Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow: Fashion, friendship and tragedy

'Sewn and torn' (1/6). Love stories and friendships can sometimes end badly, even in the world of fashion. In the mid-1990s, an almost symbiotic relationship developed between the London-born designer from a working-class background and the broke aristocratic fashion journalist. That bond shattered when McQueen left for Givenchy, marking the end of their closeness – something neither ever truly recovered from.

'Sewn and torn' (1/5). Love stories and friendships can sometimes end badly, even in the world of fashion. In the mid-1990s, an almost symbiotic relationship developed between the London-born designer from a working-class background and the broke aristocratic fashion journalist. That bond shattered when McQueen left for Givenchy, marking the end of their closeness – something neither ever truly recovered from.

'Sewn and torn' (1/5). Love stories and friendships can sometimes end badly, even in the world of fashion. In the mid-1990s, an almost symbiotic relationship developed between the London-born designer from a working-class background and the broke aristocratic fashion journalist. That bond shattered when McQueen left for Givenchy, marking the end of their closeness – something neither ever truly recovered from.

'Sewn and torn' (1/6). Love stories and friendships can sometimes end badly, even in the world of fashion. In the mid-1990s, an almost symbiotic relationship developed between the London-born designer from a working-class background and the broke aristocratic fashion journalist. That bond shattered when McQueen left for Givenchy, marking the end of their closeness – something neither ever truly recovered from.