Precarious Beauty
Rebecca Mead’s 2011 profile of fashion muse Daphne Guinness.
Daphne Guinness wore custom Mary Janes with a three-inch platform and no heel—stalking the McQueen exhibition on demi-pointe, looking as much an artwork as the items on display. Her head wrapped in a silvery scarf, fingers encased in articulated silver sheaths. "I thought the scarf would help," she sighed when recognized.