Couture Auction

If you watched the vidoes I posted yesterday, here is something that would bring one of the characters closer to life. Daphne Guinness is putting more than 250 lots of her personal couture collection to be sold on auction starting April 29th at 2 p.m. No, it would not be an ebay auction as the venue is set at the Pall Mall in London. If I was in London, I would definately make a pit stop at the said place, date and time. Besides, all proceeds go to the Womankind Worldwide charity.

If you are a size 37 1/2 or 38, you might be interested in the vast shoe collection that is part of the auction. There are literally hundreds of pairs that she's getting rid of. Click here for the full auction listing.

When it comes to the clothes, most of the stuff looks a bit tired to me, but there are some interesting I've picked out and listed below.

Alaia

Colette Dinnigan

Lanvin

Rick Owens

Christian Dior

Now Daphne herself is definately a character. She's lived a pretty charmed and privileged life for the most part, but from interviews and newsarticles, I get the sense there's something more to her than your typical hairess. Here is a quote from a recent interview for the British magazine "Style" where she describes her life while married to Greek shipping heir Spyros Niarchos:

“One long round of boats and bodyguards and Greek islands and glitzy resorts. Not me at all. I remember, for example, going to that ghastly place in St Tropez, Cinquante Cinq, with all these people at the table eating in their bikinis and getting sprayed by those horrible hoses they’ve got in the canopy above, and there I was in full riding gear. Well, I didn’t want to be half naked in front of all these ghastly, repulsive pink people in their horrid little floaty dresses getting sprayed with water, did I?”