Daphne Guinness

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Nicki Minaj Wears Prada in Wonderland, Karl Lagerfeld Was Claudia Schiffer’s Mentor, and You Can Buy Daphne Guinness’s Butterfly-Filled Apartment

Karl Lagerfeld Mentored Lost Lamb Claudia Schiffer: Way back when O.S. (Original Super) Claudia Schiffer was just a homesick little fräulein in the big bad world of modeling, the Kaiser apparently took her under his friendly fingerless-gloved wing as her wise mentor. Sounds just like a modern-day modeling fairy tale. {Vogue UK}

Nicki Minaj Wears Prada on Wonderland: For the mag’s Feb/March issue, a cotton-candy coiffed Nicki Minaj proves that Prada is for more than just basic bitches. Check out Wonderland‘s latest cover, which features Ms. Minaj rocking totally natural lashes and what looks like a printed version of the Spring ’12 bodysuit that’s been taking over recent editorials. {Design Scene}

What Does Solange Knowles Wear Every Day? Ever wonder what Solange is wearing on a daily basis? Well wonder no longer!! B’s baby sis is Vogue UK‘s “Today I’m Wearing…” girl for February. And she’s a supporter of daytime clutches– Which charity is that exactly? {Vogue UK}

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Daphne Guinness Will Be a Window Display Again, Says Barneys Exhibit Was Overwhelming

Remember last spring, when Daphne Guinness famously “got dressed for the Met Ball” in a Barneys window? Well, it turns out that may have just been the first of many of the socialite-turned-performance artist’s forays into department store window displays.

However, for her next turn, Guinness won’t actually be in the window in real life, but in the form of “virtual statues.” According to WWD, she’s working with Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio for window displays at Printemps in Paris called “Visions Couture” to use “cutting-edge three-dimensional scanning technology” to create these statues from photographic images. She will model looks by Paco Rabanne, Gareth Pugh, Maison Martin Margiela, Rick Owens and Junya Watanabe.

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Is David Bowie Fashion’s Muse of the Year? Daphne Guinness Joins Kate Moss, Anja Rubik As The Latest Model to Channel the Popstar

By Hayley Phelan Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 / 10:34 AM


Now this is a side of Daphne Guinness we’ve never seen before! Sporting a red mullet, glam makeup and gold sequins, the typically goth socialite is almost unrecognizable in a David Bowie-inspired editorial for Vogue Germany, which we saw on Fashionising.

Lensed by Bryan Adams, the shoot completely nails Bowie’s glamrock sensibility. Plus, it’s fun to see Daphne in something other than skunk hair and all-black ensembles. However, we can’t help feeling that the whole thing is a little…familiar, no? Read more »

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Proenza Schouler Is Opening Its First Shop, Britney Spears Gets Engaged, and Are Erin Heatherton and Leonardo DiCaprio an Item?

Proenza Schouler’s Very First Store: Aww. The label is eyeing a spot on Madison Avenue for its first-ever shop, set to open in 2012 – Exciting news for both Proenza and window shoppers everywhere. {WWD}

Are Leo and Erin Heatherton Sitting in a Tree (Figuratively Speaking)? Gisele, Bar, Blake, Erin… Mr. DiCaprio clearly has a thing for leggy blondes – then again, who doesn’t. The possible pair was spotted strolling around Sydney together. Which means they’re probably engaged. We kid! We kid. {NY Mag}

Today is Free Shipping Day! More than 2,500 retailers, including J.Crew, Free People, and Sephora, are participating in the Christmas miracle that is Free Shipping Day. The name really says it all – You’re welcome. (Full list of participating retailers at NY Daily News}

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Last Night’s Party: Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Courtney Love and More Brave the Rain to Fete Valentino

When Franca Sozzani spoke at the press conference announcing the launch of the Valentino Garavani Vitrual Museum–a project funded entirely by Garavani and his longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti to virtually house and showcase five decades of Valentino–she said celebrities love to wear Valentino and “not because they have been asked.” And last night, despite high winds and an icy deluge, a lot of celebrities wearing a lot of Valentino turned out to celebrate the designer’s groundbreaking new museum at a party at the IAC Building.

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Daphne Guinness on Her Beauty Routine and Why All Men Should Wear Makeup

Last weekend Daphne Guinness–like thousands of other art lovers–hit Miami for Art Basel. While we couldn’t be there with her, we had the chance to chat with her and James Gager, MAC’s Senior Vice President/Group Creative Director about her new color collection. (We couldn’t really imagine the somewhat goth Daphne in Miami among the palm trees but for the record: she loves the sun and always wears a lot of sunscreen.)

The Daphne Guinness MAC line, which launches December 26, is full of shades on the cool end of the spectrum. We got our hands on it and can say that the eye shadow quad is a must-have and the sage/silver green nail polish and lip gloss are especially intriguing. We were dying to talk to the mistress of all things over-the-top about how she came up with the surprisingly wearable collection. Click through for her thoughts on guys wearing makeup, her own (minimal!) makeup routine, and why she doesn’t think very highly of trends.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: New York Takes Aim at Miranda Kerr, Cyber Monday Was One For The Record Books, and Beyoncé Addresses Fake Pregnancy Rumors

New York Takes Aim at Miranda Kerr’s Vapidity: Sample quote from Miranda: “I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.” Sample quote from New York: “Even if her workout routine, diet, and husband, Orlando Bloom, weren’t the only things reporters ever asked about, Kerr shows a strong reluctance to utter any sentences not purely banal.” Zing! {New York}

Daphne Guinness/FIT Exhibit Sponsor Pressured to Pull Out: Human rights group Adalah-NY is demanding the immediate withdrawal of Leviev Diamonds as a sponsor to the Daphne Guinness exhibit over at FIT. Apparently, Adalah-NY has beef with Lev Leviev (the company’s owner), over his ties to the West Bank. If Guinness holds on to this sponsorship, Adalah-NY has pledged to protest the exhibit. {WWD subscription required}

Cyber Monday Breaks Records: Analysts are estimating that retailers made close to $1.2 billion yesterday off Cyber Monday deals, up 33% from last year. As of 10pm last night, the tally was at $1.03 billion. {WSJ}

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Daphne Guinness’s New M.A.C Collection Is Inspired by ‘Pigeon’s Blood’ and Outer Space

When it was announced that Daphne Guinness would be teaming up with M.A.C to bring us a 24-piece cosmetics line we were expecting an over-the-top collection from the skunk-haired, crazy-platform-wearing style icon. I mean, come on, this is Daphne Guinness after all!

But much to our surprise and delight the collection looks extremely wearable. Flattering, even. There are pretty pink blushes, brown eyeliners, deep red and mauve lipsticks and shimmery-looking brown, beige and purple powders–”colors [that are] as sophisticated, authentic and refined as Daphne herself,” the press release reads.

This mix of wearable colors is especially surprising, given where the collection began–with Guinness’ spit.

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Fashion Careers

Why Are There So Many Scorpios in Fashion? We Ask Astrologer Susan Miller to Explain

Could your astrological sign make you suited to a career in fashion?

As ridiculous as that may sound, Anna Wintour, Robbie Myers, Glenda Bailey, Calvin Klein, Zac Posen, Edith Head, Emilio Pucci, Kelly Cutrone, Peter Lindbergh, Alexa Chung, Isabella Blow, Daphne Guinness, Chloe Sevigny, Lauren Hutton, Jean Shrimpton and Helmut Newton are just a few of the many editors, designers, photographers and style icons who were born under the sign of Scorpio. These folks are successful, powerful, iconic and we had a hunch that it wasn’t just a coincidence.

I happen to be a Scorpio myself and considered that might be the only reason I kept noticing other fashion people with November birthdays, until I realized other people had noticed that as well, like Astrologyzone‘s Susan Miller (aka the fashion industry’s most trusted advisor).

Susan also does the horoscopes for Elle, so she’s familiar with the fashion world, and in fact, works for Scorpio editor Robbie Myers. Also, one of her daughters is Chrissie Miller, designer of Sophomore. Susan was nice enough to chat with us about Scorpio personality traits and why this particular water sign is such a great fit for the fashion industry.

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Daphne Guinness Hates Blue Jeans, Thinks Fashion is ‘Feeding on a Sort of Cadaver’

Daphne Guinness is one of the industry’s favorite eccentrics, known for sporting towering heel-less platforms and skunk hair way before Gaga, and a wardrobe so outrageous it earned its own FIT exhibit. Though her status means she can drop millions on McQueen or use the windows of Barneys as a dressing room, the heiress is actually a little shy. In an unusual burst of publicity, the internet popped out three interviews with Guinness today, including photos of her topless in Interview magazine. Click through to see which items have given her buyers’ remorse, the hazards of trying to be ironic in print, and how current fashion is “feeding on a cadaver:”

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Oscar de la Renta and André Leon Talley Team up For New Exhibition

André Leon Talley adds another notch to his curating belt (he previously curated an exhibit for SCAD) this December for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute’s newest exhibition, Joaquín Sorolla and the Glory of Spanish Dress, dreamed up by Oscar de la Renta.

The exhibit explores the sartorial history of Spain’s various regions through the work of Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. More than 30 examples of Spanish men’s and women’s clothing and accessories will appear alongside stunning tableaus, ranging from everyday attire to more dramatic formal wear.

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When Great Mustaches Happen to Stylish People: We Give Fashion Peeps Movember Makeovers

If you’re feeling a little post-Halloween depression and no amount of fun-sized chocolate bars will cheer you up, here’s something that will: Movember is now upon us! That’s right, Movember – that magical month near the end of each year when mustaches sprout and flourish (or attempt to) on the faces of men everywhere, and bring joy to all who surround them. It’s like combining all the best holidays, plus your birthday, and making it last a full thirty days. It’s that unreal.

But it gets even better. Movember, sometimes called “Novembeard,” is actually a charitable endeavor, raising funds and awareness for cancers that affect men. Participants start with a clean-shaven face on November… erm, Movember 1st, and are sponsored by mustache admirers who want to see what they’ve got, facial-hair-wise. It’s your basic win/win situation.

Since we ladies aren’t physically able to participate in the growing/cultivating aspect of Movember, we thought it would be fun and pretty much necessary to imagine our favorite fashion figures in some legendary celebrity ‘stache styles. Then, with a little photoshop magic, we were able to make these mustache matches a reality. Can you really see Anna Wintour with anything but a pencil-thin mustache? And who would’ve thought a snowy Fu Manchu would seriously flatter Karl Lagerfeld? Take a look at the rest of our picks, and prepare to be mesmerized by some marvelous mustaches.

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