Up to the Minute: India Hicks

Enjoy this stylish conversation with Nicole and author, designer & tastemaker India Hicks.

India Hicks

I was born in London, England.



My father was famed interior decorator David Hicks, and my mother is Pamela Hicks, daughter to the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma.



My grandfather was the last Viceroy of India, hence my name.



The Prince of Wales is my Godfather. A wonderful one. But as a tom boy it was hard to forgive being asked to wear that frilly dress as a bridesmaid at his wedding to Lady Diana.



Following school I backpacked around the world for a year. I returned to London, took a foundation course in art, before moving to Boston, to take a degree in photography, graduating unexpectedly with honors.



A fashion magazine featured me in an issue of ‘New Beauties’, which Ralph Lauren saw and subsequently booked me for my first modeling job. A career on the other side of the camera was born.



I now live on a small island in the Bahamas, with David Flint Wood and our five children: Felix, Amory, Conrad, Domino and Wesley, our fostered Bahamian son. We have built and restored 4 houses and a hotel on the island.



I am a passionate horse rider. I also scuba dive, bungee jump, parachute and hand glide, snow ski, water ski and wakeboard. I have climbed into the Grand Canyon, run three 26.2 mile marathon’s and have completed four 100 mile bike rides in aid of charity.



I have published three books: ‘Island Life’, ‘Island Beauty’, and, most recently, ‘Island Style’. Part of the proceeds from these books have been donated to a small non-profit community school in The Bahamas.



After a successful career designing collections of bath & beauty products, bedding and jewelry in partnership with others the time for change has arrived……


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