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Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Edited with text by Robin Muir. Preface by Hamish Bowles.

From high-concept couture to portraits and magazine editorials, Beaton's fashion photographs receive a fitting tribute in the form of this glamorous, elegant volume

Hbk, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 288 pgs / 76 color / 180 bw. | 11/18/2025 | Awaiting stock
$50.00


     

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Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON
Text by Robin Muir.

The stylish and extravagant world of the “Bright Young Things” of 1920s and ’30s London, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton

Hbk, 9.75 x 11 in. / 280 pgs / 150 color. | 5/12/2020 | In stock
$49.95


Cecil Beaton's Cocktail Book

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON

Drink like one of the Bright Young Things with Cecil Beaton’s Cocktail Book

Hbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 120 pgs / 50 color. | 5/12/2020 | Out of stock
$24.95


  

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Cecil Beaton: 20th Century Icons

LA FáBRICA
Text by Joanna Ling, Oliva María Rubio.

Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 94 bw. | 9/25/2018 | Not available
$40.00


Cecil Beaton's Fashionable WorldCecil Beaton's Fashionable World

Published by National Portrait Gallery.
Edited with text by Robin Muir. Preface by Hamish Bowles.

A virtuoso in capturing beauty, glamour and star power, Cecil Beaton was an extraordinary force in the 20th-century British and American creative scenes. Renowned as a photographer, fashion illustrator, costume designer and writer, his impact spans the worlds of fashion, photography and design. From his early snapshots of the Bright Young Things and his breakthrough as Vogue's star photographer at just 24 years old, to his portraits of royals, celebrities and models and culminating in his award-winning turn as a costume designer, Beaton created an oeuvre of glamour, resilience and creativity that continues to captivate audiences today.
Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World, the catalog accompanying the exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery, London, is the first publication to delve into Beaton's groundbreaking fashion work, spanning from 1922 to 1963. The book documents designs from Balmain, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Chanel and more. This pivotal aspect of his career would lay the foundation for his later successes. A chronological exploration of his most triumphant years includes his most iconic portraits of Greta Garbo, Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Mona Williams, Elizabeth II and many more, together with his rarely seen watercolors, collages and even outtakes.
Cecil Beaton (1904–80) was both a member and photographer of Britain's Bright Young Things. He began working for British Vogue full-time in 1927 and over the succeeding decades became known for his portraits of fashion models and royalty. In the 1950s and 1960s, he won four Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for his costume designs.



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National Portrait Gallery

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Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 288 pgs / 76 color / 180 bw.

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Catalog: FALL 2025 p. 26   

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ISBN 9781855148055 TRADE
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STATUS: Forthcoming | 11/18/2025

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Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young ThingsCecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things

Published by National Portrait Gallery, London.
Text by Robin Muir.

In 1920s and ‘30s Britain, Cecil Beaton used his camera and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with that flamboyant and rebellious group of artists, writers, socialites and partygoers who became known as the “Bright Young Things.” Famously fictionalized by the likes of Evelyn Waugh (in Vile Bodies), Anthony Powell and Henry Green, these men and women cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch and embodied its roaring spirit.

In a series of themed chapters, covering Beaton’s first self-portraits and earliest sitters to his time at Cambridge and as principle society photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, over 50 leading figures who sat for Beaton are profiled and the dazzling parties, pageants and balls of the period are brought to life. Among this glittering cast are Beaton’s socialite sisters Baba and Nancy Beaton, Stephen Tennant, Siegfried Sassoon, Evelyn Waugh and Daphne du Maurier. Beaton’s photographs are complemented by a wide range of letters, drawings, book jackets and ephemera, and contextualised by artworks created by those in his circle, including Christopher Wood, Rex Whistler and Henry Lamb.

Cecil Beaton (1904–80) is one of the most celebrated British portrait photographers of the 20th century and is renowned for his images of elegance, glamour and style. Beaton quickly developed a reputation for his striking and fantastic photographs, which culminated in his portraits of Queen Elizabeth in 1939. Also well known as a diarist, Beaton became a society fixture in his own right. His influence on portrait photography was profound and lives on today in the work of many contemporary photographers.



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National Portrait Gallery, London

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Hardcover, 9.75 x 11 in. / 280 pgs / 150 color.

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Catalog: SPRING 2020 p. 18   

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Cecil Beaton's Cocktail BookCecil Beaton's Cocktail Book

Published by National Portrait Gallery, London.

Cecil Beaton (1904–80) was one of the most celebrated British portrait photographers of the 20th century, so renowned for his images of celebrities and high society that his own name has become synonymous with elegance, glamour and style. In the 1920s and ’30s, Beaton used his camera, his ambition and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with a flamboyant and rebellious group of artists and writers, socialites and partygoers whose spirit and style cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch. Canonizing the era’s “Bright Young Things” in his distinctive brand of opulent studio portraiture, Beaton worked his way up from middle-class suburban schoolboy to glittering society figure.

This miniature cocktail book features a delightful array of recipes inspired by the decadent drinks of Beaton’s youth, and the fabulous friends and celebrities whom he photographed. Period classics such as the Hanky Panky, Manhatten, Negroni and Sidecar are given contemporary twists by the Head Bartender and Mixologist of the world famous Claridge's Hotel in London, which played host to some of the most extravagant Bright Young gatherings. It is illustrated with the artist’s own photographs and the witty and distinctive drawings he produced throughout his life, recording people, travels and experiences, which were featured in Vogue magazine. A must-have for every well-appointed bar cart, Cecil Beaton’s Cocktail Book brings to life a deliriously eccentric, glamorous and creative era.



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National Portrait Gallery, London

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Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 120 pgs / 50 color.

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Catalog: SPRING 2020 p. 19   

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ISBN 9781855147775 TRADE
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Cecil Beaton: 20th Century IconsCecil Beaton: 20th Century Icons

Published by La Fábrica.
Text by Joanna Ling, Oliva María Rubio.

This beautiful publication presents a selection of portraits by Cecil Beaton (1904–80), one of the 20th century's definitive and most stylish portraitists, whose oeuvre spans so many phases of social transformation. The portraits selected for this volume illustrate the range of his sitters from around the globe—actors, artists, writers, politicians, musicians, philosophers and royalty.
A tremendous innovator, Beaton had the gift of reinventing himself for each era he traversed, from capturing the froth and fun of the '20s and '30s to recording the horrors of World War II and the flamboyance of Swinging London. Subjects depicted here include the Duke of Windsor, Mick Jagger, Maria Callas, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Winston Churchill, Christian Dior, Orson Welles, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Georgia O’Keefe, T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley and Gertrude Stein.
With its delightful pink board cover, tip-on and embossing, this affordable volume is one of the most delightful Beaton monographs ever published.



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La Fábrica

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 94 bw.

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Out of print

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Catalog: SPRING 2019 p. 10   

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ISBN 9788417048723 TRADE
List Price: $40.00 CAD $55.00 GBP £35.00

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STATUS: Out of print | 00/00/00

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