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Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion

Lauren Goldstein Crowe

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Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion
Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion

Iconic Isabella Blow: Fashion's Muse and Catalyst.

If you're captivated by fashion's most provocative characters, "Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion" offers a deeply personal peek into the life of an industry game-changer. Isabella's life was as vivid and imaginative as the fashion she inspired—this biography isn't just about her tragedy, but her indelible mark on the fashion world. It recounts her amusing, shocking antics as well as her intimate battles, all wrapped in a narrative as stylish and bold as Isabella herself.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion

by Lauren Goldstein Crowe
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ISBN: 9780312592943
Author: Lauren Goldstein Crowe
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Date of Publication: 2010-11-09
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Art
Related Topics: Biography Memoir, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 265 readers)

Description

An extraordinary biography of Isabella Blow, whose pedigree, wild style, and outrageous antics catapulted her onto the London social scene and made her a fashion icon. In 2007, the news of Isabella Blow's suicide at the age of 48 made headlines around the world—but there is more to the story of Isabella than her tragic end. The key supporter and muse of milliner Philip Treacy and designer Alexander McQueen, Blow was truly more than a muse or patron. She was a spark, an electrical impulse that set imaginations racing, an individual who pushed others to create their best work. Her fascination with clothing began early, as did a willingness to wear things—and say things—that would amuse and shock. She began her fashion career in New York City as assistant to Anna Wintour at Vogue. Over time she became famous for her work, yet it wasn't enough to assuage her devastating feelings of inadequacy. Still, in her darkest moments, even as she began a series of suicide attempts and prolonged hospital stays, Blow retained her wicked sense of humor, making her friends laugh even as they struggled to help. Lauren Goldstein Crowe has crafted a superbly entertaining narrative; wrapping the anecdotes of Isabella's antics around a candid, insightful portrayal of a woman whose thirst for the fantastical ultimately became irreconcilable with life in the real world.
 

Iconic Isabella Blow: Fashion's Muse and Catalyst.

If you're captivated by fashion's most provocative characters, "Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion" offers a deeply personal peek into the life of an industry game-changer. Isabella's life was as vivid and imaginative as the fashion she inspired—this biography isn't just about her tragedy, but her indelible mark on the fashion world. It recounts her amusing, shocking antics as well as her intimate battles, all wrapped in a narrative as stylish and bold as Isabella herself.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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