A Life in Fashion: The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton
When 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 evening jacket, red shoes, black-and-white trousers and a large cravat, to his first meeting with Greta Garbo ten years later in 'pristine white kid coat, sharkskin, and new white shoes and socks', to his appearance nearly forty years later at Truman Capote's 1970 Black and White Ball, Beaton expressed a flamboyant sartorial nonchalance - a sprezzatura. He had accounts with many Savile Row tail…
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Weitere Autoren: Walker, Tim (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-500-51833-5
- EAN: 9780500518335
- Produktnummer: 18327558
- Verlag: Thames & Hudson
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H31.2 cm x B23.5 cm x D2.2 cm 1'140 g
- Gewicht: 1140
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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.
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