In May, Daphne Guinness famously settled into the window spaces at Barneys and turned them into her personal dressing room. While the world watched, the artist and social fixture prepared for the Met ball, modeling some of the enviable pieces from her collection. As it turns out, that’s not the last time Guinness played mannequin. [...]

When we set out to tell the story of 2011 by the numbers, one loomed especially large: 661,509, the record-breaking number of visitors who lined up, often for hours at a time, to see the Costume Institute’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (left) at the Met.But it wasn’t just a banner year for the Met and [...]

Anh Duong was in Chelsea last night, surrounded by a gallery full of Anh Duongs. The painter’s new show, at New York’s Sonnabend Gallery, was devoted exclusively to self-portraits. “I decided I’m going to paint myself because I’m always available and on time,” Duong deadpanned. “So it started as an excuse, basically, and then it [...]

Jason Wu has joined the ranks of Rodarte, Thakoon, and Richard Chai as the newest Target collaborator. Wu’s collection is the first designer collaboration set to bow after the success of Missoni for Target, WWD reports. [WWD]Designer Tabitha Simmons enlisted the help of Craig McDean and one very talented tap dancer to show off [...]

Next week, Naomi Campbell will be the subject of the CNBC Meets series. During the 30-minute episode, she talks about her mentors, like Bob Marley and Quincy Jones, her childhood in South London, and her charity work. The show will air September 28. [CNBC]Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh, and Hogan who? Hogan McLaughlin is probably not [...]

“What was it like to go through Daphne Guinness’ closet?” someone asked Valerie Steele at the Museum at FIT Friday morning, minutes before Daphne Guinness, the exhibit, opened its doors.“Closets—not closet,” Steele, who curated the exhibit, corrected. “It truly was every girl’s dream.” Standing next to Steele was Guinness herself, immaculately dressed in one of [...]

Last night at Jefferson Hack’s Another Magazine dinner, the table conversation, for the most part, circled around the past several days of runway shows. Plenty of people, however, were buzzing about Daphne Guinness’ FIT exhibit opening this Friday.“I’m so excited for her show,” Hack, who first met Guinness through Alexander McQueen, told Style.com. “I think [...]

Next month, Daphne Guinness is giving the world a peek inside her closet of enviable clothing. She has picked 24 McQueen pieces, along with clothes by Tom Ford, Gareth Pugh, and Alaïa, to go on display at New York’s FIT museum. [Grazia Daily]The lure of lower-priced Missoni is enough to get anyone excited. This week, [...]

For its new Linea Rossa campaign, Prada has picked prizefighters—boxing champions Italian Roberto Cammarelle, American Bernard Hopkins, and a Briton from Pakistan, Amir Khan—to sport their shades. The glasses get in on the action, too, with sport-inspired names like Prada Upper Cut, Prada Jab, and Prada Barburner. [WWD]Despite what you may think, Daphne Guinness doesn’t [...]

Daphne Guinness, dead again? The heiress-gone-style-icon recently laid herself on the slab to debut her collaboration with London jeweler Shaun Leane, and now she’s at it again. In The Death of Jean Seberg, a new fashion film that debuted on Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio, Guinness plays the titular gamine, who made history as the heroine of [...]