June 6, 1992
David Bowie & Iman

Eighteen years ago today, music superstar David Bowie married gorgeous supermodel, Iman in Florence, Italy. Their wedding came less than two years after meeting on a blind date/ dinner party that their mutual hairdresser had set them up  on in Los Angeles. It was love at first site and the couple soon moved in together.

In 1992, Bowie proposed to Iman while they cruised on a boat along the River Seine in Paris, France. Months later, they were married at the St. James Church in Italy in front of 65 guests that included Yoko Ono and U2 frontman, Bono.

Over the years, Bowie and Iman have kept their love going in an industry that is so trying on relationships. This is in part because of their appreciation for each other’s unique personalities.

“[She] has a great sense of self. I mean that she’s her own person and not swayed by other’s opinions,” Bowie told a reporter when asked what he loves about his wife.

Iman perfectly summed up her feelings in an interview just one day after their wedding:

“This relationship with David is taking me totally by surprise, a wonderful surprise. I have found my soulmate in him, my friend. In him I have found my lover, my companion. The person I was looking for – my other half. I hope everyone in this world finds their other half as I did mine.”

Well said!