Brief

‘I would like to see an outfit designed to reflect the changing emotions of its wearer. Something fit for a James Bond -style escape.’

Incentive

A day's work experience at Tatler and a meeting over tea with Isabella Blow.

Biography

Isabella Blow is Fashion Director for Tatler magazine, but is also well known as a promoter of fledging designers, such as Alexander Mcqueen, whose entire postgraduate collection was purchased by Blow. She has worked on the fashion pages of numerous publications including Tatler, The Sunday Times and Vogue, where she used her position to champion her favourite designers. She is also renowned for her eccentric sense of style, and often uses her front-row position at fashion shows to draw attention to her current choice of outfit and hat, often changing up to six times a day. She has forged many friendships within the design world, including milliner, Philip Treacy. To celebrate this particular collaboration, they curated the exhibition ' When Philip met Isabella' which originated at the Design Museum, London in 2002 and went on to tour the various Guggenheim Museums around the world. To further this successful partnership, they also founded the model agency 'Superstars' in 2003. Over the past eight years, she has also worked with crystal company Swarovski, linking them with designers such as Alexander McQueen and Julian Macdonald.

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