Isabella Blow: Eccentric to the end

Passengers on the top deck of the bus had never seen anything like it.
Isabella Blow, wearing a wildly louche, tall cocktail hat, full make-up
including a gash of blood-red lipstick and five-inch designer heels,
was going to work at nine o' clock in the morning by public transport,
just like any other Londoner.

Trademark style: Isabella, her lipstick redder than red under a Philip Treacy creation

For international style guru Isabella, it was never too early in
the morning to warrant wearing her full, gaudy, fashion regalia.

Today, the 48-year-old eccentric who enthralled fashionistas
with her uncanny ability to spot a trend, discover supermodels and
unearth new designers, is mourned the world over by an industry that
has inexplicably lost a Muse with whom there was never a dull moment.