Stella McCartney Is Ready to Get Dressed Up Again for Fall 2021 – Fashionista

  

For Fall 2021, Stella McCartney is tapping into the prospect of — and hope for — “a new beginning.”

In a virtual conference with global press, the designer spoke about beginning to work on this collection amid a tough winter and another wave of lockdowns in the U.K., all of which made her realize: “There was light and there will be light at the end of the tunnel.” That optimism is the driving force behind a really colorful, richly textured Fall 2021 line that makes you want to go out dancing (when it’s safe, of course).The first thing you’ll notice, McCartney noted, is the “really bold, quite rich color” — whereas spring was “gentle, sweet and uplifting in its coloration,” the autumnal color palette represents almost a “fighting spirit.”

“It’s a very powerful collection, in that I’ve felt and all of my team and many loved ones wanted to feel like we could truly escape into the world of fashion,” McCartney said.

Other seasons, the designer continued, she might’ve emphasized the sustainability developments the company’s made when talking about the collection, or used her fashion week slot to bring attention to larger issues. That’s not to say that doesn’t have a place here. (As always, the collection arrived in editors’ inboxes with a “Sustainable Solutions” fact sheet, outlining the materials it used this season and how they play into the brand’s larger environmental commitments.) Rather, it’s just that McCartney wanted to also remind everyone of fashion’s transformative, escapist capabilities — how the imagination inherent to design can inspire and uplift, how it can make us feel something.