The Glass of Fashion: A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them

by Cecil Beaton

Book Overview

This book presents the iconic photographer's expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion's golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style.

"The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees," Truman Capote once said of Cecil Beaton. Though known for his portraits, Beaton was as incisive a writer as he was a photographer. First published...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789339943
• ISBN13: 9780789339942
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 9.3"