Bowie and Iman were one of rock and roll’s most enduring and stylish couples.
They married in April of 1992 in a lavish, private ceremony in Tuscany.
“For him [it was overwhelming],” Iman toldThe Guardianin 2013.
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“I was not ready for a relationship.
Definitely, I didn’t want to get into a relationship with somebody like him.”
“But as I always said: I fell in love with David Jones.
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I did not fall in love with David Bowie.
Bowie is just a persona.
He’s a singer, an entertainer.
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David Jones is a man I met.”
“My father,” she told the reporter.
And that is what attracted me to David.
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He is a gentle soul."
Tying the Knot
Iman’s longtime friend Naomi Campbell sat down with the model fora piece inInterview.
An adorable exchange about what Mrs. Bowie remembers most from her wedding day 21 years prior is below.
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NAOMI: I know you had a most amazingly romantic wedding to David Bowie in Tuscany.
What were the most memorable moments were from that day?
IMAN: It rained!
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NAOMI: Well, thats good luck!
IMAN: But you dont want it to rain on your wedding, especially when its outside!
NAOMI: In Italy, they say its the best luck ever!
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And they were right.
Their Cabaret
Which isn’t to say over their two-plus decades it was all smooth sailing.
“David doesn’t fight,“Iman toldHarpers Bazaar.
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But that only makes one of them.
“He is English, so he just stays quiet.
I’m the screamer.
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Then he always makes me laugh.
It’s like cabaret.
I keep him entertained too.
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I still fancy him totally!
after all these years.”
We don’t doubt it.
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When Berkus responded that Bowie is the perfect gentleman, Iman agreed, “Exactly.
“David is measured, sensible yet at the same time fun and relaxed with Lexi.
Im the disciplinarian!”
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His actions spoke louder [than words],” she said.
And he was standing there, flowers in hand, no security…
He didnt care if anyone saw.”
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Still in Love
“I’m frighteningly happy,“Bowie told theNew York Daily Newsin 2002.
“I don’t see ever wanting to change things in my personal life.
Iman and I are very happy, and we have the most fabulous baby.”
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“It was really one of those overnight things.
And fortunately we werent.
Its just been such a joy.”
“My attraction to her was immediate and all-encompassing,“he toldHello!magazine in 2000.
“I couldn’t sleep for the excitement of our first date.
That she would be my wife, in my head, was a done deal.
I’d never gone after anything in my life with such passion in all my life.
I just knew she was the one.”
She posted two messageson Instagram.
One read: “The struggle is real, but so is God.”
