What is Isabella Blow?
[[File:2005 Stuckist Turner demo (1) Ausschnitt Isabella Blow.jpg|thumb|Blow in 2005]] '''Isabella Blow''' (born '''Isabella Delves Broughton'''; 19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007) was a [[British people|British]] magazine editor. She worked for publications such as ''[[Tatler]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''. She was the [[muse]] of hat designer [[Philip Treacy]]. She is credited with discovering the models [[Stella Tennant]] and [[Sophie Dahl]]. She is also known for helping further the career of fashion designer [[Alexander McQueen]]. Blow was born in [[Marylebone]], [[London]]. She was married twice. At the time of her death, Detmar Blow had been her husband since 1989. She was [[depressed]] and had been [[medical diagnosis|diagnosed]] with [[bipolar disorder]] and [[ovarian cancer]]. Blow tried to die by suicide on several occasions. On 6 May 2007, she was taken to a [[Gloucester]] hospital after poisoning herself. She died the next day, at the age of 48.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/world/europe/08blow.html|title=Isabella Blow, Flamboyant Discoverer of Fashion Talent, Dies at 48|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 May 2008|access-date=5 April 2020|author=Trebay, Guy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/fashion-icon-isabella-blow-opened-4015492|title=When fashion icon Isabella Blow opened the very first Stroud farmers' market|work=Gloucestershire Live|date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020|author=Brooks, Robin}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons|Isabella Blow}} *{{IMDb name|1783203}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blow, Isabella}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Journalists from London]] [[Category:Suicides by poison]] [[Category:Suicides in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Writers who committed suicide]] {{bio-stub}}