It is a little bit odd that Daphne Guinness has had a steadily rising profile over the past year, so much so that when I first posted about her, there was barely any information on her on the internet and now she is important enough to warrant a Wikipedia entry. Appearances on the fascinating and slightly irksome programme ‘The Secret World of Haute Couture’ (it was on BBC iPlayer for a while but you can catch it on YouTube if you haven’t done so already...) have no doubt helped a great deal added to the general increase of name-dropping and mentions. Best dressed lists? Daphne Guinness is sure to make an appearance. Who do designers have on their ‘I want to dress....’ list? Yup, it’s Hon Daphne Suzannah Diana Joan Guinness.
Well, the great Daphne Guinness will be selling over 250 lots of her wardrobe in aid of Womankind Worldwide charity in an auction hosted by Kerry Taylor Auctions on the 28th April at 2pm. If you can’t get to the auction in person, internet/telephone/commission bids can be left.
As you scroll through the lots It’s really quite frightening how big Daphne’s wardrobe is when she is able to donate so many pieces for charity. What’s even more interesting is that despite having a preconceived idea of Daphne Guinness’ style and what she embodies/portrays when she’s out and about, the origins of her wardrobe are so very wildly varied. Gucci jostles with Junya Watanabe. Vintage mingles with Comme des Garcons. Marc Jacobs and Ann Demeulemeester sit well together. Loud Galliano meshes with classic Chanel. All facets of her wardrobe are represented here; ‘moosing around at home’ clothes, ‘ladies do lunch’ outfits and her well-known sharply extravagant eveningwear.
The overriding theme of her wardrobe seems to be an eye for detailing. An exceedingly good eye in my opinion after scrolling through all the lots and checking out all the upclose shots. Here’s a woman who KNOWS clothes very well and picks them even better. That she has a bottomless bank account helps of course but I’m pretty sure that the ‘eye’ is something that can’t be bought and many femmes worldwide will benefit from that Daphne Guinness eye when they battle it out to bid for her cast-offs.
I’m not sure whether I’ll be brave enough to saunter into La Galleria on Pall Mall and do some old fashioned auction bidding and whether or not I can contend with the wealthy ladies who no doubt will leave ridiculously large bids (don’t take the expected bid prices in the catalogue as an indicator because the prices will of course go sky high....) but these are the lots that have me genuinely interested in putting up my hand tentatively at the auction....
It's the cream leather spats and spatted shoes that are doing it for me in this collection of Chanel footwear...Expected price of £80-£120
Yves Saint Laurent ahoy - 7 pairs in total! Expected price of £120-180
Hmmm... Alaïa shoes that are old yet not dated. The purple and grey platform booties especially are superb! Expected price of £60-£100
Some Christian Dior red suede wedges that look amazingly scary! Expected price of £100-£150 // McQueen combines the brogue, the boot, the stiletto to make this hybrid. Expected price of £100-£150
Two Yves Saint Laurent Rive Cauche coats in Starburst juicy colours. Expected price of £100-£150 // It's the satin 1930's gown with the floral rosette detailing that makes this a worthy lot. Expected price of £100-£50
Roland Mouret's Scandium dress that comes with an Indium sheer top inside, less ubiquitous than the Galaxy with all of those Mouret signature deets. Expected price of £100-£150 // A load of Balenciaga separates that aren't the usual casualwear ilk. Expected price of £100-£150
11 easy breezy Lanvin pieces to wear. Expected price of £100-£150
There are just too many zips and buckles to resist on this Dolce and Gabbana leather jacket. Expected price of £80-120
Daphne Guinness loves her white shirts and there are several lots up for auction but this is my favourite one in a cream palette with the most beautiful ruffled sleeve. Expected price £200-£300
The deconstructed Martin Margiela Jacket and the Anne Valerie Hash ruffled cotton jackets stand out in this lot of six jackets. Expected price of £150-£250
Some truly fantastic Comme des Garcons pieces. Would be quite hilarious to dress up as a CdG fangirl when the H&M collaboration drops into stores... Expected price of £300-£500
Rick Owens leather anything gets my vote especially when it's distressed with this big flappy collar. Expected price of £100-£150
This jersey lot has a low expected pirce but there are 23 pieces which include Rick Owens and my personal fave Future Classics.... Expected price of £80-£120
Prada's pretty dresses for lunching and high tea-ing. Expected price of £100-£150 // A really bizarro/unique Christian Dior three piece ensemble that would convince me to expose a little of the abs. Expected price of £80-£120
The thought of even owning a quarter of the stuff I've just posted above makes me feel a little light headed, a little nauseous even... so I can't even imagine what sort of life Daphne Guinness has skimming through her wardrobe in the mornings, picking things out to wear from such an extensive collection. The mind really does boggle...
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