Stella McCartney
- Profession: Fashion Designer
- Place/Date of Birth: London, 13 September 2020
- Associated with: Sir Paul McCartney
Several publications are speculating that this weekend is set to be the big one for starry-eyed Stella and her beau Alisdhair Willis. The Glasgow Evening Times, This is London, Glasgow Daily Record and British Vogue have been first to announce the intended weekend wedding, and the fact that Glasgow has been mentioned twice is not to under-estimated, as it appears they are to marry on the Scottish Isle of Bute.
The rumours started circulating after Stella was known to have visited Mount Stuart House, which is a Victorian Mansion set in a 300 acre estate. Then people noticed that the surrounding hotels were block booked and helicopter landing pads have been marked out. But the mansion management have attributed the activity to a conference of ’gas company executives’. Hmm. Pretty damn important gas execs for heli pads, surely? Stella and Alisdhair have not said a word, Sir Paul and wife Heather have flown back to Heathrow from New York, and the only comment has been from Alsidhairs dad. He said ’If it is happening this weekend you know more than we do. I know nothing about it and we would expect to be there if it was taking place.’ Well, exactly.
Stella’s smell - 27/06/03
Notting Hill based fashion designer Stella McCartney has launched her new perfume.
The designer said her scent reflected her English side - and reminded her of her late mother Linda McCartney. She told Hello magazine: "The biggest inspiration for the perfume - and my own personal goal - was to create a perfume I would want to wear." The scent is the third in Yves Saint Laurent’s new fragrance brands. The accompanying body milk and body cleanser are 95% natural as well as 15% organic.
Stella’s star guests - 16/05/03
Stella McCartney had quite a few famous friends at the launch of her new store...
Madonna, Sadie Frost, Tara Fitzgarald, Leah Wood and Sara Cox joined the designer at her Bruton Street shop. However Sir Paul and Heather had prior engagements, so couldn’t be there. That sounds a bit harsh, but when you consider Paul was actually performing in Hungary that night as part of his Back In The World tour and Heather was in America all week, you can understand! After all prior engagements to the majority of us would mean we have a hot date watching Sex in the City. The store stocks Stella’s ready-to-wear line, shoes and accessories, and is expected to house her lingerie collection and new perfume within the next few months.
Monkey nuts - 22/04/03 Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Stella McCartney upset organisers of a Saks Fifth Avenus bash by using inappropriate tablecloths for the do..
She picked a pattern that featured monkeys fornicating with human skeletons and holding machine guns.
A right mare for the ’neigh’-bours - 17/03/03
Animals rights campaigner Stella McCartney has decided to set up her new Mayfair shop right alongside a gun manufacturer and hunting specialist.
Holland & Holland, who have been established since 1885, are rumoured to not be pleased with Stella being a next-door neighbour. Apparently Stella has even put a huge photo of a horse prancing about on the boardings covering her new store. It will be interesting to see how these neighbours get along, as when you have good neighbours you have good friends, as the theme tune goes.!
Stella makes the grade - 03/03/03
Fashion designer and Notting Hill face Stella McCartney is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Dundee.
Stella will receive the honour at a graduation ceremony for design students in London in July. The designer with the Gucci group is due to attend the ceremony at the city’s Estorick Gallery and be awarded an LLD by Chancellor Sir James Black.
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Unsurprisingly, the student show became front page news around the world and the entire collection was snapped up by London boutique Tokio. She launched her eponymous label the same year. Despite her new-found celebrity, McCartney had already served a long apprenticeship in fashion. At 15, she worked with Christian Lacroix on his first couture collection and later spent several years learning her craft on Savile Row. McCartney was appointed chief designer at the French couture house Chloë in March 1997. Succeeding Karl Lagerfeld in one of the most high profile posts in the industry, McCartney’s appointment was viewed by many as simply an astute publicity stunt on the part of Chloë’s owners, the Vendome group. However, her first collection for the house, shown in Paris in October 1997, quickly dispelled any doubts about her talent. Sensual and romantic, the collection teamed lacy petticoat skirts with fine tailoring and was hailed a triumph. Her delicate camisoles and Nineties updates of the Seventies trousersuit fast became the talk of the catwalk circuit.
The following season, Chloë execs proved that her efforts had not only raised the house’s profile, but had lifted its profits too. Following her mother’s death in April 1998, Stella took up her fight against the maltreatment of animals. A month later, during Fur Fashion Week, she teamed up with PeTA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - to release a video championing animal rights. In April 2000, she renewed her contract with Chloë, amid reports that she had turned down the offer of a position at rival house Gucci, because Gucci would have required her to work with leather. She may have torn up the grey carpets of her new office in Paris to make it of a parquet-floored home away from home; but, to Stella McCartney, there really is no place like it.
In fact, rather than move entirely from her beloved studio-flat in London’s W11, the Chloë designer has merely upgraded to a £695,000 white stucco, four-floor family house with a miniature roof terrace down the road. Her vibe is undeniably west London. Written in 2000
October 2007