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
We're obviously in a strange environment where practically anyone can set themselves up as a pundit of sorts. It's all about sorting the wheat from the chaff, and I'm very interested in reading different points of view, and certainly different generations than my own that have such a very different world view. Hamish Bowles chaffenvironmentgeneration 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
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
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
I kind of miss the hatchet days of Mr. Fairchild at 'WWD', when they really took no prisoners and there was sort of outrageous favoritism and its inverse. Hamish Bowles dayfairchildfavoritism Change image and share on social
I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon. Hamish Bowles beginconfessionkate Change image and 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
My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy. Hamish Bowles accumulationbeginbrother share on social