Stella McCartney
I never wanted to make it too easy for people to sum me up.Collection: People
People work better when they are afforded to be themselvesCollection: People
The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.Collection: Fashion
A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.Collection: Sexy
Success financially is a measure of creative success, it is the same in all arts.Collection: Art
I think my mum was really very ahead of her time. She wore very little makeup. She really explored the way that she wore clothes in a very honest way. She wore a lot of vintage stuff and mixed it with bespoke men's tailoring and things like that. That was a huge influence on me, seeing a woman in the spotlight carry herself in that kind of way. But mostly, for me, it was just that she was an incredibly honest and sort of natural person.Collection: Makeup
It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.Collection: Dream
I was first drawn to active wear because I enjoy working out, and it's very important in this day in age. I really felt women were getting the tail end of the design in active wear; not getting the technology or design we deserved. It was reserved for men. We were getting the leftover work from the sports design houses.Collection: Sports
When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses.Collection: Photography
Running is a huge category for us. To be able to run to work and have lightweight, breathable, windproof materials you can chuck in your bag that work on technical level but also on a lifestyle level are really important to me. I work out - and I think most people do - and I want to encourage women and inspire them in a way that fits in with their lifestyle.Collection: Running
The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.Collection: Beautiful
I'm not offended or embarrassed by the fact that I design clothes for women to wear. So when I meet women who love my clothes, it's a really good, straightforward thing. It makes me feel like I'm doing my job right.Collection: Jobs
Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.Collection: Funny Inspirational
The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.Collection: Animal
At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work.Collection: The End Of The Day
Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.Collection: Males
I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.Collection: Real
I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.Collection: Animal
Whether you eat meat of not, you can be part of this decision to limit the meat industry destroying our planet's resources.Collection: Meat Industry
I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.Collection: Girl
I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule.Collection: Hands
I run a lot. If I don't have time to go to the gym or don't have time to work out properly, I will go for a quick run. I think running is a great way to stay fit, and I really concentrate on fitting into a realistic urban lifestyle.Collection: Running
I think it took me a little while to be true to myself as a designer, and in some ways I'm still trying to do that. I have to choose things that come naturally to me. Whenever I challenge something too much or try too hard, it never quite works out.Collection: Thinking
I'd rather people turn up than not. And of course I'd rather have people be enthusiastic.Collection: People
For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.Collection: Sexy
My mum taught me to have a soul.Collection: Soul
I wanted to feel good about the way I looked. I didn't understand why style had to be sacrificed for sports technology. I found when going to the gym women were wearing their own tees, without the technology. I started to think, does it make you run faster if you wear that terrible color or sweat less if you wear that horrible fabric? And I challenged it, and the answers were not there to why we were being given poor design work. It was something I wanted to bring to women's wardrobes.Collection: Sports
You want to be confident when you work out because it takes a lot to make you work out. So many women really enjoy it, but it's a hard thing and you have to make yourself do it most of the time. I think you want to feel that you look good to make you want to work out a little bit more.Collection: Thinking
The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports performance; always trying to push that further and further and get the best technology they can. That takes time and has rigorous testing, it's very laborious, but it's also very rewarding. You get to work with fantastic athletes, and that's a fantastic thing that has nothing to do with my day job in ready-to-wear.Collection: Sports