Colin Cowie
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{{Infobox person
| name = Colin Cowie
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| birth_name = Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|1|3}}
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| birth_place = Kitwe, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
| occupation = Entrepreneur, television personality, author
| website ={{URL|colincowie.com}}
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Colin Andrew Wilkie Cowie (born 3 January 1962) is a Northern Rhodesia-born American lifestyle advisor, author, interior designer and party planner.{{cite news|title=Colin Cowie|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/356333/Colin-Cowie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721233014/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/356333/Colin-Cowie|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2010|archive-date=2010-07-21}}
Biography
Cowie was born in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), and educated in South Africa.{{cite news|first=Jason|last=Brudereck|title=Holiday party sponsored by cable TV network held in Reading mansion|url=http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=117139|work=Reading Eagle|date=December 11, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212210513/https://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=117139|archivedate=December 12, 2008}} He moved to the United States in 1985 and founded Colin Cowie Lifestyle,{{cite web|url=http://colincowie.com|title=Wedding Planner Los Angeles, Wedding Planner New York|website=Colin Cowie Lifestyle|access-date=24 November 2018}} a wedding planning agency, in 1992.
His media appearances include the Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He spent seven years on the Home Shopping Network and was a contributing member to the CBS Early Show for eight years. Cowie hosted the daily wedding planning show Get Married on Liefetime, on which he advised brides-to-be on fashion, decorating, and other wedding-related topics. He also hosted the television series Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie for five seasons.{{cite web|date=11 July 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/style/my-dinner-with-colin.html?src=pm|title=My Dinner With Colin|author=Morris, Bob|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-19-me-1802-story.html|title=Homestore.com Adds 2 Web Sites, Columnists|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=27 May 2015}}
In March 2017, Cowie launched Wilkieblog.com. Two months later, Colin Cowie Lifestyle announced the launch of a catering venture, F.O.O.D. Inc..{{cn|date=July 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.colincowie.com}}
- {{IMDb name|1067975}}
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Category:Television personalities from New York City
Category:Writers from New York City
Category:Zambian emigrants to the United States
Category:Zambian expatriates in South Africa
Category:Zambian people of Scottish descent