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Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

Fashion designer

Stella McCartney was born on 13th of September 1971 (according to some sources in 1972) in London, Great Britain. Her parents are Sir Paul McCartney from the legendary British pop band `The Beatles` and the American photographer Linda Eastman. In 1995 she graduates at the college of ashion design `Central Saint Martins`. Before establishing her brand she was a trainee to Christian Lacroix in Paris and also she was an assistant to Betty Jackson in London. In 1997 she is appointed for chief designer to `Chloe` (Paris) bringing her one million francs per year. From 1998 she is a member of the world organization PETA (People, united for ethic attitude to the animals) and she is against the using of the animal leathers for fashion objectives. In 2001 she starts to work for `Gucci`, keeping the control on her brand. She launches at the market her own brand perfume Stella (W) in 2003, and also second sort aroma liquid in 2006 - Stella In Two (W). She launches her own collection made to order from the sport brand `Adidas` (2004) - including clothes made for track-and-field athletics, swimming and fitness; for the chain stores `H&M` (2005), and also models made for yoga again together with `Adidas` (2007). She is a bearer of series prestigious awards and recognitions: for the best young designer of 2001 - of the British Fashion Academy, she is pronounced for one of the 100th most influential women of Great Britain, according `Daily Mail` (2003); she has a nomination for `Golden Satellite Award` for the movie `Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow` (2005), and in 2007 she becomes Designer of the year - British Fashion Awards.