Isabella Blow

Quick Facts

Full Name	Isabella Blow
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Nov 19, 1958(1958-11-19)
Age	66
Date Of Death	May 7, 2007, Gloucester, United Kingdom
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Isabella Blow Biography

Isabella Blow is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on November 19, 1958 in England, England, United Kingdom. English fashion icon and magazine editor who once served as the muse for millioner Philip Treacy and discovered fashion giant Alexander McQueen.

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

Isabella “Issie” Blow (19 November 1958 – 7 May 2007) was an English magazine editor. As the muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as propelling and continually advocating the career of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, beginning when she bought the entirety of his explosive premier show inspired by Jack the Ripper. She committed suicide using the herbicide paraquat in 2007.

Blow had two sisters, Julia and Lavinia; her brother, John, drowned in the family’s swimming pool at the age of 2. This had a profound effect on her. In 1972, when she was 14, her parents separated and her mother left the household, bidding each daughter farewell with a handshake. Her parents divorced two years later. Isabella did not get along with her father, who bequeathed her only £5,000 from his estate, which was worth more than one million pounds.

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

Isabella Blow Net Worth

Isabella Blow is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Isabella Blow 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

Born Isabella Delves Broughton in Marylebone, London, she was the eldest child of Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, a military officer, and his second wife, Helen Mary Shore, a barrister. Sir Evelyn was the only son of Jock Delves Broughton; his sister, Rosamond, married Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat in 1938.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Isabella Blow Dating?

According to our records, Isabella Blow married to Detmar Blow , Nicholas Taylor. As of December 1, 2023, Isabella Blow’s is not dating anyone.

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Blow was the fashion director of Tatler and consulted for DuPont Lycra, Lacoste, and Swarovski. She became the subject of an exhibition in 2002 entitled When Philip met Isabella, which featured sketches and photographs of her wearing Treacy’s hat designs.

Facts & Trivia

Isabella Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Isabella Blow celebrates birthday on November 19 of every year.

Isabella and Detmar Blow separated in 2004. Detmar Blow went on to have an affair with Stephanie Theobald, the society editor of British Harper’s Bazaar, while his estranged wife entered into a liaison with a gondolier she met in Venice. During the couple’s separation, Blow was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and began undergoing electroshock therapy. For a time, the treatments appeared to be helpful. During this period she also had an affair with Matthew Mellon; however, after an eighteen-month separation, Isabella and Detmar Blow were reconciled. Soon afterward, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

How old was Isabella Blow when she died?

48 years (1958–2007)

Did Isabella Blow have children?

Isabella had several abortions when she was young but would later try and fail to have a child with Detmar after several rounds of in-vitro before she was diagnosed with cancer. Detmar discovered that Isabella would burn intimate areas of her body with cigarettes toward the end of her life.

Who did Isabella Blow discover?

Along with Treacy, she discovered the models Sophie Dahl, Honor Fraser, and Stella Tennant, designer Hussein Chalayan, and, perhaps most famously, McQueen , whom she found in the early 90s at the Royal College of Art.

Did Alexander McQueen attend Isabella Blow funeral?

Designer Alexander McQueen arrives for the funeral service for fashion stylist Isabella Blow at Gloucester Cathedral on May 15 2007 in Gloucester,…

How did McQueen died?

Suicide