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McCartney
learned her trade at St Martins College of Art
& Design. She was almost instantly successful,
with her graduation collection being sported at
the graduation show by supermodels Kate Moss and
Naomi Campbell. The show made front-page news,
and the entire collection was sold to Tokio, a
London boutique.
In 1997 McCartney was appointed chief designer at Paris fashion house Chloe, following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld. Her designs enjoyed considerable commercial success. In 2001 she resigned from the house in order to enter into an eponymous joint venture with the Gucci Group. In 2003 she expanded her brand into perfume.
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daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney and vegetarian
food entrepreneur Linda McCartney. Some in the
press have suggested that McCartney's meteoric
rise through the fashion industry was partly helped
by her having famous parents. In particular, it
has been suggested that Vendome, owners of the
Chloe house, appointed her as much for the wave
of publicity the appointment would generate as
her talent. In recent times, however, most commentators
have said that she is entirely capable. Indeed,
Vogue magazine wrote that "her first collection
for the house Chloe, shown in Paris in October
1997, quickly dispelled any doubts about her talent."
She is now married to Alistair Willis and
on February 25, 2005 she gave birth to her first
son Miller!
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