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Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.
Daphne Guinness
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Daphne Guinness
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 9
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Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness
Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness
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Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.
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I really try to understand what people are saying and answer as honestly as I can. But sometimes it's like they try to tie you into knots. That's why I mostly steer clear of the popular press. I try not to read . . . Well, I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.
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As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour
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But things don't necessarily have to be that expensive to be good. As long as they are expensive enough to last.
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My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.
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If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.
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I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity.
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Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.
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I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.
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If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead.
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Fragrance takes you on a journey of time. You can walk down the street and pass someone and get taken back 20 years. It's very Proustian that way.
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I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.
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I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.
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I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.
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