Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.
“Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.”
— Stella McCartney · Icon
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Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.
“Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.”
— Stella McCartney · Icon
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“Mum was a big style icon for me: her natural sexiness and natural confidence.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I grew up on an organic farm in England. And I was a vegetarian from an early age - not just for health, not for the environment - just because I didn't believe in killing animals to eat them.”
“Modern fake fur looks so much like real fur that the moment it leaves the atelier, no one can tell it's not the real thing. And I've struggled with that.”
“I guess my favourite Disney film was 'Snow White,' which has a really dark moment when the evil queen turns into a witch and makes the poison apple. It was terrifying in the same way 'Maleficent' is.”
“If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.”
“The idea of romantic heroes - When you say the word hero,' it implies it's someone you look up to. We talk a lot with Bridgerton' about it being female-centric, but also, what are men looking up to? What am I doing with this icon of masculinity?”
“I worked with Charlton Heston in 'Skyjacked' and that was an interesting experience, he's such an icon. I remember saying, 'Mr. Heston,' and him saying, 'Don't call me Mr. Heston. Call me Charlton' and I said, 'Okay, but you don't understand, I've watched you on the screen, I don't know if I can do that.'”
“When life partner happens, I hope he is not a youth icon then because I doubt even I would be youthful then. Whether life partner is hot or not, that doesn't matter. He has to be a nice man. He should be funny, responsible, and he should be sweet, and he should love me a lot.”
“Audrey Hepburn, for me, was the end-all, be-all style icon.”