Cecil Beaton’s Bright Young Things

‘An upmarket coffee table affair. Robin Muir… does a neat job of introducing the rich, famous and posh characters whom the young Beaton photographed, and their world of parties, pageants, charity matinees, evenings of tableaux vivants’ - The Times‘A brilliant selection of snaps of Cecil dandified and dressed up, as well as his celebrity portraits, which appear here alongside pages from his scrapbooks, quick, elegant sketches of costume ideas and Muir’s fascinating biographies of the people Beaton photographed and partied with. (????) ’ - Daily Express‘Beaton adored being at the centre of this wild and frivolous world. He made friends everywhere.’ - Tatler‘Snapshot of a beautiful brittle world… A great deal of care has been taken by Robin Muir to dunk you fully into this world.’ - Daily Telegraph

Robin Muir is a Contributing Editor to British Vogue. His books include Vogue 100: A Century of Style (2016), Under the Influence: John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho (2014), Vogue Model: The Faces of Fashion (2013), Vogue Covers: On Fashion’s Front Page (co-author, 2009), In Camera: Snowdon and the World of British Art (2007), The World’s Most Photographed (2005), People in Vogue: A Century of Portrait Photography (co-author, 2005), Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion (2004) and David Bailey: Chasing Rainbows (2001).

Thomas Perrson is a creative director, editor and brand consultant based in London. He was the founder, editor-in-chief and and Creative Director of Acne Paper (2004-2014) and founder of Luncheon, a style and culture biannual launched in 2016.