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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Happy Birthday Mr Bowie


When heroes become pensioners, you know you're middle-aged. From the Dries Van Noten autumn/winter 2011 menswear collection to Kate Moss on the cover of French Vogue, David Bowie is as influential today as he was 40-years-ago. You'll not see him dragging his ageing carcass around the globe on some greatest hits tour. No, he's keeping quiet - and dignified - though BBC economics journalist Evan Davis seems to think Bowie selling bonds on his future back-catalogue may have started the credit crunch. I'll say no more. Here are some photos.


The Man Who Fell To Earth, 1976.

December 2011 French Vogue. Photographed by Mert & Marcus

Kate Moss 2003 British Vogue. Photographed by Nick Knight.

Tilda Swinton for Another Magazine. Photographed by Craig McDean

Bowie at Cannes 1978 (Getty Images)

Dries Van Noten A/W 2011

David Bowie and Iman, New York 2010 (Getty Images)

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15 comments:

  1. Wildernesschic8 January 2012 at 13:37

    The ultimate cool man.. such a hero.. in his Golden Years ;) xx

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  2. Disneyrollergirl.net8 January 2012 at 14:35

    Love it, I read on Facebook that the V&A are doing a retrospective of his outfits later this year but can't find out any more :(

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  3. Susan B8 January 2012 at 15:00

    So very cool.

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  4. Veshoevius8 January 2012 at 15:09

    Ah Bowie - hero of mine too - liked the credit crunch theory!

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  5. Veshoevius8 January 2012 at 15:09

    Ah Bowie - hero of mine too - liked the credit crunch theory!

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  6. Patti8 January 2012 at 15:19

    Ah, the Thin White Duke - the definition of cool. Great pictures!

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  7. cheeky rose8 January 2012 at 18:41

    A true legend

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  8. Elizabeth at Eiffel Tells8 January 2012 at 21:10

    If nothing else, DB has always been very creative.......in many spheres!
    Warm regards

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  9. Susan Tiner8 January 2012 at 21:41

    The Man Who Fell to Earth is one of my all-time favorite movies. I think I've seen it a dozen times, time to pop it in the netflix queue again.

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  10. Grey Fox8 January 2012 at 22:27

    Now there's a guy who's got style in older years!

    Grey Fox - a man searching for style in middle age.

    http://www.greyfoxblog.com

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  11. That's Not My Age8 January 2012 at 23:17

    Disney - too exciting! And time the V&A embraced timeless style, can't say I was that interested in Annie Lennox's old clobber.

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  12. Heidi Adnum9 January 2012 at 06:22

    Ultra cool.

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  13. Amblus9 January 2012 at 14:43

    My most favorite ever. Love DB!

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  14. Style At Every Age9 January 2012 at 18:29

    Love him and was singing along to Starman on TOTP2 on Saturday night and have Life on Mars on my list to be played at my funeral. I hope Dave makes good use of his free bus pass.

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  15. Fashionistable10 January 2012 at 17:45

    I Love him. Is it just me or has Iman not aged at all? Xxxx

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