Background
She spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father"s self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home.
She spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father"s self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home.
Brought up in London and Oxfordshire, she attended Gordonstoun school in Scotland, until she was expelled for entertaining boys in her room.
Hicks is the third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Nightingale Hicks, an interior designer of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles. India has published three books: Island Life, Island Beauty, and, most recently, Island Style (which made The New York Times Best Seller List).
India is connected to a broad spectrum of tastemakers and is established as an influencer amongst modern, strong, entrepreneurial women.
Aged 17, she drove from England to Italy to meet designer Emilio Pucci. On arrival, he made her model all of his catsuits.
In 1990, Hicks graduated from the New England School of Photography in Boston, Master of Arts with a concentration in Color and Editorial photography and graduated with Honors. She later moved to New York, and developed a career as a model in the 1980s and 1990s, working for Ralph Lauren and J. Crew amongst others, and featuring in Tatler magazine.
She was also the face of British brand Viyella.
She also owns the boutique "The Sugar Mill" where she sells clothes, bed linens and items gathered while travelling. In 2007, Hicks hosted the second season of the Bravo interior design competition television series Top Design. In 2011, she commentated on the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, for both Independent Television and American Broadcasting Company. She has been filmed as a royal commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation, American Broadcasting Company, Channel 4, National Broadcasting Company, Oprah Winfrey and Larry King.