{"id":66579,"date":"2023-08-26T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=66579"},"modified":"2023-08-26T08:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:09:31","slug":"stella-mccartney-as-one-of-the-first-nepo-babies-i-had-the-privilege-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/celebrities\/stella-mccartney-as-one-of-the-first-nepo-babies-i-had-the-privilege-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Stella McCartney: As one of the first nepo babies I had the privilege of choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stella McCartney is a nepo baby. She wasn\u2019t the first and she won\u2019t be the last. Being Paul McCartney\u2019s daughter opened a lot of doors for her. I remember her early days as a fashion designer, and it was a big deal that Paul would come to her shows to lend his support, but that was pretty much the reason she was hired in the first place. I also remember the rumors of her stealing from other designers when she was at Chloe, and a more recent controversy was when she put her stink on African designs and called them \u201cBritish.\u201d While it\u2019s great that she was at the forefront of sustainable and no-leather fashion, I think many of us would admit that her designs are (for the most part) kind of awful. Anyway, please allow Stella to tell you about how she\u2019s a nepo baby who works hard:<\/p>\n
\nStella McCartney has had a groundbreaking career in fashion, but she\u2019s not forgetting where she came from. In a new interview with TIME released Wednesday, the 51-year-old designer \u2014 who\u2019s branded herself as a steadfast proponent of expelling fur, leather, feathers and animal hide from her sustainable collections \u2014 addressed being a \u201cnepo baby\u201d of former Beatle Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda, herself an animal rights activist and artist. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs one of the first nepo babies I had the privilege of choice. I\u2019m very aware of how lucky I\u2019ve been to be accepted to work in this way since day one,\u201d said Stella. But even with a famous surname giving her a head start, she\u2019s faced difficulties in terms of standing up to the status quo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had moments where I\u2019ve been challenged very heavily to change my morals for the success of the company,\u201d she remembered of an instance in which she was urged to use leather.<\/p>\n
Her Grammy-winning father, 81, also spoke with the outlet about his children’s upbringings, including their local school education. \u201cThey had to take a bit of flak for having a famous dad, but it toughened them up,\u201d he said of his four kids with Linda. <\/p>\n
\u201cOne side was this farm life, and the other side was the stage, with glittery boots and glamour,\u201d Stella recalled of her unique childhood. \u201cIt was an early inspiration.\u201d She later went on to attend Central St. Martins, a prestigious art and design college in London. \u201cShe had to prove herself,\u201d Paul shared. \u201cI said, if she doesn\u2019t do well at the end of that year, then the name is not something to help, it\u2019s a cudgel to beat her with. But she did well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From People]<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure that her name has made her a bigger target within the fashion industry, especially in her earlier years. But again, she wouldn\u2019t have been in a position to be \u201ctargeted\u201d without all of that nepotism. Something that\u2019s so funny to me is when nepo babies are like \u201cstop judging me by my family, judge me by my work\u201d<\/em> and their work is trash. Like\u2026 what did you actually learn at that prestigious design school? What did you learn at that nepo-position at Chloe?<\/p>\n
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Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.<\/small><\/p>\n