<p>Cecil Beaton was a man of dazzling charm and style, and his talents were many. At the age of twenty he sent <em>Vogue</em> an out-of focus snap of a college play, and for the next half-century and more he kept readers of the magazine up to date on all the various activities of his career.</p><p>Condé Nast, the owner of <em>Vogue</em>, convinced Beaton to abandon his pocket Kodak, and his resulting photographic work earned him a place among the great chroniclers of fashion. Witty and inventive, he also designed settings for plays and films—and for himself—and as a writer he was an eloquent champion of stylish living. This book includes articles, drawings, and photographs by Beaton dating from the 1920s to the 1970s. Beaton loved <em>Vogue</em>, and his contributions testify to the wit, imagination, and professionalism that he and the magazine always had in common.</p>