No matter where she happens to be, Daphné Guinness is inevitably the most striking person in the room. With a black-and-white chignon, couture-heavy wardrobe, and towering platform shoes (usually the ones designed by her close friend the late Alexander McQueen), Guinness is both a stylish and arresting presence in the worlds of fashion and culture. Recently the musician and composer completed her fourth album, Sleep, which was recorded at Abbey Road and British Grove Studios and features a full band (including 34 stringed instruments). Its first video, for the single “HipNeckSpine,” was directed by Nick Knight, and it includes 22 different looks from Guinness’s archive. On the occasion of the video’s release, she reveals her key components to the good life. —Ashley Baker
Airplane: The Concorde.
Airport: Dublin or Mustique.
Alibi: The truth.
App: Anything Apple.
Bag: My 30-year-old Birkin that I can hide in.
Bedtime: Meditation.
Birthday: My birthday is on such a bad day that I hardly celebrate. Maybe this year!
Boyfriend/girlfriend: Music.
Car: I don’t have one. I’d love one, though, and it would be a vintage Phantom Rolls-Royce.
Cocktail: Straight tequila.
Cocktail appetizer: Water.
Couple: Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller.
Diet: No onion, no garlic.
Disguise: I have many.
Enemy: Ignorance and unkind people.
Escape: I escape with music. I can escape into my head.
Excuse: The truth.
First Lady/First Man: Julius Caesar.
Flaw: Fatal.
Foil: I fence.
