muse of the month
Muse of the Month – Daphne Guinness
The Lady has always had the biggest girl-crush on Daphne Guinness since spotting her in one of Vogue’s many photographs of her in their celebrity-at-play sections… Far too-cool-for school, with her platinum hair & its shock of black, fingers full of enormous silver knuckle-dusters. So, when The Lady discovered that Nancy Mitford was her great-aunt and that she grew up in an artists’ colony with Dali and the Surrealists, the crush grew to epic proportions. The latest Daphne spotting was an appearance in a BBC4 documentary called the Secret World of Haute Couture (apologies for the dodgy copy); where, easy as it should have been to dislike her and her incredible wardrobe, she came across as a genuinely likeable lady. Read more here and here.
Daphne’s haute habit is revealed as being less about delusions of grandeur and more of being a kind of benefactress to a dying art of bespoke craftsmen. Added to the fact that a large chunk of her wardrobe was auctioned off a few years ago, with the proceeds going to Womankind, a charity helping women across the globe to improve their lives, The Lady feels inclined not to hate Daphne too much at all for her pretty clothes collection. In addition, we also share the interpretation of jewellery as armour (and armour-as-jewellery) and a similar fond appreciation for McQueen’s pet jeweller, Shaun Leane. That’s plenty enough for us to declare Daphne a good egg indeed.
object of lust
Frog, I love you.
The Lady was happily browsing her favourite website the other day, when she accidentally happened upon an article in The Storque on the art of display. Inside was an object seen before but certainly did not know of a use for… until now. Meet the Frog – an object previously used by flower arrangers and now hi-jacked by vintage loving nest makers as desk display art for holding pens & paint-brushes. The Lady wants one. Now. Get yours off ebay or etsy.
the lost art of...
The Lost Art of Shopping at a Haberdashery
As all veteran shoppers know well, all the very best shopping surprises to be found on the High Street can be discovered in those little-known surprises; that back street boutique or the charity shops dotted here & there. But an oft forgotten fact is that there is a sadly dying-out breed of shop that frequently holds a vast treasure cave of wonders… the Haberdashers. Few & far between, haberdashers are a closely held secret once found by over-zealous shopping mavens. But as The Lady is feeling benevolent today, she may be inclined to share a few…
muse of the month
Muse of the Month – Daphne Guinness
The Lady has always had the biggest girl-crush on Daphne Guinness since spotting her in one of Vogue’s many photographs of her in their celebrity-at-play sections… Far too-cool-for school, with her platinum hair & its shock of black, fingers full of enormous silver knuckle-dusters. So, when The Lady discovered that Nancy Mitford was her great-aunt and that she grew up in an artists’ colony with Dali and the Surrealists, the crush grew to epic proportions.