Colin Cowie

Colin Cowie was born in Kitwe, Zambia, educated in South Africa and has lived in the United States since 1985. Colin Cowie Lifestyle is an event planning, interior design, and lifestyle consulting company with offices in New York and Los Angeles.

 

Colin Cowie is the author of five books on style and entertaining including Dinner After Dark, Effortless Elegance with Colin Cowie, Colin Cowie Weddings, Colin Cowie For The Bride, and Colin Cowie For The Groom. Additional design, wedding and entertaining books are scheduled for release over the next three years.

 

Colin appears regularly as a contributing family member on the CBS Early Show and the Oprah Winfrey Show as a lifestyle correspondent covering food, fashion, travel, entertaining and interior design. From 1998 through 2001, Colin had his own television series “Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie” which aired on WE: Women's Entertainment Network.

 

Colin is the national spokesperson for the Electrolux ICON™ brand of premium designer line kitchen appliances. Introduced in the United States in 2004, Colin’s affiliation is a natural extension of his passion for cooking and entertaining and works with Electrolux to build brand awareness via magazine articles and select media tours. 

 

Colin has appeared as a special guest on many national television shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Regis and Kelly, Entertainment Tonight, CNN and Extra! Print features and profiles have been published in Town & Country Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, TV Guide, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Biography Magazine, Architectural Digest, Bon Appetite, The Daily News, Brides Magazine, People Magazine, The New York Post and The Chicago Daily Herald.

 

Colin Cowie Lifestyle’s celebrity client list includes: Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Anthony, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Jenny McCarthy, Sela Ward, Don Henley, Kelsey Grammer, Kenny G., Lisa Kudrow, Charlie Sheen, Sugar Ray Leonard, Paula Abdul, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan, and Hugh Hefner.

 

Colin Cowie Lifestyle’s corporate clients include: Audemars Piguet, Davidoff of Geneva, Warner Bros, CBS, The Whitney Museum, Architectural Digest, Kerzner International (One and Only Ocean Club and One and Only Palmilla), Cosmopolitan Magazine and InStyle Magazine.

 

Some of the highly publicized events Colin Cowie Lifestyle has produced include: Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball, Oprah Winfrey’s 50th birthday celebration, John Travolta’s 50th birthday celebration, Quincy Jones 71st birthday celebration, the grand opening celebrations of the Atlantis Royal Towers (Paradise Island, Bahamas), the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party,  and the 40th Anniversary of Cosmopolitan Magazine.