The door to flamboyant designer superstar closed when John Galliano was suspended by Christian Dior and the new fabulous at the Paris fashion week is normal again. Stella McCartney’s latest collection of flat shoes, chunky sweaters and knee high skinny skirts was heavy on clothes worn by women and very light on theatrics and it is refreshing to see McCartney ready to include a long sweater dress and black coat on the runway and not be in denial of what is life before cocktail hour. For those that dwell on the red carpet there were sheer and daring polka-dot dresses and for evening slivers of sheer mesh in navy and black panels of elegant sheaths. The catwalk theatrics welcome was overstayed as many chief executives are learning what consumers have known for decades smart money is in wearable, believable clothes. Read More ...
Stella McCartney is in the kid’s fashion market now as she has just launched a line of children’s clothes. Some are basically shrunken replicas of pieces from her main line and others are originals for children. She has attached a child’s name to every piece, such as the Louis, which is a knitted jumper for boys and is made of cashmere. There is also the Laura, which is a baseball shirt featuring a floral pattern for girls. Then, there’s Frida, a dress rendition of the Louis for girls. Unisex pieces feature a unisex name like Lee, which is an embroidered military jacket with epaulettes and the Sam, a pea coat in dark blue with flap and chest pockets. Stella is excited about doing her first children’s line and says that she wanted basic elements of a child’s needs to be Read More ...
Last week music and fashion fans got wind of the news that Stella McCartney the fashion designer and daughter of Sir Paul may be working on a new line of clothing with Leona Lewis. However, this week McCartney stated that there was never such a collaboration, but there is no need to worry since she is actually in collaboration with another star on a vegan designer clothing line, Morrissey. McCartney stated that the unlikely pair is hard at work on a line of shoes which are leather free and due to be released sometime next year. Although some people may be scratching their heads given Morrissey’s unfavourable reputation, it is quite reasonable actually that the animal rights activist McCartney, who has not once used fur or leather in her collections would team up with Morrissey. His stance as an activist Read More ...
