[6] Guyette worked as an innovative burlesque costumer and dealer in theatrical accessories,[7][8] providing vintage corsets,[9] opera gloves, custom-made fetish boots,[10] and, most famously, G-strings.
[11] Employed by National Police Gazette editor, Edythe Farrell, he later provided costumes, high heel shoes and boots, and occasionally photographs for publisher Robert Harrison,[12][13] known for pin-up magazines such as Wink, Titter, Beauty Parade, Whisper, and Eyeful.
[17] Largely uncredited in his lifetime, Guyette influenced key fetish art innovators, including Irving Klaw, John Willie, Eric Stanton, and Leonard Burtman.
[18] The subject of a book tribute, Charles Guyette: Godfather of American Art, [19] he is also featured in the independent biopic on Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston.
The film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, written and directed by Angela Robinson,[20][21] features Guyette as the costumer for Wonder Woman's real-life inspiration, Olive Byrne.