I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel. Hamish Bowles chaneldespairfind Change image and share on social
For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams. Hamish Bowles bafflecoachcricket Change image and share on social
In Miss Catherine Middleton we have the faintest, intoxicating glimmer of a New Age Cinderella story. Hamish Bowles agecatherinecinderella Change image and share on social
This is how I started: My mom was crazy for antique shops and junk shops, and my sister and I would play this game where, if we were driving with my parents and saw a junk shop or an antique shop, we'd scream at the top of our lungs. My poor father would have heart failure and screech to a halt, and we'd leap out and go and explore. Hamish Bowles antiquecrazydrive share on social
Singing for me has always been a joyous but private pleasure that connects me in a lyric thread to my beloved grandmother Alice. Hamish Bowles alicebelovedconnect Change image and share on social
As a boy soprano in the high school choir, I later sang a solo during the carol service at Canterbury Cathedral, but I was too young to secure the Freddy Eynsford-Hill role in our production of 'My Fair Lady' - and far too timid to have thought to audition for it. Hamish Bowles auditionboycanterbury share on social
My interior is very, very dense - Proustian-looking, sort of Henry James. The walls are covered in pictures, and I transformed the big drawing room into a library lined with books. Hamish Bowles bigbookcover Change image and share on social
Lady Diana Spencer looked to relatively unknown designers - David and Elizabeth Emanuel, recently graduated from the Royal College of Art - when she wed Prince Charles in 1981. Hamish Bowles artcharlecollege Change image and share on social
I think there's much more fashion competition in the more junior levels of the fashion department. And that's exciting and stimulating to see, because it's 'Vogue;' it's great to see people dressed originally and with great style and panache. It wouldn't be 'Vogue' otherwise. Hamish Bowles competitiondepartmentdress share on social
When I think of my childhood, I see my mother, the complete sixties parent, decked in purple frappe silk caftans, the acidic smell of newly stripped pine mingling with incense. Hamish Bowles acidiccaftanchildhood Change image and share on social