Stephen James Napier Tennant (21 April 1906 – 28 February 1987) was a British socialite known for his decadent, eccentric lifestyle. [1][2] He was a central member of the socialite group referred to as "Bright Young Things" by the tabloid press of the time.

2020年5月12日 · Said eccentric was Stephen Tennant, who was born at Wilsford in 1906 and died there, aged eighty-one. According to his devoted housekeeper and nurse, Sylvia Blandford, he’d have turned in his grave at the spectacle of his possessions being pawed over and auctioned off piece by piece.

Stephen James Napier Tennant, born 21 April 1906, was a British artist, poet and socialite known for his decadent lifestyle and vivid illustrations. At his peak he was called "the brightest" of the Bright Young People, a nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London.

1991年2月3日 · If only Stephen Tennant, always his own best audience, could have read "Serious Pleasures" before peacefully passing away (in bed, of course) in his 81st year. He probably would have fainted.

1992年1月7日 · Flashy artist/writer Stephen Tennant (1906-1987) cultivated a life of glamour and an international circle that included Cecil Beaton, Truman Capote and Willa Cather.

Stephen-tennant.org is a research project dedicated to the life and work of Stephen James Napier Tennant, a British artist, poet and socialite known for his decadent lifestyle and vivid illustrations.

“To Stephen, Whistler appeared ‘plump, thickset, very boyish… with a manner both impulsive and diffident.’ Rex’s own initial impression of Stephen was that of a ‘slender figure, extraordinary …

Stephen Tennant (1906-1987) was a British socialite and writer known as one of the “Bright Young People,” a group of upper-class British artists, writers, and bon vivants during the 1920s.

1990年1月1日 · A fascinating biography of Britain’s most legendary and flamboyant aristocratic aesthete. Out of Tennant’s bizarre and outrageously eccentric life, Hoare has created a superb biography that reflects an age of intellect, indolence, narcissism, and pure style. 32 pages of photographs; 22 drawings.

2020年7月29日 · "Stephen Tennant was the most delightfully fey, flamboyantly stylish, and gleefully "himself" person. He took the job title of "idle rich" to the extremes, spending most of his life in bed, but he did this in gold-dusted, finger waved hair …