Category: Cecil Beaton

Portait by Cecil Beaton ยท 1930

Cecil Beaton ~ Marianna van Rensselaer in Charles James hat, 1930 ยฉ Cecil Beaton studio archive & Huxley-Parlour gallery | src ODLP ~ l’ล“il de la photographie

Mrs. Freeman-Thomas by Beaton

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) ~ Mrs Freeman-Thomas, 1928 ยฉ the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s
Wearing a racing “fashion of the far future”: The Hon. Mrs. Freeman-Thomas at The Dream of the Fair Women Ball (photo: Bertram Park)

The Pageant of Past, Present and Future Fashions was held on 29th February 1928 (Leap Year Night) at Claridge’s (London) in aid of the Winter Distress League. The costumes for the dresses of the (far) future were designed by Cecil Beaton. The image above shows Ms. Freeman-Thomas in an outfit titled ‘The Ascot Dress of the Future’.

Detail from Mrs Freeman-Thomas by Cecil Beaton (formerly Miss Blossom Forbes-Robertson), 1928

Cecil Beaton self-portraits

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) self-portrait in All the Vogue, Cambridge Footlights, 1925 | src Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s
Cecil Beaton self-portrait, Cambridge Footlights, 1925 | src Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s via anOther magazine

Dialogues ยท Beaton & Kepes

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) ~ Portrait of Lady Loughborough, ca. 1935 (gelatin silver print on bromide paper). From: Shalom Shpilman Collection
Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) ~ What Little Girls Are Made of, 1938 (gelatin silver print on Agfa paper) | src Christie’s