Musician David Bowie and his wife Model Iman | David Bowie pictured with his daughter Lexi. Source Getty Images | instagram.com/the_real_iman
David Bowie and Iman Abdulmajid were married for twenty-four years before death came between them in 2016. But their love story commenced long before then, thanks to a blind date that changed everything.
For legendary sweethearts David Bowie and Iman Abdulmajid, their enduring love story was only possible thanks to the intervention of a matchmaker. The person who takes the credit is none other than Bowie’s longtime friend and hairdresser, Teddy Antolin.
The thoughtful friend has been open about hooking the lovebirds up, noting that he intervened because his friend lived an increasingly solitary existence.
David Bowie smiling in a photo with his wife, Iman at the 2007 Food Bank of New York Can-Do Awards Dinner Honoring The Edge and Jimmy Fallon | Source: Getty Images
Antolin once reflected, “David was very lonely. It was so sad—all this hard work David did each day, and then he was alone.” As Antolin noted, Bowie was at the height of his worldwide fame at the time back in the eighties. Unwilling to see his longtime friend lead a sad life, he decided to intervene, setting up a blind date.
He pleaded with Bowie to show up at his birthday party in Los Angeles, also inviting the infamous supermodel, Iman. Neither suspected his motive but was glad to turn up for a friend.
David Bowie with his wife Iman in September 1991 in Versailles, France | Source: Getty Images
The two arrived at the venue, with Bowie clad in white attire while Iman donned an all-black ensemble that matched her Mercedes. It was not a birthday bash as they expected but a four-person date at an otherwise empty New York restaurant.
Antolin recalled how perfect the duo looked in their outfits, which coincidentally complemented each other. The moment Iman entered the room, she stole the attention, with the singer’s eyes not leaving her for a second.
