Stella McCartney: ‘There aren’t enough women in fashion’

telegraph.co.uk:

Saint Laurent. Givenchy, Louis Vuitton. Valentino… the world’s biggest labels are all run by men, just as they were 50 years ago.‘It’s really important to keep saying that, because at the end of the day, these collections are selling to women.

I try absolutely everything on that I design, because two centimetres, even two millimetres, can make all the difference in terms of comfort’.This was far and away her best collection in several years, juxtaposing oversized tailoring (exaggerated for the catwalk)  with slip dresses, Grecian style draping and strapless jumpsuits.

The results were sophisticated and breezy, even if some of it needs adapting for boring old real life.90s references? You bet, including hipsters, corset tops and vests festooned with strands of crystals that looked as though they’d come straight out of the 1999 collection she designed when she was still at Chloe. ‘The 90s are all my 15 year old daughter wants to wear,’ says McCartney, which makes her just like millions of other 15 year olds.

How does she feel seeing her archives hotly pursued by a new generation? ‘Very old’, says 51 year old McCartney, although that won’t stop her wearing it all again, second time round.