Gloria Guinness

Gloria Guinness
Guinness in 1954
Born
Gloria Rubio y Alatorre

(1912-08-27)27 August 1912[1]
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico[1]
Died9 November 1980(1980-11-09) (aged 68)
Epalinges, Switzerland
Resting placeBois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne
Occupation(s)Editor, socialite
Spouses
Jacobus H. Scholtens
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(m. 1933; div. 1935)​
Franz Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Herdringen
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(m. 1935; div. 1940)​
Ahmad Fakhry Bey
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(m. 1942; div. 1949)​
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(m. 1951)​
Children2, including Dolores Guinness

Gloria Guinness (née Rubio y Alatorre; 27 August 1912 – 9 November 1980),[2] previously Countess Gloria von Fürstenberg-Herdringen, was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971.[3] She was photographed by Cecil Beaton, Slim Aarons, Alejo Vidal-Quadras;[4] designed for by Cristóbal Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent; and was also a close friend and inspiration to Truman Capote.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, que nació en la Ciudad de Veracruz, el dia 27 de Agosta de 1912..." Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861–1931.
  2. ^ "Gloria Guinness, 67, Trend-Setter In Fashion and Hospitality, Dead", The New York Times, 10 November 1980.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Collins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "La apasionante vida del pintor que retrató a Grace Kelly, a don Juan Carlos y doña Sofía jóvenes, y a Marilyn por última vez". [Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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