'Stars flock to Stella McCartney\'s first collection for Gucci'

$'Stars flock to Stella McCartney\'s first collection for Gucci'$

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'(9 Oct 2001) STORY MCCARTNEY GOES SOLO  It was fashion as usual in Paris yesterday (Monday), with Stella McCartney making her eagerly awaited solo debut. Stella McCartney clearly had fun making her first collection under her own label, backed by Gucci. The Monday show of spring ready-to-wear at a warehouse near Paris\' Pompidou Center was swinging with cockney-rhyming embroideries, monkey motifs, swooping decolletes and pelvis-high hot pants or miniskirts.  Stella\'s dad, former Beatle Sir Paul, was in the audience with his fiancee, Heather Mills, and both looked amused by the show. Other guests included actors Dennis Hopper, Jude Law and Sadie Frost and artists Damien Hirst, Nan Goldin and Sam Taylor-Wood.  As news from Afghanistan beamed to the world, designers like McCartney held to optimistic messages that were dreamed up weeks or months ago.  Stella took recent events into consideration, dedicating the show not only to her family but to \"those touched by the tragedy of September 11th.\"  Among contrasts in the show were her Savile Row style tailoring in some jackets over lace outfits, which clashed with lingerie-style two-piece boudoir ensembles or clingy orange tee-shirt dresses.  McCartney\'s runway featured items like a royal blue satin jacket over lace pants or a tiny tee-shirt adorned with the words \"slippery when wet\".  There were plenty of sequined minis for disco wear, artsy prints of monkeys or faces created with McCartney\'s artist friend Gary Hume - and at times it was over the top.   But there were great moments, such as a fabulous cream coat with insets of lace in monkey patterns, plus duchess satin lapels.  Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives  Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/102011028589719587178/+APArchive  Tumblr: https://aparchives.tumblr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b437d8bf7c22c23372f1783f9de03adc'

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