My Fashion Life

It’s no secret that Stella McCartney is, to put it mildly, less than fond of her father’s ex-wife Heather Mills. According to the New York Post, the young designer has slighted Mills in the past by offering her a meager 10% discount on clothing and by refusing to donate perfume bottles for Mills’s charity work with Adopt-A-Minefield.

But past insults pale in comparison to McCartney’s latest attack – for her new jewelry line, the designer has reportedly created a silver pendant featuring a single leg.

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Looks like the World Cup is going to be a very fashionable affair with Dolce and Gabbana dressing the Italians and Giorgio Armani taking charge of the English team.

Keeping the wardrobe very classic and blue, the Italian designer will be kitting the team out in navy wool suits, and light blue ties. Casual wear will consist of blue trousers and polo shirts, accessorised with a divers watch, wrap around sunglasses, a clutch bag and personalised cufflinks bearing each players shirt number. We can’t wait…and neither can Armani by the sounds of it, the designer spoke of his admiration for the football players…..

“I’ve enjoyed dressing soccer stars for many years. In many ways, they are the modern-day gladiators. Both on and off the field they have become icons. As a designer, it’s always good to stretch yourself, and the challenge of dressing people whose bodies are fine-tuned and developed is one that I particularly enjoy”

Stella McCartney interviews Giorgio Armani for the independent

Adidas and Stella McCartney have announced the extension of their sport performance collection with the a³ Flyride running shoe, due to launch in stores in May this year. Aside from being lighter, softer and flexible, the a³ Flyride’s unique selling point is its key cushioning technology. The running shoe features the lightest heel-to-toe a3 cushioning system for women, additional benefits include breathability and sweat absorbing/anti odor treatments in the insole.

Prices start from approx. $200, €170, £116

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“My one-off collection for H&M is pretty much like the pieces I do for my own signature collection. It is built around separates. Styling is key.” - Stella McCartney

Yesterday Stella McCartney for H&M went on sale in 400 stores around the world and sold like mad! There are various reports of crazy women frantically fighting to get through the doors of the H&M store in Oxford circus, London and similar stories from New York and Amsterdam too.

Described by one shopper as resembling “feeding time in the hyena cage” fans stocked up quickly and the stores had to restock even quicker to keep up with the demand

However stores in Milan and Paris didn’t experience the manic buying as many women weren’t too impressed with the collection.

Meanwhile Citigroup analysts not expecting the line to do very well, cut the rating on the shares of Hennes & Mauritz ( owner of the stores selling the McCartney line ) to “sell” from “hold” as analysts predicted 34yr old Stella would have little impact on sales.

Considering Stella’s designs usually sell for a mini fortune, it was no wonder that women wanted to snap up the bargains, however a big worry was that prices of the pieces would be too high compared to H&M’ normal prices and the quality would be compromised.

Nevertheless this undeterred many, who prior to the sale, fully checked out the collection on the website and knew exactly what they would be purchasing.

Stella’s success follows in the footsteps of Lagerfield who also designed a collection for Hennes & Mauritz which too sold out within hours of going on sale.

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Stella McCartney for H&M, available in stores Nov.10….

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Just as Kate thought she would make it through the storm that is her life right now, H&M Europe�s largest clothing chain, have confirmed they will not be standing by the model as previously claimed. The high street chain has dropped Kate as the face of Stella McCartney’s new line due to be launched on the 10th of November.

Although the model expressed her deep regret and claimed she had dumped Doherty (again), it appears H&M just couldn’t continue its work with her and in a statement the chain said

“H&M will cancel the planned advertising campaign with model Kate Moss.
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Stella McCartney Spring Summer 2004 Collection is now available in stores.