Clare Hastings

Clare Hastings
Clare Hastings, Hatchards, London, November 2018
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	author, former fashion journalist and costume designer
Partner	Nick Llewellyn
Children	1 daughter
Parent(s)	Macdonald Hastings Anne Scott-James
Relatives	Max Hastings (brother)

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

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.

External links

Official website