Daphne Guinness

[Boomer]

"It's the Proustian idea of smell".... Ummm, I have just been reading Proust for the first time, and I have no idea what this might mean...

 

[ilaughead]

^I think she's just talking about the evocative aspects of smell, like the madeleine scene in Swann's Way...

I really like that she says it takes her just ten minutes to get dressed. (I don't quite believe it, but I like the idea.)

 

[Party_Vixen]

I love that she managed to make the Gareth Pugh piece look her own.

Also, I cannot believe she does her own hair! It's always so perfect .

 

[LetThemEatCake]

^^Ditto on both of what you said, and thank you so much Cosmocat for posting that. Just makes me love her more, which I didnt think was possible.

 

[classicalbang]

I would love to see the Guinness can shoes Louboutin made for her.

 

[mishahoi]

she does her *own* hair?? how?? thats incredible....

although taking it with a grain of salt as I remember the "scone" comment in that old interview...

 

[cosmocat]

hintmag.com
Muse You Can Use

A couple of weeks before he presented his first menswear collection in Paris, Gareth Pugh was busy blowing up 100 or so balloons in a tiny storeroom overlooking Tottenham Court Road, a street choked with office workers, kebab wrappers and lost international students.

As guest editor, Pugh art directed and starred in a cover shoot for Time Out's special London Fashion Week issue. His chosen photographer was Matt Irwin, his backdrop was a wall of pearly balloons and his co-star was Daphne Guinness, the half-pint Guinness heiress with a penchant for silver leggings, shock hair and diamonds as big as doorknobs.

Pugh has been a regular visitor and friend to Time Out since the magazine heralded his first show in 2005, so he was accustomed to the infamous rough-edged office block. Guinness was another matter. What would the fantastically posh eccentric/designer/filmmaker/patron of the avant-garde think of her makeshift boudoir, with its file cabinets, back issues and stale almond croissants?

She didn’t blink, of course. As the gaggle of scruffy fashion kids blew in with Pugh to unpack his spring ‘09 collection and fire up the hair straighteners, Daphne sweetly ordered a mug of builder's tea and warmed her feet on an electric heater. As most of the team chain-smoked on the roof, she happily settled into an hour or three of hair and make-up.

Pugh attracts a sort of polarized following, from the gothy young show-offs in the clubs and pubs of the East End to the effusive Parisian board members of ANDAM, who last year awarded him 150,000 recession-free euros and a slot at Paris Fashion Week. For her part, Guinness is fast-becoming recognized as an important ally to London’s creative scene, much like the late Isabella Blow (Guinness’ distant relative and friend). Little wonder that the 41-year-old was Pugh's pick for cover star.

Guinness, it turns out, is a natural. Propped up in her custom-made Christian Louboutin platforms and black-and-white armor outfit from Pugh's spring collection, she walked on set arm-in-arm with her designer friend. All smiles as she nestled in among the balloons, photographer Matt Irwin asked politely for her best cover star "look." Suddenly, she fixed him with a pretend death-stare—to be unveiled on newsstands February 19.

—Dan Jones, Time Out London

 

[Miss Laura]

thanks for posting!

 

[classicalbang]

She looks better in Pugh S/S 09 than the models did on the runway.

 

[Party_Vixen]

^ Absolutely!

I love those behind the scenes shots. She looks beautiful and fierce .

 

[bluejeans]

thanks cosmocat! did nobody on this fashion website get the fashion issue of time out?

 

[Mr.Lagerfeld]

Daphne's a contributor to the Starworks Agency blog! Here's a collection of her posts....from shopping cheap for chic...to meeting with laboutin.

http://starworksny.com/blog/?cat=5

 

[Master Wood]

Those are great thank you so much for posting! Will keep my eyes out for this issue when I'm in London for the shows.

 

[Love$2shop]

Yes, the link to starworks blog has been posted a while back and I've been following it ever since. it!



Cosmocat, thanks for posting the tidbit from from hintmag! She looks great in the shoot!

 

[misspistol]

Fabulous Daphne, can't wait for the magazine to come out! I love her death stare.
I assume her getting ready time is everyday, not for events. And 'doing her own hair' probably means she washes it and pins it up herself....that sounds like an insult but I'm sure the majority of women in that world never wash their hair themselves.
What was the scone comment?
And those Guinness can shoes sound amazing.

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Amazing photos with Gareth. She looks so cool.

 

[cosmocat]

mattirwinlondon.blogspot.com
Time Out cover

linleelove.blogspot.com

 

[Boomer]

^^ All great stuff !! Thanks everyone!!

 

[Party_Vixen]

Fantastic cover!

 

[Master Wood]

That cover had the potential to be really very special, instead they've made them look like something out of some seedy 80's pop band. A real waste of everyones time in my opinion!