Cecil Beaton

Irving Berlin and Mrs. Berlin by Beaton

Vanity Fair photograph with the caption: Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb could have been seen any day this summer baking in the un-winking sun that beats on the Cap d'Antibes.

Gary Cooper by Beaton

Kathrine Hepburn by Beaton

1920's Vanity Fair photograph of champagne dinner in Antibes, France

Cecil Beaton: 1904-1980. English photographer whose elegant and sophisticated fashion pictures and society portraits often employed exotic props and settings. He adopted a more simple style for his wartime photographs of bomb-damaged London. He also worked as a stage and film designer, notably for the musicals Gigi 1959 and My Fair Lady 1965. (Brockhampton)

What a fabulous era of style!