Hamish Bowles Quotes

• I was ten years old when my first Vogue cover sang me its siren call and dashed me against the treacherous rocks of fashion obsession.

  Hamish Bowles

  Fashion, Rocks, Years

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• Essentially what you're doing is collaborating with the photographer to create an image that reflects the fashion you're trying to capture and also hold a mirror up to the zeitgeist at the moment.

  Hamish Bowles

  Fashion, Mirrors, Trying

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• I don't have an off-duty wardrobe.

  Hamish Bowles

  Duty, Wardrobe

  "A life in Vogue: Hamish Bowles". Interview with Wendy Donahue, www.chicagotribune.com. May 16, 2014.

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• Alexander McQueen's heartbreakingly premature death, at the height of his creativity and influence, has robbed the fashion world of a soaring and unique talent.

  Hamish Bowles

  Fashion, Creativity, Unique

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• The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. Whats thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the whole experience energizing and uplifting.

  Hamish Bowles

  Uplifting, Country, Fashion

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• I have Tom Ford, Gucci, Saint Laurent, McQueen, and odd pieces that Ive just acquired because I happened to have come across them and felt they have some historical resonance.

  Hamish Bowles

  Historical, Saint, Pieces

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• Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.

  Hamish Bowles

  Hot, May, Marrakech

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• My childhood memories seem to be wreathed in the twin and far from harmonious olfactory sensations of patchouli oil and caustic soda.

  Hamish Bowles

  Memories, Oil, Childhood

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• I started collecting couture when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and the very first piece I bought was a Balenciaga suit from 1962.

  Hamish Bowles

  Years, Pieces, Firsts

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• 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

  New York, Fleas, Flea Markets

  "A life in Vogue: Hamish Bowles". Interview with Wendy Donahue, www.chicagotribune.com. May 16, 2014.

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• Six feet three in her stocking feet, LWren Scott was every inch a great lady.

  Hamish Bowles

  Feet, Three, Six

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