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Daphne Guinness Stops Time in Haute Living Magazine

Justin Fenner — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:17:36 PDT

"Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it," Daphne Guinness says in the new issue of Haute Living.

Guinness was thinking about time as she styled herself and worked with Nick Knight for a photo shoot in the issue. Incidentally, the images feature watches from Roger Dubuis's Velvet collection, and Guinness recently signed on as the brand's ambassador. In one of the photos, the eccentric style icon is seen swinging upside down from a trapeze.

Likewise, the accompanying interview is filled with Guinness's trademark wit. The ambassadorship seems to have caused her to think a little more philosophically about the passing of time. "In what time are we? Are we in space time?" she asks her interviewer before explaining that she's obsessed with time's precision. "The Julian calendar is off," she says.

"The idea of art and time is something that is perceived and Nick and I worked organically to show that you can do many things," she said later in the interview. "It's better to work with people with whom you know what you are going to get."

A look at the resulting images here in the gallery.

Photos courtesy of Haute Living

Dear Poll: Have You Ever Had an Unexpected Pregnancy?

DearSugar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:00:00 PST

When we become sexually active, we do everything we can to prevent ourselves from becoming pregnant. We pop pills, get shots, implants, and IUDs, wear condoms, patches, and diaphragms, all for the one, huge purpose of not getting pregnant.

I'm sure all of you have had scares before, where the condom broke, you missed a pill, or your period was late, but what I want to know is, have you ever experienced an unplanned pregnancy?

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Disadvantages of the Depo Shot

DearSugar — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:00:00 PDT

There are many forms of birth control out there. The pill you have to think about every day, the Patch you think about once a week, the NuvaRing once a month, and condoms you think about just when you have sex, and then there's the Depo-Provera shot that you think about once every 3 months.

Sounds great, right? Well, it may not be as wonderful as it sounds.

What are the disadvantages? To find out

Many women complain of irregular bleeding

You must visit your doctor every 3 months to get the injection

It may cause weight gain

It does NOT protect against STIs such as HIV

What? There's more?

It may take a while for you to become fertile again after going off Depo-Provera.

Once you do decide to get pregnant, some women resume regular menstrual cycles right away, but for many women, it may take up to 6-12 months after her last injection to become fertile. A woman must really think about her future when deciding to take this method of birth control.

This form of birth control is only recommended for women who are not planning on having kids for at least 2 years, and only if other forms of contraception are not right for you.

What? It gets worse?

Using Depo may cause you to lose calcium stored in your bones.

The longer you use Depo-Provera, the more calcium you are likely to lose. This could lead to osteoporosis. The awful part is that the calcium may not return completely once you stop using the shot.

So there you have it. If you are interested in this form of birth control, talk to your doctor about the risks associated with Depo-Provera, to see if this is right for you.

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