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longtimefriendof McCartney’ssincehesenthera
copyofhisbookEatingAnimalsseveralyearsago.
Examplesinclude:“WEAREENTIRELYFREE
TOLIVEDIFFERENTLY” and“BELEAVING,
BELIEVING,BELIVING” sewnintoa knitor
stitched onto the front of a crisp white shirt.
“WhenI wasdesigningthiscollectionI thought
a lotaboutthecolourpalette,”McCartneysays.
“Iwantedit tofeellikea fresh,revitalisingstep
intospring,sowecombinedearthyhueslikeoat,
cacao,gingerandstonewithpulsesof vividcolour
likepinkflamingo,Belliniblueandlipstickred.”
Ata momentwhenmanybrandsareco-opting
the environmental movement for marketing
purposes without making significant structural
changes (a phenomenon known as ‘green-
washing’),McCartneycontinuestobesomething
of a radical. She has said, for instance, that
fashionbrandsshouldbeforcedbylawtoadopt
sustainable practices.“I get so passionate,”she
saysnow. “Fashionis anindustrythathasbeen
wearingblinkersandstillis,really,andit’shard
[for me]tosee that.Weneed people toreally
commit, and in order for people to commit,
sadly,I thinkwe’re goingtoneed toputsome
kindofparametersonthisindustry.”
WespeaktoMcCartneyagainsta backdropof
globalclimatechangeprotests—millionsworld-
widearegatheringtodemandgovernmentsmake
substantial legislative change. After we speak,
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg delivers a
devastating take-down of capitalist interests in
a speechat theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly.
The world seems to be being galvanised in an
unprecedented way. I wonder if that makes
McCartney frustrated that it’s taken so many
yearsforpeopletoseethelight,butsherefusesto
allow pessimism to get the betterof her. “I’m
moreoptimisticthanI everhavebeen,”shesays.
“Ibelievein the future. Ourkidsare goingto
fightfortheirliveson thisplanet.Everysingle
fashion house that’s starting now should start
with this in mind. If I can do it, they can do it.”

StellaMcCartneyjacket,

$2210,shirt,$835,and

pants, $1010.

“We’vebeenchallengingthe

normsincethebeginning,

whenpeoplethoughtI was

a crazyeco-weirdoandthey

didn’t want to listen.”

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