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Born on this day (1971), Stella McCartney is a leading fashion designer and daughter of former Beatles member Paul McCartney and American musician, photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney.
Stella McCartney operates 51 freestanding stores across the world in locations including Manhattan’s Soho, London’s Mayfair and Brompton Cross, LA’s West Hollywood, Paris’ Palais Royal, Milan, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing.
It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimatel, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.
As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins. The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.
It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters. I love 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.
In September 2010, Stella McCartney was appointed Team GB’s Creative Director for the 2012 Olympics by Adidas – the first time in the history of the games that a leading fashion designer has designed the apparel for a country’s team across all competitions for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games.
I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.
In 2013 McCartney was awarded an Order of the British Empire from the Queen, for services to fashion.
To receive an Order of the British Empire from the Queen is overwhelming. I feel proud, and blessed to be here. This is the kind of moment in one’s life that feels surreal. I am so grateful for this honor.
The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer. I'm a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doiong a lot of nothing.
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