Stella McCartney
- Profession: Fashion Designer
- Place/Date of Birth: London, 13 September 2020
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Swanky chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker has teamed up with Stella McCartney to produce a limited edition box of chocolates for charity. Chosen by Stella, the exquisite chocs are presented in a box covered in ultra-chic Chloe denim, embroidered in gold with the words Eat Me. Each box costs £100 of which £60 goes to Breast Cancer Care. Contact
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Stella McCartney is happy in love, she’s been spotted strolling through Notting Hill with her new man, record producer Ollie Buckwell. The couple have been together for a few months and Buckwell, who runs his own dance label is putting a smile back on Stella’s face.
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Paul McCartney treated diners including girlfriend Heather Mills to an impromptu sing-song at Notting Hill’s Wiz restaurant
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Stella McCartney, daughter of Paul and Linda, supposedly turned down a job offer from major fashion line Gucci because she was honouring her late mother’s vegetarian values.
Currently the chief designer at the French fashion house Chloë, Stella knew that a job with Gucci would require her to work with leather. According to the World Entertainment News Network, family friend Chrissie Hynde has spoken about Stella’s wise decision. Says Hynde, "I’ve know Stella since she was young and I really admire her following her mother’s work with the stance she’s taken. She was offered a fantastic job with Gucci but she turned it down because it involved designing with leather." Hynde adds, "As Chloë’s chief designer, she has it written into her contract that she won’t work with leather or fur, but it hasn’t stifled her creativity." Stella recently signed a new contract with Chloë.
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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
September 2007