Hamish Bowles

With her blonde, tousled hair; her Saint-Tropez tan; her mini shorts; and her flat ballerines, Bardot was, in Simone de Beauvoir’s words, an icon of “absolute freedom.”

Going behind the scenes of a forthcoming exhibition of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s wardrobe, Hamish Bowles unveils key accessories that reveal an unseen side of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, for whom getting dressed was an act of diplomacy, service and, sometimes, fun.

Fashion is an all-enveloping, multi-faceted, all-consuming thing, and when, for whatever reason, one steps away from it—whether for a brief interlude

Hamish Bowles gets the inside scoop on the most remarkable creations in the UK’s first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli and her current successor Daniel Roseberry.

At the Victoria & Albert museum's latest exhibition dedicated to Elsa Schiaparelli (and Daniel Roseberry Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, one is

“Paradise in Provence” by Hamish Bowles, was originally published in the September 2004 issue of Vogue.

In her 40s—author, songstress, actress, filmmaker—Madonna has influence and reach that may be global, but her base for family and friends is focused on an English country estate. Hamish Bowles talks to this ever-evolving force about her new film and book, and the pleasures of commitment.

“Kick Off” by Hamish Bowles, was originally published in the April 2016 issue of Vogue.

“Everything Goes” by Hamish Bowles, was originally published in the January 2004 issue of Vogue.

Making pilgrimages to the Castel dell’Ovo, Baroque paintings and Pompeii, Mr Bowles sees Naples and dies... to return when he can