Gloria Guinness, previously Countess Gloria von Furstenberg-Herdringen, was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971.
12 Facts About Gloria Guinness
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Gloria Guinness was photographed by Cecil Beaton, Slim Aarons, Alejo Vidal-Quadras; designed for by Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent; and was a close friend and inspiration to Truman Capote.
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Gloria Guinness's childhood was unstable, mainly because of her father's political persecution during the Mexican Revolution and early death in exile.
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Gloria Guinness was a grandson of King Fuad I of Egypt, as the only child of Princess Fawkia of Egypt and her first husband, Mahmud Fakhry Pasha.
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In 1963, Gloria Guinness began a series of columns in Harper's Bazaar.
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Gloria Guinness was painted by artists like Rene Bouche, Kenneth Paul Block and Alejo Vidal-Quadras.
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Gloria Guinness was photographed for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Women's Wear Daily by Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, John Rawlings, Toni Frissell, Horst P Horst, Slim Aarons and Henry Clarke.
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Gloria Guinness was dressed by various top-couture designers like Cristobal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Marc Bohan at Christian Dior, Chanel, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino Garavani, Halston and shoes by Roger Vivier.
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Gloria Guinness was one of the first models to wear capri pants by Emilio Pucci.
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Gloria Guinness appeared on the International Best Dressed List from 1959 through 1963.
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In 1980, Gloria Guinness died of a heart attack at Villa Zanroc in Epalinges.
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Gloria Guinness is buried next to her last husband at the Bois de Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne, who was transferred there, after his death in a health clinic in Houston, Texas in 1988.