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.
Interpretation
The essence of clothing lies in how it fits and looks on real people, rather than just in a controlled or idealized setting.
Stella McCartney's quote emphasizes the importance of practicality and reality in fashion. It suggests that the true measure of clothing is not merely its appearance in a studio or on a runway, where settings are often idealized, but rather how it interacts with and enhances a real person's body and individuality. This perspective challenges superficial beauty standards and underscores the need for authenticity in fashion.
In practice
In a fashion show discussion, to highlight the importance of real-world application of designs.
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.
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.
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.
Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
Fashion becomes unfashionable. Style never.
There is no fashion for the old.
Don't use expensive clothes as a screen for your personal doubts. Be proud of yourself
What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.
Never, ever, ever wear anything you are uncomfortable in. Because that is what you'll project: 'I look like a fool.'
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