Some children of celebrities walk in their parents’ footsteps, but not Stella McCartney. Rather thanfollow her father, ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, into music, or try photography, her mother’s profession, Stella was drawn to the world of fashion. After working at the French fashion company Christian Lacroixand doing an internship at British Vogue, she studiedfashion at London’s Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. 

At age 25, McCartney took over from Karl Lagerfeld as creative director at Chloé, and revitalized theFrench luxury brand. She designed a wedding dress for Madonna, and outfits for actors Gwyneth Paltrowand Liv Tyler. She also created the uniforms worn bythe British athletes at the 2012 London Olympics. 

In 2001, McCartney launched her eponymous brand through a joint venture with the traditionalfashion house Gucci. A lifelong vegetarian, she even got the Italians to agree to her no-fur and no-leather rules. And she wants to go much further in making fashion sustainable. Her new range of trainers, called S-Wave, are compostable — even the soles are made of biodegradable plastic. Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, told TIME magazine: “It was impossible for fashion to think of luxury andsustainability in the same breath before Stella changed that.”

1.internship

Praktikum 

2.revitalize sth

etw. neues Lebeneinhauchen 

3.eponymous

gleichnamig 

4.sustainable

nachhaltig 

5.trainers (UK) 

Turnschuhe 

6.compostable

kompostierbar 

7.sole

Sohle 

8.bio-degradable

biologisch abbaubar 

9.editor-in-chief

Chefredakteur(in) 

10.in the same breath

im selben Atemzug