The glamour and the femininity of an era!
The Post-War New Look!
The eternal reference!
Remembering a Genius, Sir Cecil Beaton!
Sir Cecil Beaton
14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980
Fashion and Photographer, Interior Designer and an Academy Award -winning Stage and Costume Designer!
Honours, awards and medals
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Quadrille (play) (1955)
- CBE (1956)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1957)
- Fellow of the Ancient Monuments Society (1957)
- Academy Award for Costume Design for Gigi (1958)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Saratoga (1960)
- Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (1960)
- Academy Award for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady (1964)
- Academy Award for Costume Design for My Fair Lady (1964)
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (1965)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Coco (musical) 1970
- Knighthood (1972)
Photographs
- Sir William Walton, 1926
- Stephen Tennant, 1927
- Lady Diana Cooper, 1928
- Charles James (designer), 1929
- Lillian Gish, 1929
- Oliver Messel, 1929
- Lord David Cecil, 1930
- Lady Georgia Sitwell, 1930
- Gary Cooper, 1931
- Pablo Picasso, 1933
- Marlene Dietrich, 1935
- Salvador Dalí, 1936
- Natalie Paley, 1936
- Daisy Fellowes, 1937
- Helen of Greece and Denmark Queen Mother of Romania,1937
- Queen Sita Devi of Kapurthala,1940
- Bomb Victim (Elienn Dunne), 1940
- Winston Churchill, 1940
- Graham Sutherland, 1940
- Charles de Gaulle, 1941
- Walter Sickert, 1942
- Isabel Jeans, 1945
- Greta Garbo, 1946
- Yul Brynner, 1946
- Vivien Leigh, 1947
- Marlon Brando, 1947
- Duchess of Windsor, 1951
- Vita Sackville-West, 1952
- Elizabeth II‘s Coronation, 1953
- Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, 1953
- Grace Kelly, 1954
- Mona von Bismarck, 1955
- Bernard Berenson, 1955
- Joan Crawford, 1956
- Mrs. Charles (Jayne) Wrightsman, 1956
- Maria Callas, 1956
- Dame Edith Sitwell, 1956
- Colin Wilson, 1956
- Marilyn Monroe, 1956
- Leslie Caron, 1957
- Dolores Guinness, 1958
- Princess Margaret, 1960
- Albert Finney, 1961
- Cristobal Balenciaga, 1962
- Karen Blixen, 1962
- Rudolf Nureyev, 1963
- Audrey Hepburn, 1964
- Margot Fonteyn, 1965
- Jacqueline Kennedy, 1965
- Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1965
- Georgia O’Keeffe, 1966
- Andy Warhol, 1967
- Twiggy, 1967
- Mick Jagger, 1968
- Katharine Hepburn, 1969
- Barbra Streisand, 1969
- Gloria Guinness, 1970
- Hubert de Givenchy, 1970
- Mae West, 1970
- David Hockney, 1970
- Jane Birkin, 1971
- Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, 1971
- Marisa Berenson as Luisa Casati, 1971
- Pauline de Rothschild, 1972
- Tina Chow, 1973
- Gilbert and George, 1974
- Inès de la Fressange, 1978
- Paloma Picasso, 1978
- Caroline of Monaco, 1978
- Olimpia de Rothschild, 1978
- Dayle Haddon, 1979
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His most lauded achievement for the stage was the costumes for Lerner and Loewe‘s My Fair Lady (1956), which led to two Lerner and Loewe film musicals, Gigi (1958) and My Fair Lady (1964), both of which earned Beaton the Academy Award for Costume Design. He also designed the period costumes for the 1970 film On a Clear Day You Can See Forever with Brabra Streisand.
The Vintage Glamour of Vogue!
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Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue
Go with the flow
Go with the flow
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music, hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow, you know, you can do it
Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It’s everywhere that you go
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It’s called a dance floor, and here’s what it’s for, so
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music, hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow, you know you can do it
All you need is your own imagination
So use it that’s what it’s for
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door
It makes no difference if you’re black or white
If you’re a boy or a girl
If the music’s pumping, it will give you new life
You’re a superstar, yes, that’s what you are, you know it
Come on, vogue
Let your body groove to the music, hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow, you know you can do it
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow, you know you can do it
Beauty’s where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That’s where I feel so beautiful
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/madonna-lyrics/vogue-lyrics.html ]
Magical, life’s a ball
So get up on the dance floor
Come on, vogue
Let your body groove to the music, hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow, you know you can do it
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue
A pose
A pose
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue
Beauty’s where you find it
Move to the music
Vogue, vogue
Beauty’s where you find it
Go with the flow
Greta Garbo and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue
Let your body move to the music
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Ooh, you’ve got to
Let your body move to the music
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Ooh, you’ve got to
Let your body move to the music
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body move to the music
Ooh, you’ve got to just
Let your body go with the flow
