Английская Википедия:India Hicks
Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person India Amanda Caroline Hicks (born 5 September 1967) is a British designer, writer, businesswoman and former fashion model. After graduating from the New England School of Photography, Hicks became an interior designer and a model for Ralph Lauren, among others. She moved to the Bahamas in 1996, where she published books, promoted home and beauty products, and introduced a line of jewellery. Hicks travels frequently to disaster sites in her role with the non-profit organisation Global Empowerment Mission. A daughter of Lady Pamela Hicks, she is a descendant of the Mountbatten family and a relative of the British royal family.
Early life
Hicks was born in 1967[1][2] in London.[3] Hicks is the third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Nightingale Hicks. Her mother was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II and her father was a famous interior designer.[4] She is the granddaughter of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma and the second cousin and goddaughter of Charles III.[2][5]
Hicks grew up in Oxfordshire, England.[6] She spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father's self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home.[5] As a child, she was a tomboy who kept her distance from royal affairs.[7] Hicks was exposed to design at an early age through her father and brother, who were both architects.[4] The 11-year-old Hicks was on holiday in Ireland in 1979 when her grandfather was killed by a bomb planted on his boat.[8][9] In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles.[7]
Hicks went to boarding school in Scotland at Gordonstoun, from which she was expelled for having boys in her room.[2] She then backpacked across India.[2] Hicks moved to Boston, Massachusetts at age 18 to study photography[10][11][12] at the New England School of Photography,[13] where she graduated in 1990.Шаблон:Citation needed
Career
After graduating college, Hicks' father introduced her to Emilio Pucci in Florence, Italy, where she modelled swimsuits.[14] Later, she modelled for Ralph Lauren in New York City,[14] Tod's,[15] J.Crew,[16] and others.[17] She lived in Paris for three years, before moving to New York City for three years.[10] Hicks moved to the Bahamas in 1996.[17]
In the Bahamas, Hicks restored homes, invested and remodelled a hotel, and published several books on design and lifestyle.[7] Her first book called Island Life was a design book with photographs of Hibiscus Hill, a house she designed.[10][16] This was followed by a second book, Island Beauty,[4] and a third book on photography and design, Island Style.[18] Hicks also started a boutique shop in the Bahamas called the Sugar Mill Trading Company with business partner Linda Griffin.[4] The shop sells jewellery, clothes, household goods, and other items.[11]
From 2005 to 2014, Hicks worked with Crabtree & Evelyn as a spokeswoman and creative consultant for home and skincare products.[11][12] The company created the India Hicks Island Living and India Hicks Island Night lines of soaps, candles, and perfumes.[7][11][16]
In 2008, Hicks co-hosted the second season of the Bravo interior design show Top Design in Los Angeles, California.[5][11][16] She introduced her own line of jewellery in 2011.[11] Hicks also became a public commentator on events surrounding the royal family and the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.[16][19] In 2015, Hicks created an e-commerce venture called India Hicks Inc. with partners Nicholas Keuper and HauteLook.[12][13] It sells jewellery, handbags, perfumes, beauty products, and other goods.[12][13] The business grew to more than $10 million in annual revenues.[12]
Hicks also worked with the Home Shopping Network on a line of bedding products called India Hicks Island Living.[17]
Personal life
Hicks met her husband David Flint Wood as a child.[13] They re-connected as adults[17] during a holiday in the Bahamas.[13][14] She was pregnant with their first child four months after moving to the Bahamas in 1996.[3][10] They have five children.[2][20] In late 2020 she announced plans to marry Flint Wood.[20] She married Flint Wood on 10 September 2021 at St Bartholomew's parish church in Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire.[21] Guests at the wedding included Brooke Shields, Kirstie Allsopp, and Sophie Dahl.[21]
The couple have a house, "America Farm" in Ewelme, Oxfordshire, built on land that Hicks had inherited and replacing two redundant farm workers' cottages.[22][23][14][24] Hicks' book about the project, India Hicks: The Story of Four Houses – A Slice of England, was published by Rizzoli International Publications in 2018.[25][26]
Hicks has competed in several marathons. She also rode a Шаблон:Convert bike ride to raise money for cancer victims, in memory of her adopted son's biological mother.[2] She partners with a local food bank[27] and with the disaster relief agency Global Empowerment Mission (GEM).[28] She joined the Global Empowerment Mission's board in 2019.[29] On behalf of GEM, she visited the Abaco Islands after Hurricane Dorian, Alabama after it experienced a tornado, Florida after the surfside condominium collapse, and Poland during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[29] She is also an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, a charity that helps young people find training, and work opportunities.[30]
In 2020 Hicks pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court to shoplifting a coat and was ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge. Her spokesperson stated "The court accepted that at the time of taking the coat, India had simply been absent-minded and hadn't intended to leave without paying for it".[31]
Books
- 2004: Island Life: Inspirational Interiors
- 2006: Island Beauty
- 2015: India Hicks: Island Style
- 2018: India Hicks: A Slice of England
- 2020: An Entertaining Story
References
External links
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