Isabella Blow

ABOUT ISABELLA BLOW

English fashion icon and magazine editor who once served as the muse for millioner Philip Treacy and discovered fashion giant Alexander McQueen .

When she was fourteen years old, her mother said goodbye to her with a handshake and abandoned her and her siblings.

She was credited with discovering the incomparable Alexander McQueen , whose collection she purchased after he graduated from college. It cost her 5,000 pounds, which she paid in installments.

She was married twice; lastly to Detmar Blow, who she stayed with until her death in 2007.

She was also credited with discovering model Sophie Dahl , who she once called a "blow up doll with brains."