Stella Mccartney

Celebrities including Madonna and Chrissie Hynde were tight-lipped about the apparent wedding of designer Stella McCartney and publisher Alas- dhair Willis as they left the remote Isle of Bute in Scotland. Pretenders singer Hynde would only say that the daughter of musician Paul McCartney was "beautiful." There was no official confirmation that Stella McCartney, 31, had married Willis, also 31, on an estate owned by a friend of the McCartney family.

There are few things as cute as wiggly little kids decked out in high fashion. And Stella McCartney certainly upped the juvenile style bar through her recent Gap collaboration for babies and kids ? a collection that served up Beatles-esque marching band jackets and sweater dresses emblazoned with wolf heads for the playground set. Now the British designer is launching her second chic children's collection, but this time for her own brand. Stella McCartney Kids, which debuts Wednesday in the brand's boutiques and on http://www.

Stella McCARTNEY has more brand extensions than an octopus has tentacles. She's partnered with H&M, Adidas and Barneys, where she has her own organic line. And now she's teamed up with Le Sportsac on a collection of great-looking parent- and kid-friendly bags in her signature dusty rose and gray. Each style is done in Le Sportsac's traditional nylon, which jibes with McCartney's famously vegan approach.

It's durable. It's versatile. And when it's used in textiles, it's easier on the environment than, say, cotton. Yet its cannabis connection has slowed its widespread use. We're talking about hemp, and, by extension, hemp fashion — a concept that seems like an oxymoron but is quietly being embraced by the mainstream as major designers and clothing retailers take on the material that has long been equated with burlap and granola-munching hippies....

Stella McCARTNEY, a designer who made vegan stilettos chic, has gone organic -- creating an 18-piece clothing line exclusively for Barneys New York. No surprise here. McCartney was green before green was trendy, challenging her parent company Gucci Group to produce stylish shoes and bags without leather. And Barneys has done green collaborations in the past, not to mention its "Give Good Green" Christmas theme this year.

* California's electricity demand hit a record 45,597 megawatts Wednesday, the seventh record-breaking day this summer, the California Independent System Operator said. The figure doesn't include some municipal utilities, including Los Angeles and Sacramento. * Merck & Co. said U.S. regulators had approved Vioxx, a drug linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, for use by children with rheumatoid arthritis. * Rite Aid Corp.

Not only does Stella McCartney run her 8-year-old eponymous fashion house, but she's also the mother of three young children. So a Stella McCartney collection for GapKids and BabyGap should surprise no one. On Monday, the collection for kids ages newborn to 12 hits the racks in select Gap stores, including the former Gap 1969 pop-up on Robertson Boulevard, which will open as a GapKids shop beginning Thursday through Nov. 28. The 70-piece Stella...

Gucci Group, a luxury conglomerate famously successful for hiring new young talent to resuscitate old-school design houses, is launching a label for young designer Stella McCartney. McCartney, 29, the daughter of Beatle-turned-sir Paul McCartney and his late environmentalist wife, Linda, will leave the French house of Chloe, which she was hired to revive in 1997. "I'm incredibly excited by the decision," she said in a statement.

Forget Donna Karan's DKNY. For fashion-forward young women on a budget, the letters of choice are H&M. Which is why Annie Hughes was so impatient this week to visit one of Hennes & Mauritz's two new stores here -- the first in the Stockholm-based retail chain to open west of Minneapolis. "I was really excited," Hughes, 17, said Wednesday as she walked out of the H&M near Union Square, which opened on Saturday.

Whatever Stella wants, Stella gets -- at least when it comes to the design details of a gala in her honor. From the meatless menu to the petal-pink party tables that dotted the ballroom at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, it was a Stella McCartney kind of night when the British fashion designer and animal rights activist was recognized by Saks Fifth Avenue and Cedars-Sinai Research for Women's Cancers.

Not only does Stella McCartney run her 8-year-old eponymous fashion house, but she's also the mother of three young children. So a Stella McCartney collection for GapKids and BabyGap should surprise no one. On Monday, the collection for kids ages newborn to 12 hits the racks in select Gap stores, including the former Gap 1969 pop-up on Robertson Boulevard, which will open as a GapKids shop beginning Thursday through Nov. 28. The 70-piece Stella...

The cliche about "green clothing" is that it's one step removed from a burlap sack with armholes and a felt applique of a peace sign or a tree. There is a lot of that genre out there -- especially T-shirts that make their "green" statement by literally being green or brown and splashing a "recycle" icon across the front. But every day there are more stylish and subtle approaches.

Kanye West and his new girlfriend, Amber Rose; Salma Hayek and her new hubbie, Francois-Henri Pinault; Beth Ditto and, of course, Paul McCartney were all up early for Stella McCartney's show, taking the edge off the chilly morning with the heart-shaped hand warmers the designer so thoughtfully provided.

Stella McCARTNEY has more brand extensions than an octopus has tentacles. She's partnered with H&M, Adidas and Barneys, where she has her own organic line. And now she's teamed up with Le Sportsac on a collection of great-looking parent- and kid-friendly bags in her signature dusty rose and gray. Each style is done in Le Sportsac's traditional nylon, which jibes with McCartney's famously vegan approach.

Stella McCARTNEY, a designer who made vegan stilettos chic, has gone organic -- creating an 18-piece clothing line exclusively for Barneys New York. No surprise here. McCartney was green before green was trendy, challenging her parent company Gucci Group to produce stylish shoes and bags without leather. And Barneys has done green collaborations in the past, not to mention its "Give Good Green" Christmas theme this year.

Forget Donna Karan's DKNY. For fashion-forward young women on a budget, the letters of choice are H&M. Which is why Annie Hughes was so impatient this week to visit one of Hennes & Mauritz's two new stores here -- the first in the Stockholm-based retail chain to open west of Minneapolis. "I was really excited," Hughes, 17, said Wednesday as she walked out of the H&M near Union Square, which opened on Saturday.

On a cold and rainy morning here, a star was born. The strains of the Beatles' anthem, "All You Need Is Love," blasted through the gilded halls of the Opera Garnier as the first Chloe collection created by 25-year-old Stella McCartney debuted to a large and appreciative audience--including the designer's parents, Paul and Linda McCartney, as well as Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach. A few xenophobic eyebrows were raised when McCartney was appointed to succeed Karl Lagerfeld at Chloe.

PARIS--Swarmed by aggressive cameramen, air-kissing editors and stern bodyguards for her famous Beatle father, Stella McCartney was flush with the rush that comes from finishing a hugely important project--her second Paris show under her own name. McCartney had suffered slings and arrows for her raunchy spring debut for the Gucci Group conglomerate. Was she more relaxed this time around? "No!" McCartney exclaimed backstage after the well-received show that included Giorgio Armani as a guest.

* California's electricity demand hit a record 45,597 megawatts Wednesday, the seventh record-breaking day this summer, the California Independent System Operator said. The figure doesn't include some municipal utilities, including Los Angeles and Sacramento. * Merck & Co. said U.S. regulators had approved Vioxx, a drug linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, for use by children with rheumatoid arthritis. * Rite Aid Corp.

Celebrities including Madonna and Chrissie Hynde were tight-lipped about the apparent wedding of designer Stella McCartney and publisher Alas- dhair Willis as they left the remote Isle of Bute in Scotland. Pretenders singer Hynde would only say that the daughter of musician Paul McCartney was "beautiful." There was no official confirmation that Stella McCartney, 31, had married Willis, also 31, on an estate owned by a friend of the McCartney family.