Daphne Guinness

Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress

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

About Daphne Guinness

Hon. Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness (born 9 November 1967) is an English fashion designer, socialite, actress, film producer, and musician. == Early life == Her father is Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne, the eldest son of Diana Mitford and Bryan Guinness. Her mother is Suzanne Lisney (died 2005), her father's second wife. Her brother is Hon. Sebastian Walter Denis Guinness (born 1964). Diana Mitford was the daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, the father of the Mitford sisters. Mitford divorced Guinness and married the leader of the British Union of Fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats. Daphne Guinness has said she did not know of Mosley's political affiliations, before she heard in 1980 on the BBC News that he had died. As a child, Daphne Guinness grew up moving between the country houses owned by her family in England and Ireland, and a villa in Spain, where Salvador Dalí was a family friend.

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Career and life highlights

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.

Daphne Guinness timeline

2009In 2009, she created a scent named Daphne for Comme des Garçons.
2010As 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.

Measure	1965	2026
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
Population	194.3M	341 million

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