Clare Hastings

Clare Hastings is a British author, and a former fashion journalist, stylist and costume designer.

Clare Hastings
Clare Hastings, Hatchards, London, November 2018
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)author, former fashion journalist and costume designer
PartnerNick Llewellyn
Children1 daughter
Parent(s)Macdonald Hastings
Anne Scott-James
RelativesMax Hastings (brother)

Early life

She is the daughter of Macdonald Hastings and Anne Scott-James, and sister to Max Hastings.[1][2]

Career

Hastings worked for over 30 years as a fashion journalist, stylist and costume designer.[3][1] She started her career as assistant to Anna Wintour at Harpers and Queen magazine.[1]

Her book, The House in Little Chelsea, is about the history of an 1873 house in Finborough Road, London, that she bought in 1984, and has lived in ever since.[4] Margaret Drabble "greatly enjoyed" it, and called it "very well done".[5]

Personal life

Hastings has lived with her partner Nick Llewellyn for over 30 years.[6] She lives in London, and spends her weekends at her cottage in Berkshire.[6] She has a daughter, Calypso Rose, who is director of the experiences company The Indytute.[6]

Publications
  • Gardening Notes from a Late Bloomer, Pimpernel Press, 2018
  • The House in Little Chelsea , Pimpernel Press, 2018, ISBN 9781910258965
  • Hold The Front Page!, Pimpernel Press, 2020

References
  1. "7 things you might like to know about me, by Clare Hastings". femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. Jonathan Sale (12 March 2010). "Did You Really Shoot the Television? A Family Fable, By Max Hastings". The Independent. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. "The Pimpernel Press Ltd - About Clare Hastings". The Pimpernel Press Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. "The London Magazine". www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. "The House in Little Chelsea — Clare Hastings". Clare Hastings. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. "Biography — Clare Hastings". Clare Hastings. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

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