book - a life in fashion: the wardrobe of cecil beaton

Born in Hampstead in 1904, Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a multi-talented artist - an Oscar-winning stage and costume designer, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer. He lived an extravagant life, earning accolades for his work on films such as My Fair Lady and Gigi, and residing in his luxurious Ashcombe House near Salisbury.

'A Life in Fashion' takes a retrospective look at Beaton’s style through the prism of his wardrobe. Drawing on unpublished records and interviews with Beaton’s former tailors, Benjamin Wild delightfully scrutinizes Beaton’s approach to fashion as well as his influence on designers in the fashion industry.