Isabella Blow Quotes

United Kingdom, Editor
November 19, 1958 – May, 7, 2007.

Isabella "Issie" Blow was an English magazine editor. The muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as the fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

I smoke so many cigarettes, there's no way I could have a glossy lipstick.

Isabella Blow
- Lipstick
- Cigarettes
If you're beautiful you don't need clothes. If you're ugly like me, you're like a house with no foundations; you need something to build you up.

Isabella Blow
- Need
- Ugly
- Build

My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort.

Isabella Blow
- Effort
- Bloody
- Icon
I hate crap, I like craftsmanship.

Isabella Blow
- Like
- Crap
- Craftsmanship
My passion for fashion borders on insanity.

Isabella Blow
- Fashion
- Passion
- Insanity
Fashion is a vampiric thing, it's the hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can I kiss you?' I say, 'No, thank you very much. That's why I've worn the hat. Goodbye.' I don't want to be kissed by all and sundry. I want to be kissed by the people I love.

Isabella Blow
- Love
- Hat
- Kissed
If you don't wear lipstick I can't talk to you.

Isabella Blow
- Talk
- Lipstick
- Wear
If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you. You need to have lips - they are important for getting men.

Isabella Blow
- Important
- Getting
- Lips