Stella McCartney ( Stella McCartney handbags ), the English fashion designer, was born in London in 1971, the daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. Stella McCartney became interested designing clothes at age 12, when she made her first jacket. Three years later, she interned for Christian Lacroix, working on his first fashion design collection, honing her skills on Savile Row for a number of years.
Stella McCartney
She studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the early 1990s. Her graduation collection in 1995 was modelled by friends and supermodels Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon and Kate Moss – for free – at the graduation runway show. The collection was shown to a song penned by her famous father, called "Stella May Day." The show made front-page news, and the entire collection was sold to Tokio, a London boutique.
As a strict vegetarian herself, McCartney does not use fur, silk, lambswool or leather in her designs and supports PETA. Some of McCartney's designs have text that elaborates on her no animal policy; for example, one of her jackets for Adidas says, "suitable for sporty vegetarians" on the sleeve. Her father is also known for supporting PETA by protesting against designers who use animal fur, and those who wear it.
After two collections, in March 1997 McCartney was appointed chief designer of Paris fashion house Chloé , following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld . McCartney's designs enjoyed considerable commercial and critical success. She was accompanied to the design House by her assistant and friend Phoebe Philo, who later took over as design director after McCartney left.
In March 2001, she left Chloe ( Chloe handbags ) and launched her own label under her name in a partnership with Gucci . Her label " Stella McCartney " debuted in Paris during the Spring 2002 season. The line has three stores, one in New York City (September 2002), one in Mayfair (April 2004) and one in Los Angeles, which opened in September 2003, when she both opened the store and expanded her brand into perfume on her birthday.
Stella McCartney received the VH1/Vogue Designer of the Year award in 2000. Paul McCartney presented the award to his daughter. Also in 2000, McCartney designed Madonna's wedding dress for her marriage to Guy Ritchie.
In 2004, she designed clothes for Madonna's Re-Invention Tour, Annie Lennox's summer tour, and Gwyneth Paltrow's and Jude Law's costumes for the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
She also launched a joint-venture line with Adidas, establishing a long-term partnership with the corporation in September 2004. In 2005, she designed a range of clothing and accessories for H&M, to boost public awareness of her own brand and to create more affordable options for her fans.
On March 12, 2007, Stella McCartney's limited edition 42-piece range was released to just 100 Target stores exclusively in Australia. The range was priced from $30 for a silk scarf to $200 for a taffeta trench coat. The collection was made in China.
In Spring 2008, McCartney will be releasing a line of handbags for LeSportsac. The collection will have 30 to 40 styles and will range from $200-$250. The collection will consist of travel bags, luggage, baby accessories and bags for mothers with infants and toddlers.
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