Isabella Blow

The news came yesterday afternoon that Isabella Blow died. She was only 48, but she was one of those great fashion eccentrics who seem to have always been. She was ageless that way.

I learned about her when I lived in London. Once I saw her on the street. She was really hard to miss with her sharp features and of course, the amazing hat. She was the fashion world's version of Peggy Guggenheim in that she was all about discovering amazing new talent. Fashion for her did not seem to be about parties and glitz, the Hollywood version. It was about the amazing transformative effect, the art, of clothes. And she was the boldest of the bold.

For more, read about her here. Nothing I can say can truly do her justice.