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This Week's Best Dressed

Christina Perez — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:18 PST

>> This week brought the well-heeled out in full force - and with good reason. There was the Jason Wu For Target event in New York, where Blake Lively shined in two-tone Wu; there was the second premiere of Madonna's film, W.E, for which the megastar donned a gorgeous Marchesa; and there was the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, where Kate Bosworth and Emma Roberts stole the red carpet show. However, nowhere offered more head-turning ensembles than the Spring 2012 couture presentations in Paris, where best-dressed veterans Diane Kruger, Daphne Guinness, Jessica Chastain - and more - looked ever so chic sitting front row.

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Pregnant Alessandra Ambrosio Walks Sao Paolo Fashion Week, Chanel Hits Vegas, and Victoria Beckham Covers Numero

Christina Perez — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:00:45 PST

>> These stories and more - here, in our daily news roundup.

Victoria Beckham is on the March cover of Numero Tokyo [Fashion Foie Gras]

Chanel introduces the new generation of 'It' girls at a lavish Las Vegas party [Telegraph]

Kate Bosworth styles her way through Morocco [People]

ANTM alumni Allison Harvard will walk at New York Fashion Week [The Fash Pack]

Daphne Guinness will be a window display again [Fashionista]

Alessandra Ambrosio hits the runway with her baby bump [PopSugar]

This Week's Best Dressed

fashionologie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:51:33 PST

>> From London to Sydney to Miami, this week's best-dressed is a colorful bunch. See who's wearing what - and where - in the slideshow.

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15 Gorgeous, Gift-Worthy Fashion Books

Christina Perez — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:44:56 PST

>> From recent releases to much-loved classics, these coffee table tomes promise to make the perfect addition to any fashion fiend's collection. Featuring drop-dead images from legendary photographers like Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, and Richard Avedon; insider info from industry icons Daphne Guinness, Carine Roitfeld, and Valerie Steele; and sublime collections from Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, and more - these 15 books are some of the chicest to give this holiday season. After all, there's nothing like being well-dressed and well-read.

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Daphne Guinness Has a Database for Her Clothes

fashionologie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:04:27 PDT

>> Pieces from Daphne Guinness's wardrobe are on display at New York's FIT Museum through Jan. 7, 2012. Valerie Steele, who along with Guinness curated the exhibit, reveals that Guinness owns 2,500 dresses and 500 shoes, all of which are indexed in a personal database. "She's very well-organized," Steele explains. [@UnBeige]

Daphne Guinness on How She Met Alexander McQueen

fashionologie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:55:36 PDT

>> Daphne Guinness, a longtime champion of Alexander McQueen, reveals that originally she was afraid to meet the designer: “I admired him and didn’t want to meet him because I am quite shy, but Isabella [Blow] said I must. But I didn’t want to be a groupie. It had to happen organically. You don’t have to know someone to love their work. One day he saw me walking across the street in his kimono and he ran up to me and said, 'I’m the person you don’t want to meet!' We went to a pub and hit it off. Of course after that I was so irritated not to have known him before!” [W]

Preview the Daphne Guinness Exhibit - Pieces from Her Personal Collection

fashionologie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:55:28 PDT

>> The "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" exhibit may soon be coming to a close, but his designs - including more than 24 garments that have never before been displayed - will be on view when the Daphne Guinness exhibit opens on Sept. 16 at New York's FIT Museum.

The showcase, which Guinness co-curated, encompasses over 100 garments and accessories from Guinness's personal collection, plus films and images of and by her. She describes herself "not [as] a muse," but more like "a bee," going from one designer to another - which explains the wide array of McQueen, Alaia, Tom Ford, Dolce & Gabbana, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, plus couture from Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Lacroix, and Valentino, and clothes Guinness designed herself, that will be on display.

The exhibition will be designed with Guinness's New York apartment as inspiration, and will also include her collection of Philip Treacy hats, Shaun Leane “armor” jewelry, and the vertiginous platform shoes custom-made for her by Christian Louboutin and Noritaka Tatehana. A preview of the Guinness's pieces showcased in the exhibit, in the slideshow.

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Daphne Guinness on Why She's Dressing For the Costume Institute Gala in a Barneys Window

fashionologie — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:22:19 PDT

>> One of sure to be many fashion figures wearing Alexander McQueen to Monday's Costume Institute Gala? Daphne Guinness, who plans to dress herself for the event - in a feathery McQueen gown - in one of the windows of Barneys' Manhattan flagship, starting at 5 p.m. on May 2. The stunt - which was Guinness's idea - is not in any way a peep show, she says: “I am not doing a burlesque - no way. I’m going to be getting dressed behind something. I’m not Dita Von Teese, nor shall I be.” Instead, she likes the idea because “there’s been this discussion for longer than I’ve been alive that fashion is not art,” Guinness explains. “My feeling is that this is another piece of evidence that, yes, there is a commercial side to fashion that is needed, but there are these crossover moments that do become art. I hope it works, and I don’t faint.” [NY Times]

In Honor of St. Patrick's Day, A Toast to Daphne Guinness

fashionologie — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:07:02 PDT

>> Many will be raising a glass (or two) of Guinness tonight for St. Patrick's Day, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to toast our own favorite Guinness - the Irish-born beer heir herself, Daphne Guinness. And so we salute her of the massive, vertiginous, often heel-less heels, the streaked bleach/black coif, and the daring ensembles; a chronicle of our favorite Daphne looks, collaborations with her close friend Steven Klein, and even her runway appearances - in the slideshow.

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Victoria Beckham Still Subject of Fashion Industry's Sniggering; Daphne Guinness Denies Calling Beckham "an Ugly Pig"

fashionologie — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:36:44 PDT

>> Victoria Beckham, who just announced that she's having her first girl in July, has had an uphill climb to prove herself as a fashion designer. Although it seemed lately that she'd made it over the hump, during her Fall 2011 presentation last month - which Beckham narrated to an intimate crowd of top editors - Robin Givhan reports: "There were muffled giggles, knowing glances, and plenty of eye-rolling over the non-stop narration . . . It called to mind the manner in which Tom Ford presented his women’s collection for spring. His rolling monologue drew gushing praise from the industry. Of course, Ford’s presentation dripped in irony. And Ford is the reigning prince of charm. Beckham’s great crime, it seems, was her earnestness. She was not being ironic. She was not being self-consciously hip. And the cool girls turned on her. It wasn’t pretty."

Then, yesterday, an article in the Times UK came out, with fashion insider and heiress Daphne Guinness quoted calling Beckham "an ugly pig ... downbeat miserable and awful. Of course she's going to make money - she's backed by Simon Fuller. I don't have anyone! She annoys the sh*t out of me."

But Guinness now denies that she made such remarks. "I would never make a comment like that about my worst enemy, let alone someone I like," she told Vogue UK. "I think Victoria is brave and fantastic for building up her business like she has. I did not make those comments. They were b*tchy and horrible and just not me."

Guinness says the subject of Beckham arose from a discussion with the Times about financial backing: "I like to make my own things - they're probably not of any commercial worth and it's not always easy to get funding for them. I used Victoria as a reference as someone that had managed to do that. I do things a little differently. I remortgage my house and do it that way [Guinness reportedly paid $15 million in 2008 for her New York apartment]. I really admire the way she has achieved what she has. She makes beautiful clothes - they're really very beautiful."

Guinness also took to Twitter to dispel the firestorm, explaining that she did the interview as a favor: "I am so sad stitched up by the sunday times. I thought [the writer] c. long was a friend. I would never call anyone an ugly cow, not my words . . . the journalist I knew from Issie [Blow], so i thought she would understand things, we had been friends, she has put words in my mouth." She added as further explanation: "And for the record I not only admire Victoria Beckham but know her and like her. My point was that I do most things alone without a backer."