Stella McCartney Fashion Designer PDF

STAGE 3 Unit focus: Fashion Designers Text focus: Information Text Stella McCartney Stella McCartney is a fashion designer known for her conservation and animal-friendly designs...

STAGE 3 Unit focus: Fashion Designers Text focus: Information Text Stella McCartney Stella McCartney is a fashion designer known for her conservation and animal-friendly designs. It’s perhaps no surprise that she has such strong views on saving the world. Her father is a famous musician named Paul McCartney. He was one of The Beetles. He has campaigned to end things like animal testing and cruelty for decades. Stella’s mother was a photographer and musician named Linda McCartney. She was an animal rights activist for her entire life. When Stella was a child, her parents were both in a band called Wings. Her father was the singer, and her mother played the keyboard. The band was very successful. Stella travelled the world with them. Her parents still wanted her and her siblings to have a normal life, so she went to a state school. It was at her high school that Stella first became interested in designing clothes. She designed her first item of clothing when she was only 13. It was a jacket. By 16, she was working as an intern for a famous designer named Christian Lacroix. Stella has been a vegetarian for her entire life. She has always refused to use leather and fur in her designs. She also uses her designs to carry messages about her views on animal welfare and the world around us. Fashion isn’t Stella’s only creative outlet. She also has a line of perfumes and skincare products. She launched her own fashion house in 2001 and her first perfume in 2003. Her skincare range was launched in 2007. Women’s and children’s clothes made up most of McCartney’s designs for a long time. She didn’t launch her first men’s clothing range until 2016. They were mostly casual ou its that looked a bit like pyjamas. Stella has designed clothes for many famous people. The wedding dress that Megan Markle wore to marry Prince Harry was designed by Stella McCartney. She teamed up with Adidas in 2004 to create a line of sportswear. These clothes have been worn by some of the most famous female sports stars around the world. ing Ar d o Rea und all resources ©2023 Literacy Shed e um C u r r ic ul Th http://www.literacyshedplus.com She has worked with Disney to create a line of jewellery based on Alice in Wonderland and with Taylor Swift to create a fashion line based on one of her albums. Outside of her own designs, McCartney has worked to change fashions in other areas. She joined forces with an organisation called PETA in 2010. PETA try to get fairer treatment for animals around the world. Together they petitioned the British Ministry of Defence. Guards for the British Army wear black hats made with the fur of Canadian black bears. PETA and McCartney wanted the Ministry of Defence to stop doing this. In 2020, McCartney used her fashion show to tell the world to stop using fur in fashion. Models came out onto the catwalk dressed as zebras, cows and rabbits. She also used the fashion show to talk about making fashion more sustainable for the environment. VOCABULARY FOCUS 1. If somebody “campaigns” for something, what does it mean? 2. What is a “creative outlet”? 3. What impression do you get of her menswear line from the word “casual”? 4. Can you think of an antonym for the word “casual”? 5. Which word in the final paragraph is linked to something being good for the world around us? VIPERS QUESTIONS R What was the first item of clothing that Stella designed? S Why did Stella have the opportunity to travel the world as a child? R Who did she work for at first? S How has Stella enforced her animal-friendly views through her own designs? R What animal is used for clothing by the British Ministry of Defence? all resources ©2023 Literacy Shed http://www.literacyshedplus.com