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    But it was more than just looks that propelled her. Never an academic but always driven to excel as a competitive athlete, she competed and won show jumping at Madison Garden – twice. C.Z. inherited her mother’s innate ability to attract personal publicity. (If she were alive today, she would undoubtedly have a seismic following on Instagram, TikTok et al.) Despite her grand upbringing as a Boston Brahmin, having a mother born out of the system, meant, C.Z. was a bit ‘earthier’ than most of her contemporaries and always had an eye on the future.

    Author Daisy Prince’s mother, Diana Prince, Winston. F. Guest and C.Z. on Diana's wedding day

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    Perhaps that’s why she was often so kind to the young. In one famous family episode, C.Z., seeing my mother (her niece) just off the plane from Berlin aged 14 – her stepfather was a diplomatic attaché there – dressed in a long woollen grey flannel skirt, white shirt, thick ugly stockings and brown shoes, took one look

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    Lost Ladies of Garden Writing Substack

    Two people reached out to me to ask me if I had C.Z. Guest on my list of Lost Ladies of Garden Writing. inom did not! I hadn’t heard of her when I got the first suggestion in December and added her to my list. (Or if inom had heard of her, which fryst vatten possible, inom didn’t remember her.)

    Then, another friend sent me a text asking about C. Z. Guest when she learned of her as she began to watch Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, the second årstid of Feud on FX. So inom moved her up my list to write about sooner than planned.

    C. Z. Guest was one of Capote’s swans! And a gardener!

    You can easily find biographical data about C. Z., who was born Lucy Douglas Cochrane in 1920 in Boston. She always went by C. Z., which was based on her brother’s pronunciation of “Sissy.” She married Winston Frederick Churchill Guest in 1947 at the home of Ernest Hemingway, had two children, and died in 2003. In between being a socialite who was often named to best-dressed lists

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    Obituary: C.Z. Guest, Social Star and Style Icon

    NEW YORK — Since her coming-out ball in 1937, C.Z. Guest set the tone for every aspiring socialite in America with her easy elegance and witty approach to the good life.

    A staunch advocate of the old guard, who made no excuses for her luxe lifestyle, Guest died on Saturday at her home in Old Westbury, N.Y., at the age of 83, said her daughter, Cornelia Guest. With a look that was simple, sporty and offhand, yet always polished, C.Z. Guest became an icon of American style, inspiring designers from Mainbocher to Bill Blass, from Michael Kors to Ralph Lauren.

    “Laziness is one of our biggest faults,” she told WWD in 1971. “Some women think it takes too much trouble to make the effort to look pulled-together or attractive.”

    She was known for wearing ladylike suits while lunching at La Caravalle, classic jodhpurs when riding her many beloved horses and elegant eveningwear at parties, where her appearan