Isabella Blow...a True Fashion Original

The wonderfully whimsical, gloriously eccentric Isabella Blow, brilliant fashion editrix and all around hat guru, has passed away at the age of 48. No woman could wear hats like Isabella; I think this photo, courtesy of WWD, attests to that, don't you think? I have always loved to sigh over her always astounding chapeaux. She unleashed design geniuses like Philip Treacy and Alexander McQueen onto the fashion world, and was by all accounts a wonderfully warm and witty person. She will be missed.