Hamish Bowles

Hamish Bowles
Born 23 July 1963[1]
London
Nationality British
Occupation Fashion journalist

Hamish Bowles (born 23 July 1963) is an English fashion journalist. Since 1995 he has been the European editor-at-large for the American edition of Vogue.

Background

Hamish Bowles was born in London in 1963, the son of David Victor Bowles, vice-provost of University College, London, and his wife Anne, a photographer.[2] He studied at Saint Martin's School of Art.

Career

From 1984 until 1992, he worked for Harper's Bazaar UK, first as a fashion editor, then as fashion director and, from 1989, as style director.[3] In 1992, Bowles joined the staff of the American edition of Vogue.

In 1998 he had a cameo part in Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon as a young David Hockney. In 2006 he appeared for some seconds in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette as a courtier.[2] He appeared in 2009 in Valentino: The Last Emperor and in 2010 in Gossip Girl[2] and in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Bowles has a large personal collection of designer clothing, including pieces by John Galliano and Charles Frederick Worth. He has lent items from his collection to exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3]

References

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