Thursday 5 June 2008

A year on fashion still mourns a unique style icon!


Every fashionista remembers how the who's who of the fashion world turned up at Isabella Blow’s funeral at the Gloucester Cathedral. The fashion icon Isabella Blow ended her life by drinking the deadly weedkiller paraquat at the age of 48.

Isabella Blow was as famous for her colourful life as her passion for hats and blood red lipstick. She was a stylist who was once described as of the 20 most influential people in fashion. She was married to the barrister Detmar Blow and worked as a style editor and fashion director for, among others, Vogue, Tatler and The Sunday Times. She renowned as a talent spotter and was credited with helping launch the careers of Mr Treacy, Alexander McQueen and Julien
Macdonald.

RIP Isabella Blow.

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