In Memoriam: Isabella Blow
Fashion stylist Isabella Blow passed away this past week, and i'd like to mention a bit about her.
Ms. Blow is directly responsible for the career of a man who some say is the greatest living milliner, Philip Treacy, as well as fashion icon Alexander McQueen.
You cannot really be familiar with the hatwork of Treacy without knowing the face of Isabella Blow, whom Treacy considered his muse and to whom he paid tribute in the art book When Philip Met Isabella;, the publication of which was accompanied by a traveling museum exhibit of not only many of Treacy's most famous hats but also the hat blocks on which he created them (link features tons of hat and hatblock images).
Blow was buried in a willow coffin wearing one of her favorite hats, and during the service Treacy's iconic hat, The Ship, graced the top of the casket amidst a blanket of white flowers. Around 350 people attended the services at Gloucester Cathedral, and the eulogy was delivered by Rupert Everett. Ms. Blow had been suffering from advanced ovarian cancer, though it is generally believed that she took her own life. She was 48.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_03/isabellablow0805_468x604.jpg
What does an artist do when his muse has died?
Ms. Blow is directly responsible for the career of a man who some say is the greatest living milliner, Philip Treacy, as well as fashion icon Alexander McQueen.
You cannot really be familiar with the hatwork of Treacy without knowing the face of Isabella Blow, whom Treacy considered his muse and to whom he paid tribute in the art book When Philip Met Isabella;, the publication of which was accompanied by a traveling museum exhibit of not only many of Treacy's most famous hats but also the hat blocks on which he created them (link features tons of hat and hatblock images).
Blow was buried in a willow coffin wearing one of her favorite hats, and during the service Treacy's iconic hat, The Ship, graced the top of the casket amidst a blanket of white flowers. Around 350 people attended the services at Gloucester Cathedral, and the eulogy was delivered by Rupert Everett. Ms. Blow had been suffering from advanced ovarian cancer, though it is generally believed that she took her own life. She was 48.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_03/isabellablow0805_468x604.jpg
What does an artist do when his muse has died?