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McCartney for Red Nose Day

Today is national Red Nose Day, a day that you can 'do something funny for money'. Do-gooder and designer Stella McCartney has come up with T-shirts especially for this occasion. The T-shirts have images of celebrities with the clown noses. Prices start at 5.99 pounds, half of which goes to Comic Relief, and are available at rednoseday.com. Red...

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McCartney praises J. Crew's anti-fur stance

American retailer J. Crew is banning fur from its product line. Heather Mills McCartney, the wife of rocker Paul McCartney, has been waging a public battle along with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against the $800 million a year chain's use of fur. "It's very, very exciting," McCartney told the New York Daily News, adding she...

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London Olympics to inspire designers

The London win for the 2012 Olympics will greatly inspire designer collections as much as it will influence high street sales. Stella McCartney was quoted as saying: "I would love to get the team looking extrafine in our gear," she said, referring to her new sports performance line, Stella McCartney for Adidas. Julien Macdonald said he was over...

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The laws of fashion

If you are serious about fashion, there are a few ground rules to follow. Never wear white after Labour Day (only for pusillanimous Americans), never be seen wearing the same outfit day after day, don't wear Stella McCartney unless you're a size 8, don't wear daytime glitter, do wear daytime glitter. The rules are endless, often confusing and...

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Fashion's most significant

Supermodel Kate Moss and fashion designer Stella McCartney have been named on a list of Britain's 100 Most Influential Women. The trendy pair share the fashion category with Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, Burberry CEO Rose Marie Bravo and Sarah Doukas who founded the Storm Model agency and is credited with discovering Moss. On the list Kate...