Benjamin Wild: A Life in Fashion: The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton [2016] hardback AHIST Using her supreme knowledge of

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Benjamin Wild: A Life in Fashion: The Wardrobe of Cecil Beaton [2016] hardback AHIST Using her supreme knowledge ofWhen Cecil Beaton died in 1980, it was not surprising that one of his tailors was telephoned with the news before Buckingham Palace, despite his close association with the Royal Family. From the moment he arrived at Cambridge University in 1922 wearing evening jacket, red shoes, black and white trousers and a large cravat, to his first meeting with Greta Garbo ten years later in `pristine white kid coat, sharkskin, and new white shoes and socks', to