Stella McCartney Goes Wild in Pre-fall 2021 Campaign by Mert & Marcus
ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Fresh from the G7 summit in Cornwall where she joined fellow business leaders in arguing for a greener planet, Stella McCartney has released her latest ad campaign, a howl of support for wild — and domestic — animals.
McCartney tapped Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott to conjure a fantasy of animals “rewilding” London, living freely, clinking pints of beer, taking the Underground, playing music in Piccadilly Circus or just reading the newspaper. (In this case, the Stella McCartney A-Z Manifesto, printed as a broadsheet.)
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The designer worked with the actor, comedian and author David Walliams on a comedy film that Walliams narrates as if it were a serious nature documentary, observing the bunnies, wolves and bears flashing their Falabella bags, Stella sneakers, tailored suits and bright, color-blocked dresses as they go about their business in Mayfair, St. James’s, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
As part of the new campaign, McCartney is supporting Humane Society International’s petitions to end the fur trade globally. In the U.K. specifically, HSI wants the government to ban the import and sale of fur.
“It’s interesting to talk about this campaign, in particular, because I think this is a perfect example of what I think we do very well at Stella, which is talk about something very serious, quite unconventional, quite activist, quite punk rock in a sense,” the designer said.
“It’s something that people on the whole still find very difficult to digest and perhaps don’t agree with necessarily in the way in which they come at luxury fashion, so adding humor almost softens the conversation, making it digestible, but still impactful and educational which is the most important thing,” McCartney added.
McCartney’s brand has been vegetarian for 20 years, and she was also one of the first labels to conduct an environmental profit and loss audit, EP&L, which her company now does every year.
As reported, McCartney joined Prince Charles last weekend as part of the chief executives group the royal gathered for his Sustainable Markets Initiative. McCartney represented the fashion industry.
The group had an official meeting with world leaders at the G7 summit, which ran from June 11 to 13 in Cornwall. The CEOs represent more than 300 global business leaders who form part of the Coalition of the Willing, which was convened by The Prince of Wales as part of his Sustainable Markets Initiative.
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