Isabella Blow - Hardcover

Rink, Martina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500515352 ISBN 13: 9780500515358

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This volume is an homage to the glamorous, enigmatic Isabella Blow and her dramatic and doomed life. One of the worlds leading creative women, credited with 'discovering' Alexander McQueen and Sophie Dahl, Isabella vitalized the fashion industry and her suicide in 2007 left it bereft. Martina Rink, former personal assistant to Isabella Blow, has brought together letters from all those who loved Isabella, from Mario Testino to Manolo Blahník. The book has contributions by some of fashion's biggest names, with images from world class fashion photographers, illustrations by Hilary Knight and Paul Smith, a foreword by Philip Treacy and a transcript of the Memorial Speech Anna Wintour delivered at Isabella Blows funeral in 2007.

About this title

Review:

'The Blow that emerges is wounded, extravagant, self-mythologizing, and full of magic and madness' --Vogue

'An impressive collection of tributes from the fashion world, showing off Issie's Treacy hats and connections' --New Statesman

'A stunning pictorial tribute filled with letters and snapshots, Martina Rink's Isabella Blow conveys her daftness, her style and her brilliant charisma' --The Sunday Times

'Full of personal letters and gorgeous pictures, this stylish book pays homage to the astonishing life of style icon Isabella Blow' --Look

'A thing of beauty'
--The Herald

'A very personal insight ... Beautifully produced, sensitively written and full of the flamboyance she was famous for, Isabella Blow is a fitting tribute to an all-time icon'
--i-D

'A handsome homage ... visually stunning - just like Issie herself' --Tatler

'A fittingly overblown tribute to the inimitable icon' --Gay Times

'A beautiful, thoughtful tome of a tribute ... an intimate insight into the lady behind the hat'
--Glass Magazine

`Full of stunning photos and touching personal letters' --The Market

About the Author:

Martina Rink began her career as a personal assistant to Isabella Blow. She now works for the advertising agency TBWA in Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0500515352
• ISBN 13: 9780500515358
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192