Iman marks a decade since the death of her husband, David Bowie, with a deeply personal tribute.
The supermodel, 70, took to Instagram on Saturday with a video debuting her new tattoo in honor of the late musician. The video documented the moment the artwork was inked onto her arm, pairing the post with Bowie’s atmospheric song Surfaces.
“January 10th,” she wrote in the caption. “The pain didn’t go away… it left a loving, permanent mark.” She added the hashtag ‘#BowieForever’.
Bowie died on January 10, 2016, at the age of 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer that he kept largely private.
At the time, a statement on his official social media accounts confirmed that he had died peacefully, surrounded by his family, and asked the public to respect their privacy as they grieved.
Iman and Bowie met in 1990 after going on a blind date. They married two years later, in 1992, and welcomed their daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, in August 2000.
In a 2021 interview, Iman spoke candidly about how she views their marriage. “I still feel married,” she said People at the time. “Someone once called David my late husband, and I said, ‘No, he’s not my late husband. He’s my husband.’ Through my memory my love lives.”
Just days before the anniversary, Iman honored Bowie’s legacy by marking his 79th birthday with a black and white photo on Instagram. “Your light burns so brightly in all our hearts,” she wrote. “We love and miss you.”
