. From his early snapshots of the Bright Young Things in the 1920s to becoming the star photographer of British Vogue by the age of 24, Beaton’s journey through High Society, which takes him from London to Paris, capital of the fashion world, and to New York and Hollywood, is documented in a chronological exploration of his most triumphant years, culminating in his Oscar winning designs for My Fair Lady.
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- National Portrait Gallery
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- English
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- Soft
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- adults
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- 9781855148055
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