A Life in Fashion: The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton

by Benjamin Wild

When fashion photographer and costume designer Cecil Beaton died in 1980, it was not surprising that one of his tailors was telephoned with the news before Buckingham Palace, despite his close association with the Royal Family. From the moment he arrived at Cambridge University in 1922 wearing an evening jacket, red shoes, black-and-white trousers, and a large cravat, to his appearance nearly forty years later at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500518335
• ISBN13: 9780500518335
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 12.3"