Drama Queen

[daphne guinness, tfs]

Eccentric dressing is something that people can either do, or they can't. There is no grey area about dressing eccentrically. Some people get it so right, think Isabella Blow, Anna Piaggi, and Dita Von Teese. Others look fussed and crowded as if they went through their closet in the dark, with their hands tied behind their back trying to get dressed. One of the major culprits of this kind of dressing is Aggy, who does get it right sometimes, but most of the time is wearing the sartorial version of creme brulee after spaghetti carbonara; just too much.

However the undoubtable Queen of Drama is (the hon.) Daphne Guinness. As an aside, how awesome is it to have 'the hon.' before your name! *sigh*. Back on track; Daphne Guiness is the grand-daughter of Diana Mitford, a blueblood English aristocrat (heir to the Guinness fortune) and a fabulous dresser. She is notorious for her love of couture, and thanks to her teensy tiny model size figure she wears it with much pizazz and grace. Daphne is unique and one of a kind, the kind of girl with enough class and chic to pull off Balenciaga and McQueen without looking unbelievably try-hard. Karl Lagerfeld is a friend, she has Olivier Theyskens on speed dial... And she does it all with bleach blonde hair with a black streak.

I could post a whole lot of her outfits here like i do for some of the other stylish folk i admire, but i think with Daphne that would be a bit of overkill. The thrill of her outfits is in their drama, and, like creme brulee after spaghetti carbonara, when you put them all together it gets a bit too much. Her allure and mystery is in the fact that she manages to leave the house every time she goes to a function in something as much, if not more, dramatic than the last outfit she was seen wearing. Headwear, armour, chainmail, super high high heels, severe silhouettes (shoulders), lots of diamonds darling, HUGE earrings, and every embellishment known to man (think feathers, sequins, fur, beads...). 

And the best thing about her is that she builds this eccentric palette around a decidedly classic and chic base. The black pencil skirt, the blazer, the white shirt, the chanel 2.55, the high waisted trousers... Her success as a dramatic dresser is that she never over does it. It is a combination of her eye for accessories, her confidence and her overruling innate class that makes every outfit a success, and not excess. 

So, expect to see much more of the hon. Daphne Guinness (i just love writing the hon.!) in the future, for now here is her most recent outfit from the Boucheron party in London.  

[tfs]

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