Daphne Guinness has been called many things: fashion plate, muse, couture client extraordinaire. But subtle isn't usually one of them. How ironic that that's the word that best describes—according to Guinness, anyway—the short film she made for her eponymous scent with Comme des Garçons. Wearing PVC trousers, a bondage top, and a brocaded bolero jacket plus her trademark high heels, she hosted a screening for the non-commercial commercial last night at the Hudson Hotel, where she was joined by pals like Jefferson Hack, Margherita Missoni, and Leigh Lezark.

The short film begins with a nude body draped in flowing clothes and ends with a rose bud exploding into the ether. "I couldn't even tell part of it was filmed underwater," Guinness' partner in crime Steven Klein remarked, "which I think was the whole point." (Guinness confirmed it was.) "I'm ready for a big change," she said. "I think the tides are coming in again, and we're in for a big awakening." Did she mean the recession? A new silhouette? New developments in fabric or fashion? "Sure," she smiled. "All I know is that I've been bored since the last episode of Star Trek."

— Derek Blasberg