 As a journalist, she was known under her signature Comtesse G..

She was the daughter of count Axel Otto De la Gardie and Fredrika Christina Falkenberg af Bålby.She wrote articles about fashion and high society for a number of papers such as "Stockholms Dagblad", "Svenska Dagbladet", "Stockholms-Tidningen" and the culture magazines "Saisonen" and "Arte et Martei" from about 1900 onward.She made regular trips to Paris and was known for her sharp tongue in regard to the excesses of fashion.