From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V12 #124 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, May 9 2007 Volume 12 : Number 124 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Any takers for the caption contest? ["Nigel Hollis" ] [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [jocelynfiske@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [kwil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [jocelynfiske@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [jocelynfiske@aol.com] RE: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman ["Martin Stockman" ] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman [KWil632057@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman ["Andrew Shearer" Subject: [AVALON] Any takers for the caption contest? "Hmmm...new Roxy album....hmmm....lyrics.....hmmm.....hmmm.....hmmm.....hmmm....hmmm.....hmmm.....hmmm.....hmmm....hmmm Zzzzzzzzz......" ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:54:26 +0100 From: "Colette Robertson" Subject: [AVALON] Sign of the Times It seems odd seeing Bryan on the cover of Saga Magazine!! Here is a link to the online version which I don't think I have seen in full before but I do recognize some of the quotes. http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/people/celebrities/bryan_Ferry1.asp Cheers, Colette ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 12:46:50 +0100 From: "Colette Robertson" Subject: [AVALON] Sign of the Times? It seems odd seeing Bryan on the cover of Saga Magazine!! Here is a link to the online version which I don't think I have seen in full before but I do recognize some of the quotes. http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/people/celebrities/bryan_Ferry1.asp Cheers, Colette ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 14:38:47 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Turner Subject: [AVALON] Isabella Blow I read the sad news that Isabella Blow, friend of Bryan Ferry and muse of milliner Philip Treacy has died at the age of just 48. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070508/ten-uk-fashion-blow-0013ac9.html Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 11:49:04 -0400 From: jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Very sad indeed to hear of the death of Isabella Blow (I had read she was battling ovarian cancer but was non the less shocked as she was spotted just recently at Ferry's Oxford gig). Self-described as a "facilitator" and widely recognised as kick-starter and mentor to some of the more original UK designers, she was one of the last of the great British eccentrics. Imagine your godmother turning up to your school sports day dressed in jaunty matador hat and black snakeskin corset as she did Isaac's. Fabulous. I believe her family motto was "haud muto factum", nothing happens by being mute. How true. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 12:25:05 -0400 From: kwil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman How upsetting. A true one-off. I don't have my copy to hand, but wasn't she responsible for the styling on one of the 'Best of' compilations? J -----Original Message----- From: jocelynfiske@aol.com To: avalon@smoe.org Sent: Tue, 8 May 2007 4.49PM Subject: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Very sad indeed to hear of the death of Isabella Blow (I had read she was battling ovarian cancer but was non the less shocked as she was spotted just recently at Ferry's Oxford gig). Self-described as a "facilitator" and widely recognised as kick-starter and mentor to some of the more original UK designers, she was one of the last of the great British eccentrics. Imagine your godmother turning up to your school sports day dressed in jaunty matador hat and black snakeskin corset as she did Isaac's. Fabulous. I believe her family motto was "haud muto factum", nothing happens by being mute. How true. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 12:37:56 -0400 From: jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman How upsetting. A true one-off. I don't have my copy to hand, but wasn't she responsible for the styling on one of the 'Best of' compilations? Yes, More Than This featuring Philip Treacy's Galleon hat. A ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 12:39:45 -0400 From: jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Apologies. Martino pip pipped me to the post. - -----Original Message----- From: martinstockman@btinternet.com To: kwil632057@aol.com; jocelynfiske@aol.com; avalon@smoe.org Sent: Tue, 8 May 2007 5.34PM Subject: RE: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman The More Than This compo perhaps? With the glorious "Ship" hats. A blow indeed. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:34:34 +0100 From: "Martin Stockman" Subject: RE: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman The More Than This compo perhaps? With the glorious "Ship" hats. A blow indeed. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of kwil632057@aol.com Sent: 08 May 2007 17:25 To: jocelynfiske@aol.com; avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman How upsetting. A true one-off. I don't have my copy to hand, but wasn't she responsible for the styling on one of the 'Best of' compilations? J -----Original Message----- From: jocelynfiske@aol.com To: avalon@smoe.org Sent: Tue, 8 May 2007 4.49PM Subject: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Very sad indeed to hear of the death of Isabella Blow (I had read she was battling ovarian cancer but was non the less shocked as she was spotted just recently at Ferry's Oxford gig). Self-described as a "facilitator" and widely recognised as kick-starter and mentor to some of the more original UK designers, she was one of the last of the great British eccentrics. Imagine your godmother turning up to your school sports day dressed in jaunty matador hat and black snakeskin corset as she did Isaac's. Fabulous. I believe her family motto was "haud muto factum", nothing happens by being mute. How true. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 13:12:20 -0400 From: johnobrien001@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman She was on the credits for the 'More Than This' compilation. http://moo.vivaroxymusic.com/683 J.O'B. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 12:05:48 -0500 From: Susan Stekel Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman At 11:37 AM 5/8/2007, jocelynfiske@aol.com wrote: > How upsetting. A true one-off. I don't have my copy to hand, but > wasn't she responsible for the styling on one of the 'Best of' compilations? > >Yes, More Than This featuring Philip Treacy's Galleon hat. A ten galleon hat, if I ever saw one. Lest anyone protest this is off topic, her connections to BF cannot be overstated. They each were instrumental in furthering each other's careers: according to the Telegraph, BF introduced IB to Anna Wintour, thus landing her a job as Wintour's assistant (when she worked as Fashion Director of American Vogue). As has been pointed out, Blow's contributions to BF's career were more in the styling vein -- but of course, that's always been an important part of his output. (in recent cases, not nearly important enough). Does anyone know how she & BF originally met? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 15:52:02 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman And of course, we all recognise the lovely young lady on the left of the picture... _http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/susie_bubble/Style%20Bubble/isblow9.jp g_ (http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/susie_bubble/Style%20Bubble/isblow9.jpg) J ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 15:47:56 EDT From: KWil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Thanks Jocelyn, Martin and John - the irony is that I have a signed postcard of the More Than This art (the lady in the galleon hat with Ferry in the background) on my wall! As a tribute: the following is from Style Bubble: 10 reasons why I love Isabella Blow 1) There is no compromise about her. She is very much declaring with her style 'Here it is, you can like it or lump it.' 2) There is nothing random about her dress sense. It's a controlled madness, a whimsy that's not ingulged to the extreme. 3) Amid the crazy ensembles, lies a classic formula of a slick of fresh lipstick and a hat. There's something quintessentially old-fashioned about that and I love how in her own fantastic way, she sticks to this formula. 4) She discovered Alexander McQueen.... good god, what the fashion industry owes her is priceless. 5) She describes herself as a pig sniffing out truffles when detecting fashion talent. Said truffles include models like Stella Tennant and Sophia Dahl, designers like Hussein Chalayan and photographers like Jurgen Teller. 6) She used to arrive much later at fashion shows than anyone else because she changed into a different outfit inbetween shows. That's an example of a perfect fashion spectacle in all it's decadence. 7) Her relationship with hats is a true love affair - 'You can't be lonely in a hat' she says. It protects her from fashion vampires; '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.' 8) Unlike her steely ex-boss Anna Wintour (for whom Isabella worked for at American Vogue in the early 80's), you can sense a vulnerability about Isabella, underneath the hats, the sharply cut attire and the bolshy speech. 9) Popular culture seems to seek out Isabella as she appeared in Wes Andersons' Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou in a cameo role (wearing a fabulous hat of course!). 10) Quite simply, and it saddens me to say this, there just aren't that many risk takers in the fashion industry. People are constantly following other people. True, original, risk-takers are hard to come by and the picture below of Anna Piaggi and Isabella illustrates just what I mean ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 07:20:14 +0000 From: "Andrew Shearer" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Death of a saleswoman Nice article and obit in Independent today. Apparently it was Ferry and Lucy that introduced her to Wintour (I remembering someone asking the question but can't remember who). Andrew _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V12 #124 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest