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The muse who discovered Alexander McQueen — fashion’s most flamboyant and most tragic figure. Isabella Blow (1958–2007) was British fashion’s dazzling doom: editor, stylist, and muse whose eye for talent changed the industry forever. In Blow by Blow, her husband Detmar Blow and journalist Tom Sykes tell her extraordinary story.
Born Isabella Delves Broughton, “Issie” became Tatler‘s fashion director and a legendary talent-spotter — discovering a student-age McQueen and buying his entire graduate collection, championing milliner Philip Treacy, whose extravagant hats became her signature. Famous for towering headpieces and fearless style, she moved through high fashion and high society like no one else.
Behind the glamour lay extreme tragedy and remarkable inspiration. Candid and deeply personal — written by the man who knew her best — this captures the brilliance and vulnerability of a woman who gave everything to fashion, and received too little back.
The muse who discovered Alexander McQueen
Isabella Blow (1958–2007) was British fashion’s most flamboyant and tragic figure — a fashion editor, stylist, and muse whose eye for talent changed the industry forever. In Blow by Blow, published in 2010, her husband of more than eighteen years, Detmar Blow, joins journalist Tom Sykes to tell her extraordinary story.
Born Isabella Delves Broughton into an aristocratic family, “Issie” became fashion director of Tatler and a legendary talent-spotter: she discovered a young Alexander McQueen while he was still a student, buying his entire graduate collection, and championed milliner Philip Treacy, whose extravagant hats became her signature. Famous for her towering headpieces and fearless style, she moved through the worlds of high fashion and high society like no one else.
Behind the glamour lay a life of extreme tragedy and remarkable inspiration. This candid, deeply personal biography — written by the man who knew her best — captures both the brilliance and the vulnerability of a woman who gave everything to fashion.
For readers who love
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- Behind-the-scenes stories of the fashion world.
- Biographies of unforgettable, larger-than-life personalities.
- The world of Alexander McQueen and 1990s British fashion.
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A moving tribute to a true original.
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