Oh Daphne.

One of my favorite people in the world to look at pictures of has to be Daphne Guinness. With her striking streak of black amidst her nearly white bleached blond hair and her Debbie Harry cum Brigitte Bardot beauty, all before you even get to whatever piece of art she is wearing, her look never tires. People have wondered, is she Lady Gaga's mother? With her penchant for futuristic, sky-high shoes and show-stopping ensembles, she might as well be. I personally find her to be far more striking and elegant and she has been carrying the drop-dead haute style trophy much longer than the pop star. Gaga, in fact, cites her as one of her muses. And the way Guinness wears jewelry is amazing, classically dramatic, but always with a twist. In Harper's Bazaar Interview from earlier this year, Derek Blasberg observes "She clips carats of diamonds to her coif the way a child would tie a ribbon around her ponytail."She is a collector of Haute Couture, akin to a gallery curator and seems to have a laissez-faire attitude to putting together looks that can seem so fantastically dramatic and studied, when in fact, they are the opposite, "If I think about it too much, I can't get dressed," she says. And it seems certain that with various creative endeavors in the works... a film, a fragrance, an exhibition of her personal wardrobe at FIT this fall, and a mysterious sounding diamond piece of armor jewelry she is working on in collaboration with jeweler Shaun Leane, we will get to enjoy her style and vision for some time to come.