Day 7: Isabella Blow Fashion Galore

Polaroid of a sea dog sculpture sent as a visual reference to Simon Periton by Isabella and inscribed by her.

Invitation to Philip Treacy fashion show, sponsored by American Express at Harvey Nichols, London Fashion Week S/S 1994

Letter to Isabella from Paula Reed, Fashion Director at the Sunday Times Magazine, explaining her nomination by Philip Treacy and Steven Meisel for an article on the power of style.

Page of Isabella’s school report for 1970-71.

Postcard for the Design Museum’s 2002 exhibition, When Philip Met Isabella, which subsequently toured internationally for many years. The photographic portrait is by Steven Meisel.

Photograph of Isabella with Suzy Menkes, fashion editor of the International New York Times.

Photograph of Isabella at work.

Photograph of Isabella wearing Philip Treacy hat and Lawrence Steele fur coat at a train station.

Photograph of Isabella with gallerist Stuart Shave, whom she established Modern Art Inc with in 1998, with husband Detmar Blow.

Photograph of Isabella at Hilles House, Gloucestershire, with a ram. It is not known if this particular ram provided the horns for the hat designed by Philip Treacy for McQueen’s first Givenchy haute couture collection, S/S1997.