Paris Fashion Week: Starstruck designer Stella McCartney finds Oprah Winfrey’s appearance a scream

Words were almost inaudible amid the screams when Stella McCartney presented her collection at Paris Fashion Week on Monday, which toyed with draping and upcycling. Stella McCartney makes a return to Milan Men’s Fashion Week Such exuberant outbursts would usually come from the designer’s fans. But it was McCartney herself who caused the commotion when global entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey appeared backstage at her show. Here are some highlights of her autumn/winter 2019 ready-to-wear display: Just bow and scream, it’s Oprah Winfrey managed to utter “It was beautiful. It was fun”, amid the noise and cameras. Stella McCartney joins Alibaba’s exclusive Luxury Pavilion McCartney, a global fashion icon and the daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney, was evidently humbled as she was jostled backstage while standing alongside Winfrey. “I’m dying,” McCartney said. Winfrey, who is rarely seen on the fashion circuit, smiled as McCartney lavished her with praise. McCartney said she advised her models, including Natalia Vodianova, to “Just bow down”, if you “walk past her”. Winfrey arrived flanked by a bodyguard, racing car driver Lewis Hamilton and Edward Enninful, British Vogue’s first black editor-in-chief. A Stella collection Strong shoulders with draping spilling down and pops of vivid colour made up the style formula for McCartney’s show at Paris’ ornate Opera Garnier. Stella McCartney takes on the ‘80s at Paris Fashion Week The English designer said she aimed this season to project a “powerful persona”. Her chicly deployed collection succeeded in towing the line between this strength and a softness that has come to be synonymous with McCartney’s designs. Structure was everywhere. Tight waists were cinched with on-trend belts or geometric panels. No fur, no foul: Stella McCartney’s eco-friendly fashion proves that tenacity pays off But McCartney showed her deft hand by using draping sensitively to break up any harshness in the lines. Autumn/winter was all about the shoulders, which came peaked in the style of the late-1970s or with an extraneous layer of material for a stylish Japanese feel. A vivid red dress with a cross-over-style torso and fluttery waist tassels perfected the Asian musing. In an intentionally divergent style, contrasting black thigh-high “stripper” boots accessorised that look to give it some welcome spice. Stella McCartney sends message of faith and love Green fashion A vacuum-packed oak tree leaf was included inside invitations to eco-warrior McCartney’s show. Kate Moss, Salma Hayek and Orlando Bloom join the starry launch of Stella McCartney’s first menswear collection It was done to promote a campaign to protect the Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia. Called “There She Grows”, the campaign invites the public and the designer’s friends – which have so far included Gwyneth Paltrow, Pink, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon and Rooney Mara – to dedicate a tree to raise awareness. The ecological references by the designer, who uses no fur and only “vegetarian leather”, continued in the collection through lashings of greens and browns in the colour palette, and the use of upcycled material to make dresses. “We try to bring the environment into the conversation now, more and more,” McCartney said. Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing goes post-#MeToo with rebellious display Ecology has been a theme this season: Kenzo sent out an invitation last week with tomato seeds embedded in the plantable paper. Want more stories like this? Sign up here. Follow STYLE on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Paris Fashion Week: Starstruck designer Stella McCartney finds Oprah Winfrey’s appearance a scream

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} English fashion icon delighted to see the American TV host turn up backstage during her autumn/winter collection show

English fashion icon delighted to see the American TV host turn up backstage during her autumn/winter collection show