She was born in Lambeth , London on 13 September 1971, the second child of former Beatle bassist Sir Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman.
Stella McCartney became interested in designing clothes at age thirteen, when she made her first jacket. Three years later, she interned for Christian Lacroix, working on his first fashion design collection, honing her skills working for Edward Sexton, her father's Savile Row tailor for a number of years.
She studied her foundation at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 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.
In March 1997 McCartney was appointed Creative Director of Paris fashion house Chloé following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld 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 Chloé by her assistant and friend Phoebe Philo who later replaced her as design director.
In 2001, McCartney resigned from Chloé in order to enter into an eponymous joint venture with Gucci Stella McCartney now operates 16 freestanding stores in locations including Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, London’s Mayfair, LA’s West Hollywood, Las Vegas, Paris’ Palais Royal and Milan, and recently opened doors in Rome and Dallas. Her collections are now distributed in over 50 countries through 600 wholesale accounts including specialty shops and department stores.
In 2003, Stella McCartney launched her first perfume “Stella.”
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 green tea and linden blossom floral water.
In 2008, a new lingerie line was launched.
In November 2010, the Stella McCartney Kids collection was launched - catering for newborns and children up to the age of 12.
This coming February, Stella McCartney will show a special collection as part of the fall 2012 show calendar in London. Details about the show are vague, but the "one-off" line is part of concerted promotional efforts by McCartney in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, for which she's the British team's creative director. Other events hyping her Olympics involvement include an exhibition called "World of Stella" going up in January at the department store Selfridges. McCartney will also start selling a new fragrance, and open a second London store.
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