Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

From 1989 to 2000, I was focusing in on my children. I hadn't realized the world had changed a lot. AIDS had happened, for starters, and so many people in the arts died or were affected.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

There are a lot of people who do a lot of things to be outrageous with fashion, hair or makeup.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

My life has always somehow been played out in a minor key, unresolved. Art somehow resolves things for me.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

Through art, you create your own world.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

Oh, I love tea. I have to take tea bags wherever I go.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

You can tell the state of civilization by the way people dress. If the people who fought two World Wars came back to 2010 and saw all of us running around in tracksuits, what would they think? It is just about being sloppy.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

My style is difficult to contain in a sentence; it's ever evolving. Generally I'm drawn to clean cuts and avoid patterns. I tend to choose structure and block colors, but these are all just loose guidelines.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

Fantasy appeals to me and can be very much reflected in my dress - but then, each day is different. Not every day is a magical day.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

Normally, you should be dead if you have a retrospective.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does.

Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness

I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!