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Done & Dunne

103. Capote's Coterie | The High Society Six: Gloria Guinness

Done & Dunne

Hemlock Creatives

History, True Crime

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we continue our exploration of Truman Capote’s High Society Six, dipping into the life of Gloria Guinness, the Swan with the mysterious background and many lucrative marriages. All sources can be found at doneanddone.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/DoneDunne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey,

0:35.3

all things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything

0:39.4

is connected. We are continuing on this week with Truman Capote and the High Society 6, Truman

0:46.4

Capote's High Society Swans, and in this episode, we're going to pick up the thread with

0:51.4

Gloria Guinness. Considered to be one of the most elegant women

0:56.1

of all time, Eleanor Lambert, the founder of New York Fashion Week, the Council of Fashion

1:02.0

Designers of America, the Met Gala, and the International Best Dress List calls Gloria

1:07.7

Guinness the most elegant woman in the world.

1:13.9

With her beautiful and incredibly long neck,

1:17.1

Gloria was one of Truman Capote's Swans.

1:21.2

Truman said she was one of the three greatest beauties in the world,

1:24.9

who were the other two, Babe Paley and Greta Garbo.

1:30.1

Gloria worked her way into fame and enormous wealth through a series of expertly planned and lucrative marriages.

1:34.7

Gloria also worked as a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 to 1971.

1:41.5

In addition to her beauty and elegance and style and wealth, Gloria Guinness was known for her

1:47.1

quick sense of humor and irreverence.

1:50.4

Gloria was not very much the type of the day.

1:54.8

Glory is small, brunette, exotic looking.

1:57.6

She's not the busty blonde of the time, but Gloria Guinness, there's just no one

2:03.4

else quite like her, as her four husbands and the world of high style and fashion will attest.

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