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October 2023

  • Bethann Hardison, photographed at home in New York in September 2023

    Black lives
    Mother of modelling: how Bethann Hardison got frank about fashion’s racism – and changed the industry for ever

    She starred in the Battle of Versailles show in 1973, partied at Studio 54 and became a renowned model agent. Now 80, she has always advocated for respect, recognition and equal pay for Black talent, with a passion and power that could never be ignored

December 2022

  • Iman in flowing red dress

    ‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie

    The supermodel also discusses changing the fashion industry and resisting ageing cliches

October 2022

  • Iman

    Iman says she refused jobs where white models were paid more

    Somali model recounts 1970s fight for pay parity – and how makeup artists were ill-prepared for her skin colour

May 2022

  • What dreams may come … Moonage Daydream.

    Moonage Daydream review – glorious, shapeshifting eulogy to David Bowie

    Brett Morgen’s intimate montage of the uniquely influential artist celebrates his career, creativity and unfailing charm

April 2021

  • Iman in New York City on 5 February 2020.

    Iman says her first experience of racism was pay gap when she moved to US

    Supermodel says on Naomi Campbell’s Unfiltered show: ‘My rate was different to white girls – it was an unspoken rule’

June 2019

  • Halston with Liza Minnelli in the documentary Halston, directed by Frédéric Tcheng.

    The enduring legacy of 70s disco designer Halston

    He created clothes for Bianca Jagger, Iman and Studio 54 regulars, and his collections predated modern minimal glamour. Now this Great Gatsby-like figure is the subject of a documentary

February 2016

  • David Bowie

    David Bowie's son announces late father was to become grandad

    Duncan Jones tweeted message exactly a month after music icon died, saying his partner, photographer Rodene Ronquillo, is expecting their first child

January 2016

  • David Bowie died of liver cancer on 10 January.

    David Bowie leaves estate of around $100m to his wife and children in will

    His wife, Iman, and his two children were left with an estate of around $100m, and his will stipulated that he be cremated and his ashes scattered in Bali
  • Bowie<br>CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 2016 - FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1980, file photo, David Bowie listens during a news conference after a rehearsal at the Booth Theater in New York. Bowie was appearing in the Broadway production of "The Elephant Man." Bowie, the innovative and iconic singer whose illustrious career lasted five decades, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, after battling cancer for 18 months. He was 69. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, FIle)

    'When I joined the NME in the 70s, Bowie was an obsession'

    Veteran music writer and editor Neil Spencer remembers pop’s chameleon
  • David Bowie Riding Motorcycle<br>1976 --- David Bowie Riding Motorcycle

    David Bowie obituary

    Artist who blazed a trail of musical trends and pop fashion, reinventing himself, his music and media across many decades

July 2015

  • Model, Alex Bruni

    From Anna Wintour bobs to too-toned arms: secrets of an older fashion model

    The 57-year-old only began modelling in her 40s and now she’s busier than ever. Here she explains why she thinks the industry is open to older models, why she was advised to have a bob and why tokenism will always exist

June 2014

  • Iman

    Iman: 'I am the face of a refugee'

    Iman is the Somalian exile whose fierce spirit drove her to become the world's first black supermodel. Now she's working to bring health and education to her homeland. She talks to Carole Cadwalladr about racism in modelling – and a secret holiday in London with her husband, David Bowie

May 2014

  • Met Gala

    Seven questions left unanswered after the Met's 2014 Costume Ball

    The best and worst of one of fashion's biggest events have been decided – but we're still confused about most everything else

September 2013

  • New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014

    New York fashion week: race, food rows and claims of mob rule

    Controversy and protest overshadow the glamour at the New York City shows

March 2013

  • A woman rubbing moisturizer into her skin

    Anita Bhagwandas on beauty trends
    Beauty for dark skin: the BB cream debate

  • David Bowie and Iman

    David Bowie's wife hints at tour plans

February 2013

  • David Bowie in 1969 and 1995.

    David Bowie and me

    David Bowie has died, aged 69. In 2013, we spoke to some of the people whose careers have been tied up with his. Here are their tales …

November 2008

  • (L-R) Bethann Hardison and Iman attend the 3rd Annual Black Girls Rock! Awards on November 2, 2008 in New York City

    Black. Beautiful. Barely seen

    Louise France meets the woman leading the fight against racism on the catwalk

July 2008

  • What I see in the mirror
    What I see in the mirror

    As I've got older I've become happier with my appearance, but thank God for make-up, lipstick and camouflage

August 2000

  • David Bowie helps out as Iman gives birth to daughter

    Rock star David Bowie embraced his role as a new father with enthusiasm yesterday providing hands-on assistance at the birth of his daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones.
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