Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, this volume is the first to delve exclusively into Cecil Beaton’s groundbreaking fashion work. Known as the “King of Vogue,” Beaton elevated fashion photography into an art form through controlled compositions and detailed sets. The book charts his career from the Jazz Age “Bright Young Things” to his Oscar-winning costume designs for “My Fair Lady.” It includes iconic portraits of Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Queen Elizabeth II, alongside rarely seen watercolors and collages. Curated by Robin Muir, the work celebrates Beaton’s signature style—a marriage of Edwardian stage glamour and the elegance of a new age that revitalized visual culture.