C.Z. Guest: Icon Facts

“What’s wrong with women inspiring others to higher standards?”

The buffet of culturally iconic facts around C.Z. Guest’s life would make any creative archeologist’s eyes widen.

These are the types of gems that make up the biography of her life:

Her wedding to Winston Frederick Churchill Guest took place at Hemmingway’s home in Cuba
Hemmingway was also the best man at her wedding
C.Z. was painted by both Diego Rivera and Salvador Dali
She ran in a circle of high profile people like Bruce Weber, Estee Lauder, and Andy Warhol
She was one of Slim Aaron’s muses
C.Z. appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 1962 with the title, “What It’s Like Today in Society”
She was inaugurated into The Fashion Hall of Fame
Truman Capote referred to her as a “cool vanilla lady”

For all intensive purposes, she was the socialite of socialites – and the fashion matched her level of influence.