I've had people say to me, 'You'll never sell handbags. You don't work with leather, and leather is luxury.' To me, it's the complete opposite: leather is everywhere - it's so cheap a material; it's so mass produced. Over 50 million animals a year are killed just for fashion. For me, it doesn't have a luxury element to it.
Interpretation
This quote challenges the notion of luxury tied to materials, specifically leather, arguing it is mass-produced and exploitative rather than exclusive.
Stella McCartney's quote critiques the conventional perspective on luxury materials like leather, asserting that the mass production and exploitation inherent in the fashion industry strip away any true luxury status. She highlights the ethical implications of using leather, drawing attention to the millions of animals sacrificed each year for fashion, and suggests that true luxury should align with values of sustainability and compassion rather than mere opulence.
In practice
This quote can be used in a fashion industry seminar to spark discussions on ethical sourcing.
I never want to promote an ad that makes women feel bad about themselves, because when I was young, I never felt rich enough or fashionable enough or good enough. I felt talked down to by luxury fashion labels. There was a disconnect. They made me feel we weren't right for each other.
It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.
I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.
You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us
God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.
The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.
Everything with me is either worship and passion or pity and understanding. I hate rarely, though when I hate. I hate murderously.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.
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