Stella McCartney ‘thrilled’ By Making Shoes

Stella McCartney – who is famous for struggling for animal rights – makes non-leather shoes and considers it “thrilling”. Using other than leather materials is hard and expensive but the designer is determined to keep on creating fabulous shoes no matter what the costs are.

She said:

It is 70 per cent more expensive for us to make non-leather shoes. Thank God we have a profitable business and can afford to do it. But ultimately, I’m a fashion designer and I see it as my job to create a desirable pair of boots, whether they are made from recycled cotton or a cardboard box. I find the technical challenge thrilling.”

Stella feels really shocked and disappointed about all that teasing she has endured because of her devotion to animal rights, but she remains steadfast in her dedication.

This is what she said:

There are not many areas of minority left that it’s OK to take the p**s out of any more, but you are clearly allowed to go for it with vegetarians.

I went for a job with Tom Ford at Gucci once and I just had to laugh while he was trying to persuade me to work for him. He was showing me around the studio, and it was bathed in chinchilla and lots of exotic furs, and I could just tell how much he loved them.”

Although I’m not so straightforward in my attitude to furs and leather I like how Stella stands her grounds.

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