Isabella Blow, it is said, is never properly dressed without a hat, and she has been hatless since Christmas.

In an unfortunate turn of events, the famous and quirky icon of fashion’s jet set, Blow, has been recuperating in a small hospital in north Goa after another bout of depressive behaviour. It’s not her first attempt at injuring herself, she has spent eight months in a London hospital earlier this year, but the good news is: Blow is on her way to quick recovery, and will be back at home in London, early next week.

Doctors attending to her marvel at her new enthusiasm and determination to plunge into her work again. Says her therapist, “She is now devoting all her time to her project in Kuwait which she has been planning for a couple of years. She is progressing quite alright and is 90 per cent well.”

Blow discovered and promoted some of international fashion’s biggest stars today. Her proteges include international milliner Philip Tracey, British designers Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan, apart from putting Brit Babes Stella Tenant, Honor Fraser and Sophie Dahl on the fashion map. She has famously called her style, “pornographic chic.”

Indian fashionistas were introduced to Blow a couple of months ago at the Fashion Week in Delhi when designers, models and the fashion media swooned every time Blow raised an eyebrow or nodded appreciatively on the front row of a show. But the hysteria soon ebbed when Blow made her final judgement, “When we talk of Indian fashion, I see a whole lot of potato sacks. It has a long way to go.”

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