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Daphne Guinness

Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress

Born
November 9, 1965
Age in 2026
61
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1965

About Daphne Guinness

Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness is an English fashion designer, socialite, actress, film producer, and musician. As a designer, Guinness has designed a collection of shirts with Comme des Garçons for Dover Street Market, and created an estimated 100 pieces for herself in 2010 with no intention of selling them. In 2009, she created a scent named Daphne for Comme des Garçons. After the deaths of her brother Jasper, mentor David Bowie, and friends Isabella Blow and Alexander McQueen, Guinness went to a studio in Ireland, intending to record a cover of the Bob Dylan song "Desolation Row". While there, she wrote and recorded original songs which became the basis for her first album, Optimist in Black.

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Daphne Guinness timeline

  1. In 2009, she created a scent named Daphne for Comme des Garçons.
  2. As a designer, Guinness has designed a collection of shirts with Comme des Garçons for Dover Street Market, and created an estimated 100 pieces for herself in 2010 with no intention of selling them.

The world when Daphne Guinness was born

Daphne Guinness was born in 1965. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1965

  • #1 song"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • Top movieThe Sound of Music
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookDune – Frank Herbert

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston with "phantom punch"
  • Top headlineUS sends combat troops to Vietnam
  • Technology milestoneFirst spacewalk (Alexei Leonov) and Gemini missions
  • Defining fadGo-go boots and miniskirts
  • Notable inventionAstroturf
  • World population3.34 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population194.3M

1965 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Daphne Guinness's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19652026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,600$435,000
Average income$8,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.01$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population194.3M341 million

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