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" What I really want, what I always really want, is baked potato and grilled cheese. But then I'd be really fat. "
Stella McCartney
Want
Cheese
Always
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" I don't plan massively in advance. "
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" I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words. "
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" 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. "
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" My job is to make desirable, luxurious, beautiful clothing and accessories women want to buy. My first decision is always based on, 'Can I do this in a more sustainable way without sacrificing design?' If I can, then there is no reason not to. "
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" 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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" 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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Doing
" 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.' "
Stella McCartney
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Loved
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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
Hope
" We've all got to come together, and we've got to protect what's left of our ancient forests on this planet. "
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Protect
Got
" I ride my bike, I work out, I do a bit of, er, dancey things. "
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Things
Ride
" I confess to being a frustrated musician. "
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Musician
Frustrated
Confess
" 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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Good
" When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them. "
Stella McCartney
Mellow
Settle
You
" 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
" 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. "
Stella McCartney
Country
School
Myself
" I've got my organic veg patch and fruit; we're very garden-obsessed, my husband and I. He designed a garden for me for Christmas, so beautiful! Alasdhair's very good at the proportion and ground work, and I come in and do the planting and the color scheme. "
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Beautiful
Work
Good
" 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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Sports
Men
Dressed
" 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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People
" You feel like everyone hates you if you've got a good life, now I feel maybe it's allowed because I've had my share of sadness. "
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Now
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" At times I make music, but in private. "
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Private
Times
Make
" 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
Fashion
" 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. "
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Word
Comfortable
Understanding
" People think I'm strong, but actually I wanted to crawl away. I thought, I'm going to live in the country with my horse and I'll get a nine-to-five; I don't need this. "
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Thought
Strong
People
" When I first started, it was a dirty word to say you made clothes for people to wear... I was a little ashamed of it. You didn't always feel you were this amazing creative force. "
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People
Amazing
Clothes
" More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids. "
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Kids
Breath
More
" I was so aware of the stage clothes versus the everyday-life clothes, and the extremeness of the stage clothes that my parents had designed. Even coming across my dad's old Beatles suits from Savile Row and the history attached to them - the masculinity and simplicity compared to the '70s glitz and glamour of Wings. "
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Parents
Simplicity
Clothes
" When I was about seven, I remember spending a lot of time in my parents' wardrobe trying on their bespoke suits. "
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Suits
Parents
Remember
" I was brought up in a way that was based purely on the senses. Everything in my upbringing was a reaction to growing up on an organic farm or to the emotions of animal cruelty, as well as the visuals of my mum's and my father's art - he was also an art collector. "
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Animal
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" I was never drawn just into fashion. I was drawn into it because I am really interested in serving women and providing women with solutions, trying to figure out what we need and why we need that and why we wear stuff, how it makes us feel. That was always my starting point, you know. "
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