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Stella McCartney Thinks Outside The Leather Shoe Box

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, May 11th, 2009 in Fashion.

**RESTRICTIONS APPLY** Stella McCartney at the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in the World gala in NYC
Stella McCartney has her fans and foes on this site. Many of you are not too happy that not all her clothing is completely vegan, and that’s understandable.

But she is trying to do good in an un-green Gucci world, so you have to give the daughter of a Beatle some credit.

One beef many folks might have with her designs is the fact they cost more than a hour of overtime or so at work. Affordability, says Stella, is often the price to pay for ethical fashion.

“Our shoes are 70 percent more expensive to make because we don’t use conventional methods,” she said of her Italian-made line. “When you’re not working with leather, you really have to think outside the box.”

When you consider cruelty-free, eco shoes like the Summer Rayne Oakes represented Zoe and Zac making their debut and Natalie Portman’s vegan shoe line extinguished by a bad economy, one has to wonder how much longer expensive, designer shoes will have their place in the ethical evolutionary history.

Stella may be forced to think outside the box again to create ways to design more affordable non-leather fashions.

via wwd.com

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Stella McCartney’s Time 100 Meal Delves Into Mushroom Inner Life

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, May 8th, 2009 in Fashion, Food & Drink.

Times 100 Most Influential People In The WorldThe recipients of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People gathered together for dinner recently at Time Warner center.

Vegetarian fashion designer Stella McCartney was present and of course needed some adaptions from the standard fare served.

KFSM.com reported on this in a somewhat sarcastic way.

“The only star who asked for anything was designer Stella McCartney. She’s famously vegan and could not, would not, consume the lovely steak fillet. So a “special” vegetarian plate was done up for Stella. It looked exactly like everybody else’s meal. Except hers was a cleverly disguised Portobello mushroom. She was not shunned or mocked by the carnivores at her table. But, she could feel morally superior. (Then again, what do we really know about the inner-life of a mushroom?)”

Shunned or mocked? Oh, please. Stella McCartney could eat grass at the dinner table and no one would turn a head.

Other notables who attended the event were Barbara Walters, Anne Coulter, and Michelle Obama

If you’re interested in learning more about why Stella made Time’s top 100, read her bio elegantly written by Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Writes Stella McCartney’s 2009 Time Magazine Bio

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 in Actresses, Fashion.

Natural Resources Defense Council 11th Annual Forces For Nature Benefit

Stella McCartney has been chosen as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2009.

Blurbs about each of the influential people are written by someone else famous and Gwyneth Paltrow has written Stella’s.

As you can imagine, a good portion of Stella’s bio focuses on her vegetarianism.

“And she is a vegetarian. I mention this because you cannot accurately characterize Stella McCartney, 37, without underlining that she is a vegetarian. Always has been. And even if you are not interested in being a vegetarian, somehow Stella gets you to believe. She manages to convince you (never sanctimoniously, never from a soapbox) that killing animals is needless and cruel and bad for the environment. It may last the duration of just one dinner, but you start to feel a bit sad for your neighbor’s lamb and a bit embarrassed by your chicken.”

Read what else Gwyneth had to say about Stella as well as others’ bios at Time.com.

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These Stiletto pumps by Stella McCartney are a stretch pricewise from the new Payless eco-friendly collection, but if you can shell out $995, they may help you attain the South Beach lifestyle in a more environmentally friendly way.

After Miami Beach was ripped apart by Treehugger.com for being less than kind to Mother Earth, Miami New Times decided to compile of list of items that allow you to live the South Beach Lifestyle without having your green morals go south.

Besides Stella’s pumps, there’s also Baggu’s Foldable Nylon Bags for all your reusable shopping bag needs and cotton/bamboo mix beach towels from Seaglass Organic.

Don’t forget to slather on your Badger sunscreen with 60% organic materials and zinc oxide versus synthetic chemicals.

Check out the rest of the South Beach Lifestyle to grab list at blogs.miaminewtimes.com.

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Stella McCartney Fans Don’t Dress For The Occasion

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, April 6th, 2009 in Fashion, Fur.

Natural Resources Defense Council 11th Annual Forces For Nature Benefit

Green activist Sloan Barnett recently hosted a party at Neiman Marcus to honor ethical fashion designer Stella McCartney.

Now anyone who hasn’t had their head in a sandbox knows vegetarian Stella’s not about killing animals and putting them in her clothing line. So you would think anyone attending a party for her would show respect and do the same. Not so, according to sfgate.com:

“The 37-year-old daughter of Sir Paul McCartney wore black – slouchy top and harem pants – with her hair in a bun and little makeup, an understated British style that was just the opposite of many of those who attended, decked out in Rodarte, Chanel and the occasional (gasp!) fur. Guess they didn’t get the memo: McCartney is a vegetarian who eschews leather.”

Yikes! Maybe parties like these should have eco bouncers.

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Stella McCartney Is A Force For Nature At NRDC Event

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 in Environment-Eco-Green, Fashion.

Natural Resources Defense Council 11th Annual Forces For Nature Benefit

Stella McCartney was honored by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently at its Forces For Nature gala.

The environmental group honored both the vegetarian fashion designer who refuses to use leather in her products, as well as Discovery Channel chief David Zaslav.

Attendees at the event were entertained by comedians and dined on a vegetarian meal.

Stella’s proud papa, Paul McCartney was there with girlfriend Nancy Shevell.

“A love of nature has been instilled in [Stella] as she grew up,” Paul said. “But I don’t want to take any credit. She’s a smart girl. When she came in to the fashion industry, she came in to Gucci, which is leather city. I was really wondering how long it would be before she’d have to cave in to the economic pressures, but she just hung in there.”

Other celebrity attendees included Tom and Kathy Freston, Barry Diller, Diane von Furstenberg, Graydon and Anna Carter, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ron Perelman, Zhang Ziyi and host Alec Baldwin.

Stella’s fashion line is quite successful, and the fact that more environmentally friendly attire is making its way into women’s closets is a bonus. And that’s just how Stella prefers it.

“I don’t want people to buy my stuff because they know it’s not leather,” she said with a smile. “I just want them to want the boots.”

via WWD.com

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Stella McCartney Likes Simple, Home-Cooked Soup

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, March 27th, 2009 in Chefs, Fashion, Food & Drink.

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There’s nothing better than a celebrity chef who snitches.

From former White House chef Walter Scheib giving the dirt on how Chelsea Clinton went vegan to Aaron Ash, the now owner of a raw vegan foods restaurant telling how he gave Mike D of the Beastie Boys what he wanted, we love hearing from those who have spent time in some of the most private areas of a star’s life-their diet.

Eric Ienco has cooked for celebs such as Madonna, Sting’s wife Trudie Styler, Christie Turlington, and ethical fashion designer Stella McCartney.

Apparently, Stella can’t get enough of this guy’s soup.

From Roundtownnews.co.uk:

“She’s a vegetarian, through and through. I think Stella likes plain and simple home-cooked foods. I think her mum must have raised her this way – Linda was a veggie too. Stella isn’t picky but she’s very enthusiastic about my soup! I like her; she’s a good soul.”

Read what other foods celebrities enjoy Eric cooking for them.

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Meatless Mouthful: Stella McCartney On Responsible Fashion

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 in Fashion, Meatless Mouthful.

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“I was brought up that way, so it kind of came very naturally to me. I was brought up on an organic farm in the countryside and the whole family was vegetarian. So it sort of came without thinking. But then when it came to my having a career, starting a job and starting a brand in fashion, I guess it wouldn’t have sat comfortably with me to be hypocritical. I guess that was the starting point. The seeds were already sown in my personal life, and then they came into my business life.”
—-Designer and daughter of Paul McCartney, Stella McCartney, on what led to her starting an ethical fashion line. Stella refuses to use fur or leather and became quite angry when a company once put a fur coat on a model wearing a piece from her lingerie set.

via Iht.com

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