Table of Contents

Introduction • 1. The Twenties: Young and Loud in Cambridge • 2. The Thirties and Forties: Celebrity and Savile Row • 3. The Fifties and Sixties: Fragility and New Fashion • 4. The Seventies: A Sartorial Swansong • 5. The Beaton Look • 6. A Legacy

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A unique and compelling book celebrating the distinct style of Sir Cecil Beaton

About the Author

Benjamin Wild is Guest Lecturer at Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design. A one-time lecturer in Medieval History at King's College, London, he has become a leading authority on the history of fashion.

Reviews

'While the images of Beaton may be in stark black and white, much of what they have to say seems bang up to date' - Sunday Herald

'Benjamin Wild writes with the verve the subject himself would surely applaud' - World of Interiors