cecil beaton

it's time we met

a runner up for the metropolitan museum's contest for viewer photos; the winners here.

erte

lady churchill

Lille Langtry 1891.

Dior... by the real Dior.

cecil beaton early designer portraits

Elsa Schaiparelli 1936 - Coco Chanel 1937

The only person who can out Dior Dior, Charles James. 1930 with Mariana Van Rensselaer.

partial profiles