I was Amy Winehouse’s close friend – this is what the film of her life doesn’t show

I was at a particularly chaotic music festival when I heard that my friend Amy Winehouse had died. Amy’s rekindled relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil is the most famous, but to me, it seemed to be a template for a lot of her dynamics with a lot of men in her life who I often felt were unsuitable, unavailable and/or manipulative. The lines between famous Amy and the human being were becoming blurred and her personal boundaries were being overstepped by the public and press at every opportunity It wasn’t until Blake went to jail that I was able to spend more time with her, but as her fame had grown, so had her inner demons, which became more apparent to the world thanks to relentless tabloid headlines. open image in gallery Parry next to a mural to mark the Design Museum’s Amy Winehouse exhibition in 2021 But Amy was so much more than the chaos that swirled around her and I was determined to change the narrative; to shift the focus from her flaws to her creative genius. Amy Winehouse's voice compared to actor portraying her in film Today, I’m still in London, but I am no longer styling musicians, focusing more on design and other creative projects.