Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former
BeatleThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
Sir
Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE , is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music...
and the late
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and
animal rightsAnimal rights, also referred to as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of humans...
activist,
Linda McCartneyLinda Louise McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman, heiress to the Lindner Department Store fortune.She married Paul McCartney of The Beatles on March 12 1969, and was a member of Wings...
.
Early life
Stella McCartney was born in London on 13 September 1971, the second child of former
BeatleThe Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music...
Sir
Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE , is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music...
and
Linda EastmanLinda Anne Eastman was an American librarian. She was selected by the American Library Association as one of the 100 most important librarians of the 20th century....
. She is named after her maternal great-grandmothers: both of Linda McCartney's grandmothers were named Stella. As a young girl, McCartney travelled the globe with her parents and their pop group
WingsWings was a rock group formed in 1971 by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney. The group was the only "permanent" group that any of the former members of the Beatles were ever involved with after their break-up...
, along with her siblings: older half-sister
HeatherHeather Louise McCartney was born December 31 1962 in Tucson, Arizona to Linda McCartney and Joseph Melville See Jr., an American geologist. She is the adoptive daughter of Paul McCartney.-Biography:...
(who was legally adopted by Paul McCartney), older sister
MaryMary Anna McCartney is a photographer. The first biological child of rock photographer Linda Eastman McCartney and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Mary was named after her grandmother, Mary McCartney.Mary has an older half-sister named Heather McCartney Mary Anna McCartney (previously...
, and younger brother
JamesJames Louis McCartney was born on 12 September 1977 in London to Paul McCartney and his first wife, rock photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney. He is a musician, songwriter and sculptor, living in London, England...
. According to her father, the name of Wings was inspired by Stella's difficult birth. As his daughter was being born by emergency
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, Paul sat outside the operating room and prayed that she be born "on the wings of an angel." Wings toured from shortly after her birth in 1971 until 1980.
Despite their fame, the McCartneys wanted their children to lead as normal a life as possible so Stella and her siblings attended the local state school in
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, one of them being
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. McCartney has said that while attending state school, she was a victim of bullying, as well as a bully herself.
Beginning
Stella McCartney became interested designing clothes at age 12, when she made her first jacket. Three years later, she interned for
Christian LacroixChristian Marie Marc Lacroix is a high-end French fashion designer.-Early life:Christian Lacroix was born in Arles, in southern France. At a young age he began sketching historical costumes and fashions. Lacroix graduated from high school in 1969 and moved to Montpellier, to study Art History at...
, working on his first fashion design collection, honing her skills on
Savile RowSavile Row is a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row when cloth for a suit was said to "be spoken for" by individual customers...
for a number of years.
She studied her foundation at
Ravensbourne College of Design and CommunicationRavensbourne College of Design and Communication is a specialist higher education sector college founded in 1962 and based in the United Kingdom, in Chislehurst, a suburban district in the London borough of Bromley. It specialises in design and broadcasting, and with a strong creative tradition in...
, fashion design at
Central Saint Martins College of Art and DesignCentral Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is widely regarded as a leading British art and design school.Best Design Schools in the World-Profile:Central Saint Martins College of Art and...
in the early 1990s. Her graduation collection in 1995 was modelled by friends and supermodels
Naomi CampbellNaomi Campbell is an English supermodel.-Early life:Campbell was born in Streatham, London, England. Her mother, Valerie Campbell , is a former ballet dancer of Afro-Jamaican descent...
,
Yasmin Le BonYasmin Le Bon is a British Iranian fashion model. She was born to an Iranian father, Iraj A. A. Parvaneh, and an English mother. Yasmin Le Bon is currently represented by Elite+ in New York City and Models 1 in London...
and
Kate MossKatherine "Kate" Ann Moss is an English model. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns. She is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle...
– 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
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, a London boutique. The designs were licensed to
BrownsBrowns is an independent fashion boutique in London, United Kingdom. It was founded by Joan Burstein and husband Sydney in 1970. The flagship store on London's South Molton Street is famous for its long window displays, which once featured John Galliano's graduate collection.-History:Joan Burstein...
, Joseph,
Bergdorf GoodmanBergdorf Goodman is a luxury goods department store based in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is owned by Neiman Marcus.-Beginnings:The company began in 1899 when Herman Bergdorf, an immigrant from Alsace, opened a tailor shop just above Union Square in downtown Manhattan...
and
Neiman MarcusNeiman Marcus is a luxury specialty retail department store, operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and competes with other exclusive department stores such as Barneys New York, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue...
. In 1998 she designed her sister
MaryMary Anna McCartney is a photographer. The first biological child of rock photographer Linda Eastman McCartney and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Mary was named after her grandmother, Mary McCartney.Mary has an older half-sister named Heather McCartney Mary Anna McCartney (previously...
's wedding dress for her wedding to
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Alistair Donald.
A
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, McCartney does not use fur or leather in her designs and supports
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. Some of McCartney's designs have text that elaborates on her "no animal" policy; for example, one of her jackets for
AdidasAdidas AG is a German-based sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport. Besides sports footwear, the company also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports...
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. Stella does use wool, silk, and other animal-derived fabrics in her designs.
Chloé, Gucci, CARE
In March 1997 McCartney was appointed Creative Director of
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fashion house
ChloéChloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters are in Paris.-The first house of luxury ready-to-wear:"Prior to Chloé's launch, luxury fashion houses had only ever produced Haute Couture clothing...
, following in the footsteps of
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld is a German-born fashion designer and artist based in Paris, France. He has collaborated on a variety of fashion and art related projects, most notably as head designer and creative director for the fashion house Chanel...
. Lagerfeld was less than impressed with the house's choice, famously stating,
"Chloé should have taken a big name. They did, but in music, not fashion. Let's hope she's as gifted as her father." Despite initial skepticism, McCartney's designs have enjoyed considerable commercial and critical success. She was accompanied to
ChloéChloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters are in Paris.-The first house of luxury ready-to-wear:"Prior to Chloé's launch, luxury fashion houses had only ever produced Haute Couture clothing...
by her assistant and friend
Phoebe PhiloPhoebe Philo is an English fashion designer.Phoebe Philo is a former fashion designer of the fashion house Chloé. Philo began working for Chloé in 1997 as Stella McCartney's design assistant. Philo succeeded McCartney as creative director of the iconic luxury label in 2001 after McCartney was...
, who later replaced her as design director.
In 2001, McCartney resigned from Chloé in order to enter into an eponymous joint venture with
GucciThe House of Gucci mane, better known as Gucci , is a Florentine fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute...
. The line has four stores; one in
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which opened September 2002, one in
MayfairMayfair is an area of central London, England, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today...
, which opened April 2004, one in Los Angeles which she opened on her birthday in September 2005 and included an expansion into the
perfumePerfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces a "pleasant" smell.-History:...
market, and most recently one in Hong Kong, which opened in 2008. In 2009 Stella launches store in Paris in the heart of the Jardins du Palais Royal.
Stella McCartney received the
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/
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Designer of the Year award in 2000. Paul McCartney presented the award to his daughter. She thanked him in her acceptance speech and dedicated the award to her late mother. In 2000 McCartney designed
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's wedding dress for her marriage to
Guy RitchieGuy Stuart Ritchie is an English screenwriter and filmmaker.-Early life:Ritchie was born on 10 September 1968, the second of two children born to John Vivian Ritchie and his first wife, the former Amber Parkinson...
. Her older sister, Mary, served as the wedding photographer.
In January 2007, McCartney launched a skincare line called CARE. The 100% organic line includes seven products, from a cleansing milk made with lemon balm and apricot to
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and
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blossom floral water. Dutch model
Bette FrankeBette Franke is a Dutch fashion model. At fourteen years old, she was discovered by famous Dutch modeling agent Wilma Wakker in Amsterdam, while shopping with her mother for ponies....
stars in the line's advertisements.
Collaborations
In 2004, she designed clothes for
MadonnaMadonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance...
's
Re-Invention TourThe Re-Invention World Tour was the sixth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna in support of her ninth studio album American Life, visiting North America and Europe. It included dates in 20 cities, selling out 55 of 56 shows and attracting more than 900,000 fans...
,
Annie LennoxAnnie Lennox is a Scottish musician and recording artist. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lennox showed aptitude in music when she was a child and later studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music in London...
's summer tour, and
Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress.The daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, Paltrow dropped out of her university to follow an acting career. She began her career in theatre in 1990, and made her film debut the following year...
's and
Jude LawDavid Jude Heyworth Law is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
's costumes for the film
Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American pulp adventure, science fiction film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut. The film is set in an alternative 1939 and follows the adventures of Polly Perkins , a newspaper reporter for The Chronicle, and H...
.
She also launched a joint-venture line with
AdidasAdidas AG is a German-based sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport. Besides sports footwear, the company also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear and other sports...
, establishing a long-term partnership with the corporation in September 2004. This line is a sports performance collection for women. The collection includes apparel for swim, gym, running, tennis and wintersports, as well as bags. McCartney's favorite pieces in the collection come with a special reflector keychain.. In early 2006, the keychain was in the shape of a pink heart and in later 2006, it was in the shape of a gray wolf's head. In January 2007, Stella McCartney announced that she would be adding a branch called Gym Yoga to her sports range for Adidas. Gym Yoga spring/summer 2007 collection is inspired by
balletBallet is a formalized type of performance dance, which originated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form...
and
danceDance is a sport and art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
uniforms. The collection features double-layered tank tops with deep necklines, low-waisted skinny trousers and lightweight rubber shoes. Her Adidas contract was extended until 2010.
In 2005, she designed a range of clothing and accessories for
H&MH & M Hennes & Mauritz AB , is a Swedish clothing company, known for its fast fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children...
to boost public awareness of her own brand and to create more affordable options for her fans. The line was released in November of that year and sold out almost immediately on launch day, due to the similarity (in many cases, almost direct copies) between her expensive main line and the H&M line. On 12 March 2007, McCartney's limited edition 42-piece range was released to just 100
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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. Scenes of near hysteria broke out as women stormed the stores to buy the collection. A problem was "clothing scalpers", who bought up large amounts of the range to resell on eBay at a high mark-up. Later, a large number of buyers returned their Stella clothes to Target complaining of strange, non-standard sizing that was bigger than the norm. A Target spokesperson defended the range saying that Stella's look was "generous" and "oversized". Later, returned Stella clothes languished on the racks having had their prices slashed by up to 60 percent.
In January 2008, McCartney's collaboration with lingerie label Bendon was scheduled to be released to department stores, speciality stores and Stella McCartney stores. McCartney was also scheduled, in early 2008, to release a line of handbags for
LeSportsacLeSportsac Inc. is an American handbag, luggage, and accessories company. It is currently owned by Accessory Network Group.-Company:LeSportsac, Inc. started in 1974, as an accessories company that introduced a collection of fold-in-a-pouch ripstop parachute nylon bags and luggage.In November 2005,...
. The collection will have 30 to 40 styles and will range from $200–$500. The collection will consist of travel bags, luggage, baby accessories and bags for mothers with infants and toddlers. The line is to be sold at high end retailers, the Los Angeles and New York Stella McCartney stores, select
LeSportsacLeSportsac Inc. is an American handbag, luggage, and accessories company. It is currently owned by Accessory Network Group.-Company:LeSportsac, Inc. started in 1974, as an accessories company that introduced a collection of fold-in-a-pouch ripstop parachute nylon bags and luggage.In November 2005,...
boutiques, and will be available for purchase online.
In 2009, Stella announced a children's wear collaboration with retailer
GapThe Gap, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald G. Fisher and Doris F. Fisher. The company has five primary brands: the namesake Gap banner, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime and Athleta. As of September 2008,...
. Expected to launch in November this year, the collection will be carried in selected GapKids and babyGap stores in the United States and Canada, the UK, France, Ireland and Japan.
Since starting her own label McCartney has also collaborated on projects with several artists including
Reem AlasadiReem Alasadi is an internationally known Iraqi haute couture fashion designer. She is based in both London and Tokyo, and is very popular in Japan , with her style being described as "British punk and recycled materials molded into voluminous and voluptuous Victorian-inspired dresses" .- Early...
,
Gary HumeGary Hume is an English artist and a leading Young British Artists .-Life:Gary Hume was born in Tenterden, Kent, and attended Homewood School and Sixth Form. He worked as an assistant film editor before giving it up in the 1980s to concentrate on art...
, R. Crumb,
Jeff KoonsJeff Koons is an American artist known for his giant reproductions of banal objects such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces, often brightly colored. Koons' work has sold for substantial sums including at least one world record auction price for a work by a...
,
David RemfryDavid Remfry MBE, RA is a British painter currently living in New York City. Best known for his life-size watercolors of urban scenes and nightclubs, his work is held by many museums in the United States of America and United Kingdom.-Exhibitions:Remfry's work is based on the figure. He attended...
and Ed Ruscha.
Criticism
McCartney has always claimed that she would have been a famous fashion designer even if her dad hadn't been Paul McCartney. In particular, it has been suggested that
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, owners of the
ChloéChloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters are in Paris.-The first house of luxury ready-to-wear:"Prior to Chloé's launch, luxury fashion houses had only ever produced Haute Couture clothing...
house, appointed her as much for the wave of publicity the appointment would generate as for her talent. In recent times, however, most commentators have said that she is entirely capable. Indeed,
Vogue magazine wrote that "her first collection for the house Chloé, shown in Paris in October 1997, quickly dispelled any doubts about her talent."
McCartney attended Central St Martins, but she did not receive a first class degree, unlike
John GallianoJuan Carlos Antonio Galliano Guillén, CBE, RDI , professionally known as John Galliano, is a Gibraltarian-British fashion designer.-Early life and career:...
and
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. Despite this, she is known in the fashion industry as "Stella Steel" or "Unstoppable Stella".
In November 2007, Stella designed a silver necklace featuring a single leg, an apparent attack on her father's estranged wife Heather Mills, an amputee. Fashion insiders thought it was "edgy", but also a bit "out of order".
Personal life
McCartney married British publisher Alasdhair Willis on 30 August 2003 in a private Roman Catholic chapel at
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, the ancestral home of the
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on the
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, Scotland. McCartney's wedding dress was an updated version of her mother's wedding dress from her March 1969 marriage ceremony to Paul McCartney. She designed the dress with
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, her boss at
GucciThe House of Gucci mane, better known as Gucci , is a Florentine fashion and leather goods label, part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French company Pinault-Printemps-Redoute...
. The service was attended by
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,
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,
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, and
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.
Their first child, son Miller Alasdhair James Willis, was born on 25 February 2005, weighing 7 lb. 7 oz. Their second child, daughter Bailey Linda Olwyn Willis, was born on 8 December 2006, weighing 7 lb. 14 oz. Stella gave birth to her second son and third child Beckett Robert Lee Willis on 8 January 2008. Her three children were born in London.
Stella is a member of the Royal British Legion, Paddington Branch, as is her husband. In addition to her elder sisters and younger brother, Stella has a much younger half-sister, Beatrice Milly McCartney, born on 28 October 2003 to her father and his former second wife, Heather Mills.
External links
- Stella McCartney's official site
- adidas by Stella McCartney
- Vogue Who's Who Profile for Stella McCartney
- Hello! Magazine Profile
- Jewish Virtual Library biography
- "Stella McCartney Expecting Second Baby", Entertainment Wise; 2 August 2006
- "Stella McCartney Wedding Shrouded in Secrecy", The Age; 1 September 2003
- "Stella Nova", New York Magazine; 25 August 2002
- "Stella Triumphs in New York", BBC News; 21 October 2000
- "Baby, You're A Star", Christa D'Souza; 1999
- "McCartney Takes Wing", Chicago Sun-Times, 27 October 1999
- Article on Stella McCartney's Graduation Fashion Show by Nadine Brozan, The New York Times; June 14, 1995
- Stella McCartney article with photos
- "Fashion industry acquires a new look", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette