Why Iman won’t remarry after Bowie’s death
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supermodel and entrepreneur Iman has spoken about life after the passing of her husband David Bowie, as well as their 26 years together.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I knew him as the man, David Jones, his real name,” she told </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://people.com/style/iman-says-shell-never-remarry-after-david-bowie-death/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a new interview. “And not the rockstar.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pair first met in 1990 in an unusual fashion, after Teddy Antolin, Bowie’s hairdresser and longtime friend, set them up on a blind date.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an interview with </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.smoothradio.com/news/music/david-bowie-met-wife-iman/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WC2H smoothradio</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Antolin shared how Iman and Bowie instantly connected.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“She had a big smile, and she and David looked at each other… it was love at first sight, you could feel the electricity, something went off” Antolin </span><a href="https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/love-stories-david-bowie-and-iman-owe-their-love-story-to-a-hairdresser/896551b1-97be-42b3-8343-5ea226af5a0e"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Iman recalled that it took her a few months to feel the same way as Bowie.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“David said it was love at first sight. It took me a few months but I got there,” she </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a38278397/iman-will-not-remarry-after-david-bowie-death/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After their first date, the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starman</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> singer filled Iman’s hotel room with gardenias following her appearance on the Thierry Mugler runway in Paris, and went on to meet her at the airport when she returned to LA.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In her latest interview, Iman recalled another sweet moment: “Early on, we were walking down the street and my shoelace came undone, and he got on his knees to tie it for me and I thought </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">he’s the one</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bowie and Iman were engaged within a few months, before marrying on June 6, 1992 in Florence, Italy.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The couple welcomed their daughter, Alexandra Zahra Jones, eight years later.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite their fame, the pair were quite private and only a few close friends and colleagues knew of Bowie’s various health concerns, including his cancer diagnosis in 2014.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two days after the release of his album, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blackstar</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the star’s 18-month battle with cancer came to an end.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While processing the loss of her husband, Iman said she was inspired to create her first fragrance called Love Memoir. She added that the idea came after she spent time in their New York home during the pandemic, and that it was a “monument to eternal love”.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shortly after Bowie’s passing, Iman said she couldn’t face spending too much time at their home.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just got very sad and would rush back to the city,” the Iman Cosmetics founder said. “I thought I had processed [the loss] but I had not.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The fragrance combines two sweet details honouring the couple’s time together: woodsy vetiver, in a nod to Bowie’s favourite fragrance; and bergamot from Tuscany, where the couple were wed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recalling the moment her daughter asked if she would ever remarry, Iman said: “I said, ‘No, I will not.’ I still feel married.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Someone a few years ago referred to David as my late husband and I said, ‘No, he’s not my late husband. He’s my husband.’”</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @the_real_iman (Instagram)</span></em></p>
