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People noted sets and costumes of British photographer, diarist, and theatrical designer
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
for
My Fair Lady
on stage in 1956 and on film in 1964.
Cecil Beaton first styled his sisters decadently. His unique flair for elegance and fantasy led him to the most successful and influential portrait and fashion of the 20th century. From
Adolf de Meyer
, baron, and
Edward Jean Steichen
as sources of inspiration, he nevertheless developed all his own style. He worked for
Vogue
for more than a quarter-century and also as court official to the royal family in 1937. A constant innovator, Beaton worked for five decades to captivate some figures of his time from
Edith Sitwell
to the
Rolling Stones
,
Greta Garbo
,
Jean Cocteau
, and
Marilyn Monroe
.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_B...
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