This book presents the iconic photographer's expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion's golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees, Truman Capote once said of Cecil Beaton. Though known for his portraits, Beaton was as incisive a writer as he was a photographer. First published in 1954, The Glass of Fashion is a classic--an invaluable primer on the history and highlights of fashion from a man who was a chronicler of taste, and an intimate compendium of the people who inspired his legendary eye. Across eig ..

strong Drink like one of the Bright Young Things with Cecil Beaton's Cocktail Book strong Cecil Beaton (1904-80) was one of the most celebrated British portrait photographers of the 20th century, so renowned for his images of celebrities and high society that his own name has become synonymous with elegance, glamour and style. In the 1920s and '30s, Beaton used his camera, his ambition and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with a flamboyant and rebellious group of artists and writers, socialites and partygoers whose spirit and style cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch. Canonizing the era's "Bright Young Things" in his distinctive brand of opulen ..

strong The stylish and extravagant world of the "Bright Young Things" of 1920s and '30s London, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton strong In 1920s and '30s Britain, Cecil Beaton used his camera and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with that flamboyant and rebellious group of artists, writers, socialites and partygoers who became known as the "Bright Young Things." Famously fictionalized by the likes of Evelyn Waugh (in Vile Bodies ), Anthony Powell and Henry Green, these men and women cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch and embodied its roaring spirit. In a series of themed chapters, covering Beaton's first self ..

The definitivecollection of Cecil Beaton's war photography, drawing on a wealth of material and accompanied by his own diary entriesAt the beginning of World War II Cecil Beaton was commissionedby the British governmentto photograph the home front.He set to work recording both the destruction ofthe city, and the heroism of Londoners under attack. He conducted a survey of Bomber and Fighter Commands for the RAF, which was published withhis own astute commentary. Beaton was an effective propagandist, but his voice, like his photographs, was touchingly elegant. Beaton's wartime work amounted to 7,000 photographs. He traveled through the Western Desert and on to Ira ..

En 1944, le celebre photographe de mode et portraitiste Cecil Beaton est envoye a Paris par le Ministere de l'Information, a l'occasion d'une exposition de photographies de guerre montrant les ravages du blitz . Pendant son sejour parisien, il renoue avec Picasso et frequente tout un cercle de personnalites du monde de l'art comme Andre Gide, Jean Cocteau et Gertrude Stein. La guerre terminee, Beaton devient designer et travaille pour le cinema. En 1946, il s'envole pour New York ou il croise une femme qu'il avait rencontree une seule fois, dix ans auparavant. Cette femme n'est autre que Greta Garbo et Beaton tombe eperdument amoureux. Sous la forme d'un journal ..