Etro Fall Winter 2011 Final Walkthrough

Here's the view from my seat at the fall/winter 2011 Etro show yesterday.

Gianfranco Ferre Fall Winter 2011 Final

Here's the view from my seat at the Gianfranco Ferre fall/winter 2011 fashion show.

Versace Fall Winter 2011 Finale

Here's the view from my seat at the fabulous fall/winter 2011 Versace fashion show.

D&G Fall Winter 2011 Finale

Here's the view of the finale from my seat at the fall/winter 2011 D&G fashion show.

Gucci Fall Winter 2011 Final Walkthrough

Here's the view from my front-row seat at the fall/winter 2011 Gucci fashion show.

Retrospective Alexander McQueen

 Photos from the exhibition catalog Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty will leave no one indifferent

 In the Metropolitan Museum in New York, as we have already written, May 4, will host an exhibition of selected works Lee McQueen. Sneak preview of these things, organized by Anna Wintour, was held on 22 February at London's Ritz. They have already seen Stella McCartney, Sarah Burton and photographer Solvay Sundsbo, who made these pictures for the exhibition catalog - and now you do. See all the eyes may be on the second floor of the museum from May 4 to July 31.

Isabelle Blow_A woman on who remember always!

 Blow was the fashion director of Tatler and consulted for DuPont Lycra, Lacoste, and Swarovski. In 2002, she became the subject of an exhibition entitled When Philip met Isabella, featuring sketches and photographs of her wearing Treacy's hat designs.

In 2004, she had a brief acting cameo in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

In 2005, Blow starred in a project by artist Matthieu Laurette, commissioned and produced by Frieze Projects 2005 and entitled "What Do They Wear at Frieze Art Fair?" It consisted of daily guided tours of Frieze Art Fair led by Blow and fellow international fashion experts Peter Saville, Kira Joliffe, and Bay Garnett.

Shortly before her death, she was the creative director and stylist of a series of books about beauty in the Arab world; the books were being produced by Kuwaiti fashion entrepreneur Sheikh Majed al-Sabah. Blow was dismissed from the project for unknown reasons and attempted suicide.^{[citation needed]}

 In 1986, Blow returned to London and worked for Michael Roberts, then the fashion director of Tatler and the Sunday Times Style magazine.^[10]

In 1989, Blow married her second husband, art dealer Detmar Hamilton Blow, in Gloucester Cathedral; he is a grandson (and namesake) of the early 20th-century society architectDetmar Blow. Philip Treacy designed the bride's wedding headdress and a now-famous fashion relationship was forged. Realizing Treacy's talent, Blow established Treacy in her London flat, where he worked on his collections. She soon began wearing Treacy's hats, making them a signature part of her flamboyant style^] In a 2002 interview with Tamsin Blanchard, Blow declared that she wore extravagant hats for a practical reason:

"...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." 

In 1993, Blow worked with the photographer Steven Meisel producing the Babes in London shoot featuring Plum Sykes, Bella Freud, and Honor Fraser. Blow had a natural sense of style and a good feeling for future fashion directions. She discovered Alexander McQueen and purchased his entire graduate collection for ₤5,000, paying it off in weekly ₤100 installments. Spotting Sophie Dahl, Blow described Dahl as "a blow up doll with brains", and launched the model's career.

Blow moved to New York City in 1979 to study Ancient Chinese Art at Columbia University and shared a flat with the actress Catherine Oxenberg. A year later, she left the Art History programme at Columbia, moved to Texas, and worked for Guy Laroche. In 1981, she married her first husband, Nicholas Taylor (whom she divorced in 1983), and was introduced to the fashion director of the U.S. edition of Vogue, Anna Wintour. She was hired initially as Wintour's assistant, but it was not long before she was assisting Andre Leon Talley, now U.S.Vogue's editor-at-large. While working in New York, she befriended Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat