I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art. Daphne Guinness More Quotes by Daphne Guinness More Quotes From Daphne Guinness I spend a lot of time upside down. It increases the blood flow to the brain, so it really helps your creativity. Daphne Guinness creativity brain blood We need better things, not more. We should not pollute the world with meaningless, unused things when we can make and support things of rare and precious beauty. Daphne Guinness support world needs 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. Daphne Guinness real jobs ideas As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour Daphne Guinness clothes world needs I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour. Daphne Guinness price-tag ideas needs Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them. Daphne Guinness dark-glasses sunglasses mean I think life is about having the mixture of the curiosity of an older person and the imagination of a child. Daphne Guinness imagination children thinking Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on. Daphne Guinness bananas skins life-is I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities. Daphne Guinness mad gone thinking Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag. Daphne Guinness handbags paid certain I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, Im kind of astonished because I think, This is completely normal. This is just how I am, its how Ive always been. Daphne Guinness who-i-am people thinking I don't approach fashion; fashion approaches me! Daphne Guinness fashion-accessory approach fashion I don't do event dressing, because every day is an event. Daphne Guinness dressings events If I eat, I can't work. I'll eat when I'm dead. Daphne Guinness i-can ifs I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they use in big print. Or it's taken out of context. Thoughts are fluid and words are sticky. That's the thing. Daphne Guinness upset taken use I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it! Daphne Guinness disposable clothings regard 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. At the end of the Roman era, there was this whole move against togas, because that was the signifier of the Roman Empire. In the same way, the '60s were a reaction against the '50s and so on. But now we've been feeding on a sort of cadaver. At the moment, we're just endlessly recycling the past. Daphne Guinness fashion past moving 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 color beautiful thinking Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!' Daphne Guinness get-up shoes fall When I think my hair needs a bit of help, I just glue another bit onto my head. Daphne Guinness glue hair thinking
