#beatone

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe during a photoshoot with Cecil Beaton, 1956.

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1956.

[the-clintster]

[amaranthsynthesis]

This Hark! A Vagrant strip is immediately what I thought of when I found those letters. I’m sticking with the hot topic implication bc it’s funnier than finding a faerûnian equivalent for France and bc fantasy hot topic would be fucking fantastic and I want to go there right now.

(The postscript says ‘no homo’ but it is very much homo)

[cinematic-phosphenes]

THE GILDED AGE (2022-) + ART [6/∞]

🌸 Bertha Russell in S1E2 | Mrs Hugh Hammersley (1892) - John Singer Sargent 🌸 Madame Paul Poirson (1885) - John Singer Sargent | Marian Brook in S1E9 🌸 Maud Beaton in S2E2 | Before the Ball (c. 1870s) - Alfred Stevens

Dress inspo found by: @tomcraweley + @whartonists

[labyrinthofstreams]

Pages from Cecil Beaton's scrapbook(s).

[kitsunetsuki]

Cecil Beaton - Margot Fonteyn, 1950, from Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography by Robin Derrick and Robin Muir (2004)

[quasi-normalcy]

[tiny-librarian]

Everyone, make sure you put your Gladiator Pajamas in the laundry tonight so you're ready for Friday. Very important dress code item.

[eirene]

Models wearing Charles James coats.

Photographer: Cecil Beaton

Vogue, November 1st, 1936

[robertocustodioart]

Merle Oberon by Cecil Beaton 1934

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1955.

[sharon-tate]

Marilyn Monroe photographed at the Ambassador Hotel in New York by Cecil Beaton, February 22nd 1956

[chubs-deuce]

The later parts of A Tail of Beignets by @hazbinhobo be like

for those without context: Alastor didn't have to deal with horny(tm) for nearly a century and now that he unlocked a greysexual awakening it's plaguing him at full blast

Yes this is directly copied from that one pride and prejudice comic by Kate Beaton lmao

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This Edwardian-style gown was created for the Ascot scene in the original 1956 Broadway production of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady. The scene was filled with beautiful gowns, all in black and white, in keeping with the famous “Black Ascot” of 1910, when King Edward VII died shortly before the event, making it inappropriate to wear color. Thus, those who attended wore all black, aside from accents of white from pearls and flowers.

The gown was designed by Cecil Beaton and executed by Helene Pons based on his sketches. The cream crepe dress has black velvet stripes and an embroidered lace bib. The photo above most likely shows actress Melisande Congdon in the costume, as she performed in the play for three years.

When Truman Capote decided to throw his famous “Black and White Ball,” – he used the scene from My Fair Lady as its inspiration. Deborah Davis’ wonderful book The Party of the Century mentions that much of the gossip about town was about “who” everyone would wear. Amanda Carter Burden, daughter of Babe Paley, was able to sidestep this conversation and not commit to any one designer when she chose a gown from the film My Fair Lady. A drawing of Amanda in costume, sketched by Kenneth Paul Block, appeared on the front page of Women’s Wear Daily.

But was her gown from the film adaptation of My Fair Lady? Amanda was based in New York City, and it would have been far easier for her to obtain one of the costumes from the Broadway show.

In addition, no costume in the film accurately matches the one she wore to the ball. There is one that is similar and clearly based on the same design, but it appears to be a different piece. 

In 2015, the dress from the Broadway production went up for sale, where it sold for $1280. It contains a lace dickey that the auction house noted has been added post-production. The dickey is clearly visible on Amanda Carter in the Black and White Ball photo. While I cannot confirm for certain that she is wearing the dress from the stage production rather than the film production, I am confident that she is.

Costume Credit: Katie S.

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[voguefashion]

Audrey Hepburn wearing a flower easter bonnet, photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1964.