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" More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids. "
Stella McCartney
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" What you wear in the evening is important for women because it's so personal, and it's so complicated to get it right. I like trousers for evening, especially when they have that width and attitude to them. "
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" I'm a woman designing for women, and there are so many layers to that. On the one hand, it brings an effortlessness, but it also means that I think and overthink every detail, whether it's physical or mental or even - in some sense - spiritual. "
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" From an early age, I was very interested in all things fashion... and the change from tomboy to ultrafeminine glamour in old films. There was a Doris Day film I loved: 'Calamity Jane.' "
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Loved
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" I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion. "
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" I confess to being a frustrated musician. "
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Musician
Frustrated
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" My fragrance is rose and amber, and I was just very specific. A lot of what I've done, at the stages I've done it, I've been a little naive, which brought with it a kind of charm. I did Stella a while ago. It's now a bit of a classic. "
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" I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion. "
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Moment
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" I did have quite a different upbringing to a lot of my peers. We all have a sort of code that we get, especially as Beatles kids. It's an unspoken sort of word of understanding. But I'm comfortable around a lot of different types of people. "
Stella McCartney
Word
Comfortable
Understanding
" Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. "
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Make A Difference
Simple
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" There's no excuse for fur in this day and age. "
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Age
No Excuse
Fur
" I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things. "
Stella McCartney
Work
Things
Ride
" I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I conduct myself now in design and business. It had a huge impact on my wanting to do something a bit more than just designing a pretty dress and putting it on a runway and making it glamorous. "
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Dress
Business
Think
" My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand. "
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Everyday
Job
Trying
" It's one of my biggest internal struggles - the whole schooling system in London and the fact that my kids are going to a posh school. It freaks me out. "
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Struggles
Me
London
" We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country. "
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Growing Up
Doing
Own
" My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not about just designing a bunch of organic jumpers. I have a balance within the brand. If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance. "
Stella McCartney
Balance
Beautiful
People
" When I say I don't do fur or leather, in my world it's a massive shock, but when it comes into the sporting arena, it goes without saying. It also influences what I do on the runway: I get really excited when I discover an environmentally-friendly print process that doesn't use water, and I'll try and mimic that in my ready-to-wear. "
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World
Process
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" I wanted the collection for Target to reinterpret all the must-haves of Stella McCartney for winter and to make my designs more accessible to a wider audience in Australia. "
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Target
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" I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort. I want versatility and comfort. Clothes that can go from the office to anywhere. We're always trying on samples at work. If none of us would wear it, chances are no one else will. "
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Women
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" You have to be hopeful that people will be more educated in how they buy things, and hopefully more luxury brands will start to think that way on a longer-term basis. "
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Think
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" For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift. "
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Singing
Gift
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" I like doing slightly masculine, Savile Row tailoring. A nice jacket. Wearable - it's almost a dirty word in fashion, wearable, but that's what I do. "
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Jacket
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" When I was younger, I always assumed that when I grew up, I would be living in the country, and my kids would be going to a state school. But that's not how things have turned out. I can't see myself being able to leave London. "
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Country
School
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" I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good. "
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You
Me
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" I've had people say to me, 'You'll never sell handbags. You don't work with leather, and leather is luxury.' To me, it's the complete opposite: leather is everywhere - it's so cheap a material; it's so mass produced. Over 50 million animals a year are killed just for fashion. For me, it doesn't have a luxury element to it. "
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You
Animals
People
" When I first started designing sportswear, I felt that women weren't represented in sports performance. I felt that men were dressed really well both technically and visually, and women were almost like an afterthought. "
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" I am very aware of my family name. I'm very aware of the legacy that that kind of carries with it. And I think that I didn't want to lose any kind of hold of that. And I think once you're born into something that you're proud of and that you're aware of, you don't take it lightly. "
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Think
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" I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy. "
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Still
Fashion
" I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping. "
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Time
Morning
Night
" I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. "
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Technology
Love
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