BiographyStella McCartney is a British fashion designer best know for her eponymous label. She is one of the most well known and outspoken fashion designer in the World. She was born in September 1971 and was born and raised in London. Her family then relocated to the English countryside where they lived on a farm and became apart of the country life, raising animals and growing vegetables. She now lives between Notting hill, London and Worcestershire with her husband Alasdhair Willis. Together they have four children, two sons, Miller and Beckett and two daughters, Bailey and Reiley. Stella became interested in fashion at a young age and started designing and making her known clothes when she was only 13. She launched her career in 1995 after she graduated from Central St Martins Collage of Art and Design where her friends Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss modelled a collection of her clothes at the graduation ceremony. She launched her fashion house in a partnership with Kering and showed her first collection in Paris October 2001. From 2012 she runs 23 freestanding stores in location including Manhattan’s SoHo, London’s Mayfair, LA’s West Hollywood, Paris’ Palais Royal and Milan. Stella McCartney has won many awards for her designs and fashion including: VH1/Vogue Designer of the year award in 2000, Glamour award for Fashion Designer 2004, the Organic Style woman of the Year 2005, the Elle style award for best award 2008, the Green designer of the Year at the ACE awards 2008, Glamour award for The Designer 2009, Designer of the Year award in 2013, the Red Carpet award by the British Council 2011, New Year Honours for services to fashion 2013. She was also assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the World in 2013!
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