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The Crown in Vogue

Vogue's 'special royal salute' to Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor
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The Crown in Vogue by Josephine Ross and Robin Muir offers a captivating exploration of the British monarchy through the lens of Vogue magazine. It presents a visual and narrative journey, showcasing iconic photographs and stories that highlight the evolving relationship between royalty and fashion. This book beautifully weaves anecdotes and images, offering insightful glimpses into the lives of monarchs and their impact on style and culture.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the intersection of royalty and fashion, offering an intriguing peek through the lens of a prestigious magazine. It blends history and glamour, capturing iconic moments of style that have defined regal public images over decades.

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Marking the coronation of King Charles III, this is a lavishly illustrated celebration of the British Royal Family from the unrivalled archive of British Vogue.

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Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history.

Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor, and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry the Queen's sister and returned as Lord Snowdon. The Queen's cousin, Vogue's Lord Lichfield, proved an insightful photographer of royal style along with many of Vogue's fashion photographers, including Horst, Norman Parkinson, and David Bailey.

With visual treasures from Vogue's unrivalled archive and contributions through the decades from the most perceptive of royal commentatorsβ€”from Evelyn Waugh to Zadie Smithβ€”The Crown in Vogue is the definitive, authoritative portrait of royalty in the modern age.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781840918205

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 September 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Conran Octopus Ltd

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Edward Enninful

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 256.0mm

Weight: 1525g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Robin Muir (Author)

Robin Muir is a photographic historian and writer on photography. He has curated major exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven. His most recent exhibitions are Vogue 100 A Century of Style and Cecil Beaton's Bright Young Things (both National Portrait Gallery, 2016 and 2020). Formerly Picture Editor of Vogue, he is currently a Contributing Editor with the magazine.

Josephine Ross (Author)

Josephine Ross is a literary and royal historian, the acknowledged expert on Cecil Beaton's career with Vogue and an authority on the life and works of Jane Austen, the subject of her most recent book Jane Austen and her World (2017). Her previous books include The Monarchs of Britain (1982); Beaton in Vogue (1986); Royalty in Vogue (1989) and Society in Vogue: The International Set Between the Wars (1992).

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