Bowie is just a persona. Immediately drawn to each other, the country singers navigated rocky roads before and throughout their marriage. She was also married to basketball player … By the time he met Iman, David Bowie was 43 years old, had been single for a decade, and knew exactly what he wanted. The former couple divorced in 1980. "She's a great kid and very down-to-earth," a source told the outlet. Before Bowie, Iman married a Somali entrepreneur at age 18, but the marriage ended not long after when Iman moved to the USA. Early Life in Somalia Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid was … “His actions spoke louder [than words],” she said to The Cut in 2011. In a 2014 interview with The Guardian, Iman spoke of how they kept a low profile, regardless of where they were in the world. your username. After he married Iman, Bowie made it clear that his marriage meant more to him than his career did. “On Valentine’s, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Supermodel Iman opened up in an rare interview about the beautiful life she shared with husband, David Bowie. Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (somali : Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajiid), dite Iman, née le 25 juillet 1955 à Mogadiscio (Somalie), est un mannequin somalien naturalisé américain. Bowie and Iman got married in a private ceremony in Switzerland on April 24, 1992, as per Harper’s Bazaar on June 6, 2017. "David is measured, sensible yet at the same time fun and relaxed with Lexi," she said. But, according to … I’m the disciplinarian.” What they both agreed on was keeping their home life as private as possible. Together for nearly three decades, the singer and his husband have two sons and credit communication as the key to a long-lasting relationship. Bowie and Iman had a mutual appreciation for each other, something they both made clear to the world. — after all these years." It took a further two weeks before Iman was as on board with the relationship as Bowie. Elle est par ailleurs actrice et femme d'affaires. "He's fun, he's a really very curious man, and so I really learn a lot from him. Bowie and Iman had a mutual appreciation for each other, something they both made clear to the world. "David was very lonely," Teddy Antolin, Bowie's hairstylist and friend, told the Mirror. Iman and David Bowie were married to each other for 24 years. He introduced the model to the musician, and sparks immediately flew. “My marriage is exactly as fabulous as you all would think,” Iman said on The Nate Berkus Show in 2010. For Bowie, it was love at first meeting. I mentioned my husband the other day with someone, and they said to me, ‘You mean your late husband?’ I said, no, he is always going to be my husband. Bowie and Iman married two years after meeting. ", In keeping with the two proposals, Bowie and Iman had two weddings. your password In another post honoring Bowie after his death, she wrote, "My favorite love story is ours. Somali-born Iman — born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid in 1955 — was married to first husband Hassan from 1973 to 1975, and then to American pro basketballer Spencer Haywood in 1977. I do feel very lonely. They solemnized their marriage on June 6, 1992. Iman revealed to Harper’s Bazaar in 2010 that like many couples with a young child, daily life involved early morning school runs and soccer and music classes. Iman detailed that the anniversary of Bowie’s death is the “saddest time,” though she finds solace in the knowledge that he is “hiding in plain sight. “At least I go to parties once in a while. Mais loin des gros titres salaces et des révélations conjugales que les journalistes célèbres prédisaient, le mariage … The marriage ended two years later, shortly after Iman moved to the United States to pursue modeling. "He's English, so of course he has a very witty sense of humor," Iman told ET, "and basically we found each other at the right time of our lives. Likewise, Bowie is widely quoted as saying, “You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. "I fell in love with David Jones," she told The Guardian. Bowie is just a persona. "That's the most successful thing I ever did in my life." The union was then solemnized on June 6 in Florence, Italy. I did not fall in love with David Bowie. "I get the fans' grief, but it's not the same," Iman said during a 2020 interview with Porter magazine. "I mentioned my husband the other day with someone, and they said to me: 'You mean your late husband?' "We were dating for two weeks and I was coming from Paris and I got to L.A. at the airport and the doors open to the plane and I come out and I see all these people taking a picture of somebody. They welcomed a daughter, Alexandria Zahra … her.womenworking.com. Bowie also had a son from a previous marriage. Over the weekend, the 65-year-old star shared several posts on Instagram in honor of Bowie, whom she was married to from 1992 until he died of liver cancer in 2016. "And they were right.". Then he always makes me laugh. Iman said that they had tried IVF to get pregnant and nothing happened. On Friday, Iman posted a quote to Instagram that read, “If I … ", Despite their "til death do us part" vow, Iman has made it clear her love for Bowie outlives even the man himself. As heartbreaking as Bowie's death was, Iman said in Harper's Bazaar U.K.'s February 2021 issue, "David is in our hearts and minds on a daily basis, for all of us. ", In a 2010 interview for Harper's Bazaar, Iman said the lovebirds' fighting dynamic was key to their marital success. Aside from rare occasions, the couple kept the press separate from their home life. Angie Bowie blamed the deterioration of her marriage to David Bowie on his use of illicit substances. “They said, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t complain, you’re going to be married for 50 years, it’s going to be happy.’ And they were right.”. He tracked down the buyer, paid him or her handsomely, and secured the ring. People say to me, ‘Oh, you’re so strong.’ I’m not strong — I am just trying to keep it together.”, When questioned about whether she would consider entering into a new romantic relationship, the model-turned-entrepreneur was firm in her response: “I will never remarry. “The David she walked down the aisle with in 1992,” Vogue said, … But it was Bowie's "corny" moves that showed Iman the man beyond the rock n' roll persona. “I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night,” she said. The director and journalist's love story began the moment they met and lasted until Nichols' death in 2014. “Sometimes, I don’t want people to know how sad I am. The new couple made their first public appearance together in November 1990, at an event benefitting AIDS research, though Iman was … The two had a son named Zowie Bowie, but the marriage was hardly conventional. He had coffee.". Both had been married before. Iman Abdulmajid was born to a Somali diplomat, attended school in Egypt, and studied political science in college, where she was noticed by a fashion photographer. magazine in 2000. ", When Iman and Bowie met, they each met their match in dramatic glamour. I can't say never, but no, not now. "He decided, 'I met her, I'm changing my life, I've got to impress this woman and step up,'" Antolin said. "He did everything to change any kind of bad habits he had and it was remarkable because David never had a drink after that or anything.". Iman's second marriage had ended three years prior, and it took a couple of weeks for the then-35-year-old to consider committing to the rock legend. In 1973, when Iman was 18 years old, she married a Somali entrepreneur, hotelier, and fellow mononymous person Hassan, according to TooFab. Iman paid an emotional tribute to her late husband David Bowie over the weekend as she honored his birthday and death. Once that was taken care of, he whisked her off to Paris, France, and proposed to her on the banks of the River Seine. It's just been such a joy. David Bowie Children. "He doesn't drink tea! “My attraction to her was immediate and all-encompassing,” he told Hello! “I think I did something really corny the next day. Lexi Bowie recently opened up about how she had not seen her mother and David Bowie's second wife, Iman, for six months because of the lockdown. "I thought, 'What could be more perfect?'" The Somali supermodel Iman has broken new ground both in the fashion industry and in wider society, with her work as a philanthropist and entrepreneur. His legacy has of course left an indelible mark on anyone who has ever been touched by his music, and it goes without saying, that includes his wife, Iman. Naturally, her marriage with David Bowie was one of the many topics covered. “Then he always makes me laugh. The marriage quickly grew fiery; David once said living with Angie was "like living with a blowtorch" (via Evening Standard). ", The day after they met at dinner, he eagerly invited her out for afternoon tea — a move he later described as "corny" during an interview with ET. By 1990, David Bowie had released around 20 albums and starred in around 20 film and television roles. But far from the salacious headlines and marital revelations celebrity journalists predicted, the marriage between David Bowie and Iman Abdulmajid proved to be a stable, long-lasting love affair played out far from the glare of the media spotlight. Alexandria was born nearly 22 years after her older sister, People reported. ", After he married Iman, Bowie made it clear that his marriage meant more to him than his career did. Sa femme, Iman. The Iman Cosmetics and Iman Global Chic founder opened up about their “regular” marriage and home life with daughter Alexandria “Lexi” Zahra Jones, now … The 1992 marriage between an international music superstar and one of the world’s most recognized supermodels appeared to be a celebrity union made in tabloid heaven. Interview magazine had another supermodel, Naomi Campbell sit down with Iman for a chat in 2013. “I will never remarry. The iconic Ziggy Stardust persona grew not only from the creative mind of David Bowie himself, but also that of his first wife, Angie. Of parenting their daughter, Iman once said that Bowie was “measured, sensible yet at the same time fun and relaxed with Lexi. Did they hold hands?’ Twenty years. "I'm the disciplinarian! The first time he proposed to Iman, she turned him down because, according to the Mirror, she insisted they meet one another's family first. In the February issue of Harper's Bazaar … The marriage between the musician and model has remained steadfast through the highest of highs —and the lowest of lows. Her effect on the usually unflappable and smooth Bowie was intense. In 1990, Bowie met the model Iman at a … Overnight, our lives had been enriched beyond belief.”. Iman and Bowie approached their marriage as a relationship to be shared with each other, not a public eager to hear intimate details about the “Space Oddity” singer and Vogue cover star. "And, of course, I said yes. “David doesn’t fight. The pair married in 1970, at the genesis of David's career, and she encouraged him to embrace and capitalize on his queerness. It's like cabaret. The president and first lady's romance endured Hollywood, politics and personal tragedies. In the wake of the divorce, at the dawn of the 1980s, Bowie's professional life was thriving while his personal life was in shreds. Welcome! D'un précédent mariage, Iman est aussi la maman de Zuleka, née en 1978. (Bowie … We queued separately, Lexi had a friend with her and they went with the bodyguard and then we all met on board.”, Quizzed over the whereabouts of her husband while attending a New York Valentine’s Day event solo in 2011, Iman told The Cut that they never celebrated the annual lovefest in public. "They spent the night talking to each other like they had known each other forever. Speaking for the February issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, which hits stands Jan. 6, Iman -- born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid -- spoke about her picture perfect marriage with Bowie and referred to him as "my true love." ", David Bowie died of cancer on January 11, 2016, at the age of 69. They have a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones. She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie, whom she married in 1992. But do I want a relationship? It was love at first sight for the "Saturday Night Live" star and "Willy Wonka" actor, but their relationship was cut tragically short by illness. Iman loves her husband so much that she doesn't want people to address Bowie as her "late husband." Celui-ci est très proche d'Iman. “I find it very therapeutic.” Bowie, who retired from touring in 2004, told ET that “first for me is our marriage and second is career. Antolin recalled to the Mirror. They were looking at each other like, 'Now what, shall we skip dessert and go home?'" The pop star died of cancer on Jan. 10 in New York. As heartbreaking as Bowie's death was, Iman said in Harper's Bazaar U.K.'s February 2021 issue, "David is in our hearts and minds on a daily basis, for … Iman (born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid; Somali: Zara Maxamed Cabdulmajiid; 25 July 1955 ) is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. Bowie was Iman's third husband; she was married to Somali entrepreneur Hassan at 18, which lasted just two years. Before marrying David, she has been married two times before. “It rained!” Iman recalled in 2012 of their nuptials. His music is still relevant.” On the love they shared, Iman mused “It was a really everyday marriage.” “I was coming from Paris and I got to L.A. at the airport and the doors open to the plane and I come out and I see all these people taking a picture of somebody. It is,” Bowie once reportedly said of his marriage. The first was a civil ceremony in Switzerland on April 24, 1992, "with just a witness and an interpreter" in attendance (via Brides). They had a daughter together named Lexi, who is now 17. "It is.". Date of Birth: 1971. Like everybody’s going to say, ‘Did they talk? He is English, so he just stays quiet. I still fancy him — totally! "I was not ready for a relationship," she told The Guardian in 2014. ", A couple of years before David Bowie and Iman got married, a ring caught her eye in Florence, Italy, as she later recalled during an interview with ET. Bowie’s son, filmmaker Duncan Jones, also spoke out on the anniversary of … “I found her intolerably sexy,” Bowie said during an interview with Entertainment Tonight when asked about their initial meeting. "I'm frighteningly happy," Bowie told the New York Daily News in 2002. He had coffee,” she recalled of their first date. “We went this summer [to London]. "It was sweet," Iman said. "David is in our hearts and minds on a daily basis, for all of us. Iman Abdulmajid has opened her heart on ­marriage to David Bowie, insisting the singer was the only man for her.. And the supermodel told how … But to his wife, Iman, he was simply David Jones: the man he was born to be, and the man he was when the applause, bright lights, and blue eyeshadow faded. Le mariage de 1992 entre une superstar de la musique internationale et l’un des mannequins les plus reconnus au monde semblait être une union de célébrités créée au paradis des tabloïds. That she would be my wife, in my head, was a done deal. Bowie echoed Antolin's observations to ET. Bowie’s first marriage to Cypriot-American model Angela Bowie ended in divorce and estrangement. In February's issue of Harper's Bazaar, the supermodel, 65, who … Onstage, David Bowie was Ziggy Stardust, sporting a flame-colored mullet, psychedelic satin jumpsuits, and gogo boots while singing surrealist rock n' roll hits about life in outer space. And no one knew we were there!… Every day we went and did different things and the press never knew! “You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things in the world. Before he proposed, Bowie flew to Florence to buy the ring, only to find that someone else had already bought it. Since retiring from modeling, Iman has done charity work in Somalia, started a cosmetics line and married rocker David Bowie. ", According to ELLE, Lexi is now an artist who sells her original cartoons and customized clothing online. He is English, so he just stays quiet," she said. David Bowie and Iman Abdulmajid were married on April 24, 1992. After performing to thunderous applause from mega-crowds at night, he'd return to the empty silence of his hotel rooms. She is a beautiful actress and producer. He never drinks tea. Their shared sense of humor keeps their marriage strong in spite of their differences. We’ve been married 20 years!”, Iman and David Bowie at a fundraiser for The Urban League in New York City, Nov. 23, 1999, Photo: Iris Zimmerman/Online USA/Newsmakers, Home life in New York was routine. In June of that year, the couple threw a second — and more extravagant — wedding celebration in Italy. © 2021 Biography and the Biography logo are registered trademarks of A&E Television Networks, LLC. He didn’t care if anybody saw.”, David Bowie and Iman, early in their relationship, Photo: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, The new couple made their first public appearance together in November 1990, at an event benefitting AIDS research, though Iman was still hesitant about diving into a union with a rock star, telling The Guardian in 2004 she definitely “didn’t want to get into a relationship with somebody like him. David Jones is a man I met.”, Bowie proposed in Paris and they were married on April 24, 1992, first in a private ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland. I keep him entertained too. The pinnacle of his career, in its blur of androgyny and stardust, was largely behind him, and he set out to prove to Iman that he was ready for the stardust to settle. Supermodel and entrepreneur Iman looked back on her marriage to David Bowie ahead of the British music legend’s fifth death anniversary. The union produced a daughter, Zulekha Haywood, in 1978 and the couple divorced a decade later. Angela, or ‘Angie’ as she is known, was only 19 when she met Bowie in London in 1969. “We never do Valentine’s dinner, because everybody, they look,” she said. “I didn’t marry David Bowie; I married David Jones,” Iman told Vogue in June 1994. "He was so nervous, he just said 'tea,'" Iman recalled. Iman hasn’t moved on from David Bowie, who she was married to for 24 years before his death. — after all these years.”, So intense was their desire for privacy, the world was left shocked when Bowie died on January 10, 2016, at age 69 from liver cancer. Photo: David Lefranc/Kipa/Sygma via Getty Images. When asked by Campbell what was the secret to a good marriage, Iman responded: “First I think you’ve got to feel hot for each other and respect each other. The forbidden love story between the "Queen of Tejano Music" and her guitarist-turned-husband would rule the late singer’s final years. David Bowie and Iman (Image: Getty) His fans are still around. "In fact, it was so overnight we knew we should wait a couple of years before we got married, to make sure we weren't kidding ourselves. But do I want a relationship? "I'm the screamer. "Most of her friends are also studying art and they spend their time vintage shopping, going to exhibitions and hanging out by the beach. “I couldn’t sleep for the excitement of our first date. "Definitely, I didn't want to get into a relationship with somebody like him." Since retiring from modeling, Iman has done charity work in Somalia, started a cosmetics line and married rocker David Bowie. I'd never gone after anything ... with such passion in all my life. The two shared a daughter together, but they divorced 10 years after their marriage. Even his close musical collaborators had no idea the prolific singer had been sick. in 2000. David Bowie met the supermodel Iman at a dinner party in 1990 after being introduced by their hairdresser. Iman eschewed any public discourse on the subject, only commemorating their love on social media on occasions such as their anniversary, on Valentine’s Day and on the anniversary of his death, including: “My favorite love story is ours! The popular cooking show host and financier met as teenagers, and now they are one of pop culture's cutest and most-enviable couples. In 1977, Iman was married to Spencer Haywood, a basketball player. She then moved onto a decade-long marriage to basketball player Spencer Haywood from 1977 to 1987. I just knew she was the one. The couple were married in 1992 and had one daughter together, Lexi, who is 20. Iman Abdulmajid has opened her heart on ­marriage to David Bowie, insisting the singer was the only man for her.