21 Quotes by Isabella Blow

I'm not proud to admit I once owned a fringed cowgirl jacket.

Normally, all I'm interested in is what the person has created. Hopefully they're not a mass murderer or mass rapist, but their personality is not important to me at that stage. They've got to be pretty extraordinary to make things like that anyway.

Desire is the strongest human emotion - desire for a hat, desire for a dress; that's what drives people to buy and want things.

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.

I don't use a hat as a prop. I use it as a part of me.

I want to be kissed by the people I love.

She had an amazing figure and her clothes were very severe and elegant.

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

You're not well enough for the story they've planned.