So I discovered a new idol on Monday morning...

Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore
Somerset House
Monday 20th January
£6.25 entry

If you live in London you've probably seen the adverts for this exhibition lining the escalators and platforms at various tube stations. Isabella's face, all strong and pouty surrounded by red fur, and a frankly obscene amount of make-up. I didn't know too much about her, I knew that she was responsible for launching some of Britain's most successful designers. I also knew that her suicide in 2007 was said to be one of the reasons the great Alexander McQueen took his own life 3 years later. I didn't know much more.

And so I decided to pay Somerset House a visit, like many other cultural establishments across the country they do a discount day. The exhibition is £12 (£10 concessions) but on Monday's they open their doors to the public for just £6.25. I highly recommend looking around for deals like this, especially if you're a student, there are a lot of savings to be made and it really is a great way to see your city and learn something new.

I'm not one for art. I wish I was. An interest in art is a quality I admire in others and one I wish I could hold myself but galleries just do not interest me. Maybe it's the stylist in me. It's simple to make a blank space or white wall look beautiful. It doesn't have lumps or a lack of confidence or cellulite to get past first. A blank piece of canvas doesn't have to be painted in a way that disguises its fat bits, it wont get wrinkled on the tube or spill red wine down itself. My artistic love is fashion, and it is art. If there is a doubt in anyone's mind whether or not fashion is art then this exhibit will wholeheartedly prove that it is.

One thing I learned was that Isabella Blow was a truly incredible woman. My favorite anecdote was that when she was Anna Wintour's assistant in New York she was known to clean her desk with expensive, imported Perrier water. Isabella was like a sort of aristocratic, 90s punk, Gaga. She had her finger on the pulse of fashion and she had fun with it. It's something we can all do.

Rachel Zoe once said "Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak". One look at Isabella's wardrobe and you can see who she was and it's something to think about. Does how you dress say what you want about you? If not - it may be time to go shopping.