David Bowie‘s dream was to create a band that performed music they’d never played or even heard before, according to Tommy Hilfiger‘s new autobiography.
The designer reveals in his book “American Dreamer” that he met the late superstar in 1990, when Bowie invited Hilfiger and Hilfiger’s then-wife, Susan, to a 1970s-themed New Year’s party on the island of Mustique.
Hilfiger says that the bash was attended by a starry guest list including fashion couples Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller and Calvin and Kelly Klein. But Hilfiger got to know the “Starman” singer better when they shared a chartered jet months later and bonded over art.
“His dream, he said, was to gather incredible musicians and create music that they had never rehearsed, read or even seen before,” writes fashion maven Hilfiger in the book, which was published by Penguin Random House last week. “They’d simply go into a studio and play something for the first time and record it in that raw state. I found the idea thrilling.”