Daphne Guinness Rocks

Jun 27, 2008 @ 3:45pm

the phenomenology of body.jpg Daphne Guinness, the McQueen darling and Irish Beer heiress, has put her creative talents to use on screen.

Her first short film, The Phenomenology of Body, debuts on The New York Times Style Magazine website today.

The film, set to LCD Soundsystem, features a chronological exhibit of fashion throughout time. The camera rotates around the models' (Jessica Joffe's even in there!) bodies, first wearing an apple, later a Victorian gown, then a veil, all set against a black wall.

We're kind of obsessed with Daphne Guinness - and would probably love anything she touched - but this video is really beautiful and hopefully just the start of her foray into other creative fields.

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 4:04PM

meh. seemed a little like someone's high school final project or something.

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 4:31PM

I swear you took my thoughts exactly!! I'm sorry to say it wasn't above H.S. quality. I do love Daphne however, but mainly for her fashion, as she is one of the few women who are actually clients of couture, rather than borrowers.

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 4:51PM

was the Grecian lady one of the twins from ANTM??????????

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 4:52PM

I really hate to sound crabby, but as an Actor I really get annoyed at people referring to things like this as a "film". There are far too many talented filmmakers (actors, directors, writers, producers et al) out there making REAL films. Please call this what it is - a video fashion advertisement. And to be quite honest, not a very good one.

posted by jess

Jun 27, 2008 5:15PM

youre joking right?

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 5:55PM

I like her but this average...
she forgot the southern hemisphere...

posted by Malibu

Jun 27, 2008 6:54PM

Cool concept and it turned out pretty, but for some weird reason I get really bothered when I see a cake reference to Marie Antoinette because she never said "let them eat cake"! It was propaganda!

posted by rebajonez

Jun 27, 2008 9:11PM

huh?

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 9:25PM

we're giving a joffe sighting an exclamation point? really?

posted by guest

Jun 27, 2008 9:50PM

she's already producing some films. her short film, "cashback," was nominated for an academy award and then lengthened to a feature length film.

kind of a cool concept and i recommend checking it out.

posted by guest

Jun 28, 2008 12:53AM

this "film" aside - Guiness isn't a beer.

posted by guest

Jun 28, 2008 9:47AM

gues 5:55PM,

I totally agree with you about her forgeting the Souther Hemisphere...kind of sucks.

posted by textile_queen

Jun 28, 2008 7:11PM

I kind of liked it but wish she had taken it a lot further. There is a lot more historic costume to explore. Wonder why she choose the ones she did. It seemed odd that she didn't represent all the continents or only stick with Western dress.

Oh and you guys totally need to brush up on your historical fashion — there were no Victorian dresses in that film, and it's a burka, not a veil.

posted by guest

Jun 29, 2008 8:53AM

A bit like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEGwDuGBfR0 ... no?

posted by guest

Jun 29, 2008 2:00PM

I'm afraid I'll have to side with those who say "meh" on this one.

The concept is good -- live models wearing historical dress set to modern electronic music -- but it was not executed as well as one would hope. Also, the video was too small to effectively see the details of any of the clothing! The choice of eras seemed arbitrary as well...and it must be said that the gown was definitely 18th Century, NOT Victorian!

posted by guest

Jun 29, 2008 9:18PM

i think her starting and ending bits were good - she should have gone with the idea of how clothing has constrained women - starting with woman's taking the blame for the fall of mankind (repped by eve) and ending with today's women throwing away the restrictions of the years in between (repped by removing the burka). all the other stuff seemed to be randomly thrown in - i didn't really see a point to this short. and was the armor meant to be joan of arc?