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Sir
Cecil Beaton
CBE
Portrait by Lafayette Ltd, 1920s
Born
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton

(1904-01-14)14 January 1904
Hampstead, London
Died18 January 1980(1980-01-18) (aged 76)
Reddish House, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England
Resting placeAll Saints' church graveyard, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England
EducationHeath Mount School
St Cyprian's School
Harrow School
St John's College, Cambridge
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • interior designer
  • socialite
  • writer
  • costume designer
RelativesBaba Beaton (sister)
Nancy Beaton (sister)

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene. Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he...

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society photographer and artist Sir Cecil Beaton bought nearby Reddish House in 1947 and transformed the interior. Beaton added rooms on the eastern side...

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editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971. She was photographed by Cecil Beaton, Slim Aarons, Alejo Vidal-Quadras; designed for by Cristóbal Balenciaga...

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a style icon, Gayatri was shot by photographer Cecil Beaton for Vogue. Gayatri was described by Beaton as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world...

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colour schemes punctuated by bright green, shocking pink, and bold reds. Cecil Beaton remembered leaf-emerald wallpaper, magenta cushions, and Schiaparelli...

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princess was captured in the piece, dubbed one of her favourite dresses, by Cecil Beaton, with the portrait becoming one of the most memorable royal photographs...

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the Guest of a Guest blog. He also appears in Sir Cecil Beaton's published diary for the 1960s, Beaton terming him "a phenomenon", and the biography In...

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at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He later became a teacher. His partner Cecil Beaton died in 1980. List of Princeton University Olympians "Kinmont Hoitsma...

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English socialite and fashion leader included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. Lady Helen Diana Bridgeman was born on 22 June 1907, the daughter of...

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School, Eastbourne, where he enjoyed the company of George Orwell and Cecil Beaton. He was a favourite of the formidable headmistress Mrs Wilkes but was...

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Society, 1991) Introduction to The Unexpurgated Beaton by Cecil Beaton (Phoenix, 2003) Introduction to Beaton in the Sixties: More Unexpurgated Diaries (Phoenix...

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Adrian Carton de Wiart during World War II, photographed by Cecil Beaton...

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