Cecil Beaton, The Restless Years, Diaries: 1955-63
Beaton, Cecil. The Restless Years, Diaries: 1955-63. First Edition. 1976. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.
Cecil Beaton obviously considered the years covered in this volume as his restless ones because his “feet hardly ever seem to touch the ground.” The various entries catch him as he is traveling the world, visiting exotic locales and also his usual haunts, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. Friends like Diana Vreeland, Truman Cooper, and Greta Garbo make repeat appearances. He also recounts a grand ball given by Barbara Hutton in Tangier and an argument with Alfred Hitchcock at a movie screening hosted by Edie Goetz. There are also descriptions of visits with Coco Chanel and Prince Felix Youssoupoff in which not one fascinating detail goes unnoticed.
“Thirty-five years ago I could think of nothing more wonderful than going to Hollywood to work on designing a great film. But Hollywood has changed and so have I.”
--Cecil Beaton