Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow
Isabella "Issie" Blow was an English magazine editor. The muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as the fashion designer Alexander McQueen...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 November 1958
icons effort style
My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort
smoke
I smoke so many cigarettes, there's no way I could have a glossy lipstick.
amazing clothes figure severe
She had an amazing figure and her clothes were very severe and elegant.
kissed love people
I want to be kissed by the people I love.
I don't use a hat as a prop. I use it as a part of me.
buy drives human people strongest
Desire is the strongest human emotion - desire for a hat, desire for a dress; that's what drives people to buy and want things.
You're not well enough for the story they've planned.
hate i-hate crap
I hate crap, I like craftsmanship
men important lips
If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you. You need to have lips - they are important for getting men.
fashion passion insanity
My passion for fashion borders on insanity.
goodbye fashion kissing
Fashion is a vampiric thing, it's the hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can I kiss you?' I say, 'No, thank you very much. That's why I've worn the hat. Goodbye.' I don't want to be kissed by all and sundry. I want to be kissed by the people I love.
beautiful clothes house
If you're beautiful you don't need clothes. If you're ugly like me, you're like a house with no foundations; you need something to build you up,
i-can ifs lipstick
If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you.