Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as costume …

Oct 8, 2015 · In some ways, Gigi is a test-run for My Fair Lady (1964). Famed photographer and designer Cecil Beaton created the costumes for Gigi and then did the same for My Fair Lady. …

Jan 6, 2019 · With costumes, scenery and production design by the seminal Cecil Beaton and directed by the iconic Vincente Minnelli, set in the turn of the century during the time of La …

Aug 16, 2018 · A fashion photographer of legend, Cecil Beaton also made his mark on Hollywood for Oscar-winning production design on Gigi and My Fair Lady where the black and white …

Title: Scene from a Ball - Gigi. Artist: Cecil Beaton (British, London 1904–1980 Broadchalke) Date: ca. 1956. Medium: Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) on gray paper. Classifications: …

The film Gigi (1958) was directed by Vincente Minnelli based on the novella by Colette. The film adaptation starred Leslie Caron and featured songs by Lerner and Loewe. The film received …

He won Academy Awards for his costume design in Gigi (1958) and for both his costume design and his art direction in My Fair Lady (1964). Several volumes of his diaries, which appeared in …

Cecil Beaton was born on 14 January 1904 in London, England, UK. He was a costume designer, known for My Fair Lady (1964), Gigi (1958) and Anna Karenina (1948). He died on 18 January …

Cecil’s career took off in 1924 when Vogue published some of his photographs. His work during World War II, his royal portraits, and his designs for Oscar-winning productions like “My Fair …

Our collection also holds some of his costume and stage designs for productions such as My Fair Lady (1956) and Gigi (1958), as well as the Cecil Beaton Collection of fashion, which was …