Fashion industry pays tributes to eccentric ‘piglet’

THE fashion world was in mourning yesterday following the death of one of the industry’s great eccentrics.

Isabella Blow, the fashion legend known for her love of flamboyant hats, has died of cancer in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

Blow, 48, fashion director of Tatler magazine, was credited with launching the careers of Galway milliner Philip Treacy, designer Alexander McQueen and model Sophie Dahl.