Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney
Stella Nina McCartney, OBEis an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth13 September 1971
CityLondon, England
clothes feel-good looks
I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.
the-end-of-the-day life-is ends
At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.
attractive
Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time,
makeup men thinking
I think my mum was really very ahead of her time. She wore very little makeup. She really explored the way that she wore clothes in a very honest way. She wore a lot of vintage stuff and mixed it with bespoke men's tailoring and things like that. That was a huge influence on me, seeing a woman in the spotlight carry herself in that kind of way. But mostly, for me, it was just that she was an incredibly honest and sort of natural person.
funny-inspirational shoes soul
Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.
clothes people records
If people stop liking my clothes, I'll make a record.
girl gorgeous dori
I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.
sports technology men
I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.
people
People work better when they are afforded to be themselves
jobs clothes design
I'm not offended or embarrassed by the fact that I design clothes for women to wear. So when I meet women who love my clothes, it's a really good, straightforward thing. It makes me feel like I'm doing my job right.
fashion technology thinking
I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.
art luxury creative
Success financially is a measure of creative success, it is the same in all arts.
fashion animal years
The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.
country strong horse
People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this.