I n a grainy YouTube clip taken at a 1997 Alexander McQueen fashion show in London, Isabella Blow, the renowned Sunday Times Style fashion director, is asked, “What does fashion mean to you?” Wearing a striking crown-of-thorns Philip Treacy hat, with her signature red lipstick smeared across her mouth, she sucks on a fag, exhales and answers: “My life.” What a life! The Isabella Blow story has it all: glamour, class, passion, betrayal, scandal, bawdy jokes, incredible hats, haute couture gowns and tragedy. The fascination with Blow has endured, long after her death in 2007, and now her rollercoaster high-fashion life is about to be made into a feature film.
The Queen of Fashion will star the Oscar-nominated actress Andrea Riseborough, who was spotted researching the.
