Daphne Guinness is an heiress, socialite, muse, and has been a fashion stylist and designer. She is widely known for her love of couture and flamboyant personal style. Tom Ford recalls her as one of the most stylish women living. She is one of the pioneers of collectors of fashion as art. She buys clothes and accessories to wear but with the eye of a collector. In 2011, the museum at FIT exhibited her beautiful collection of clothes that revealed her unique sense of style and fashion. Featuring brands like McQueen, Gareth Pugh, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Valentino, and Azzedine Alaia. All gathered in sections with titles such as female dandy, armor aesthetics, exotic section, sequins and feathers, and chic. If this isn’t iconic enough for a style icon that their wardrobe would be presented in a museum then what is iconic?
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Daphne Guinness is a perfect example of the personalities and people with a unique style that if she walks into a room full of people, it is likely all heads would fly in her direction. Her style is fearless and she wears the most extreme clothes. She has two-toned hair and she wears super-high heels and recognizable designer clothes that make her stand apart. I wonder how she handles all these stares and attentions?
Apart from her being a collector of fashion as art and her unique personal style, Daphne Guinness is considered a muse in the fashion world. Alexander McQueen cited her as his muse. She also collaborated with McQueen and Jewelry designer Shaun Leane on “Contra Mundum” gloves that took over four years to create with 21 fittings and 4290 diamonds to fashion.
