Stella McCartney shares sweet childhood snaps with her ‘spectacular sister’ Mary McCartney as she turns 51
Stella McCartney has paid tribute to her ‘spectacular sister’ Mary McCartney on her 51st birthday with a set of childhood snaps of the pair shared to her Instagram.
The fashion designer, 48, revealed her ‘unconditional’ love on Friday for her sibling in the pictures taken by their late mother Linda McCartney.
Stella also shared a picture of herself with her elder sister Mary, now a photographer and vegetarian food writer, with their father and music icon, Sir Paul McCartney, 78.
Family: Stella McCartney has paid tribute to her ‘spectacular sister’ Mary McCartney on her 51st birthday with a set of childhood snaps of the pair shared to her Instagram (pictured with their father Sir Paul McCartney, 78)
The designer posted nine snaps to her social media, captioned: ‘Celebrating my spectacular sister’s birthday today. Unconditional, full love for you, Big Sis xx Lil Sis Stelly.’
Dressed in sweet pink and white floral dresses, Stella shared a picture of Mary with an oversized yellow bow in her hair as she donned a matching pink one.
In a second picture, Stella smiled at the camera as her sister Mary sucked her thumb in the snap taken with their father who donned long brunette locks and a beard.
Cute: Dressed in sweet pink and white floral dresses, Stella shared a picture of Mary with an oversized yellow bow in her hair as she donned a matching pink one
Close: The designer posted nine snaps to her social media, captioned: ‘Celebrating my spectacular sister’s birthday today. Unconditional, full love for you, Big Sis xx Lil Sis Stelly’
Stella also posted a trio of snaps to her Instagram Stories, captioned ‘Happy Birthday Big Sis’, with the sisters in the back seat of a car and donning red hooded robes.
And the sisters appeared to enjoy dressing the same as they were pictured in matching tartan skirts before performing a dance routine in black berets and beige trench coats.
As well as Mary and Stella, the McCartney household included their younger brother James, now a 42-year-old musician, and Heather, now 57, Linda’s daughter from a previous relationship. Paul also has daughter Beatrice, 16, with ex Heather Mills.
Both now mothers of four, Mary is married to her second husband, director Sam Aboud, while Stella is wed to Alasdhair Willis, a boss at Hunters boots who was voted one of Britain’s best dressed men.
Partners in crime: The sisters appeared to be incredibly close and were pictured together sitting on a window
Nature: The sisters posed on horseback in the snaps taken by their late mother Linda McCartney
Speaking of her sister in 2016, Stella revealed how between the two of them they make up ‘100 percent’ of their mother Linda who died in 1998 aged 56 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
It comes after Stella’s fashion house plunged into an annual loss after a sales slowdown and business shake-up.
However, after reporting almost flat sales and a costly reorganisation, it slipped from a £9million profit into an £11million loss during 2018, published accounts show.
Innocent: Mary (right) and Stella (left) appeared to be concentrating in the black and white picture
Siblings: Speaking of her sister in 2016, Stella revealed how between the two of them they make up ‘100 percent of our mum’ who died in 1998 aged 56 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer
Despite this, the business proposed paying a dividend of nearly £658,000 – of which Stella would have been in line to receive half.
The label said 2018 had been ‘a year of transition’ and blamed reorganisation costs.
This came after Stella announced she would buy out her former partner Kering, the luxury goods giant.
Animal lovers: Mary, who is a vegetarian food writer, is seen holding a lamb with her little sister Stella
Playful: The sisters appeared to be enjoying time outside as children on the playground rides
The pair set up the fashion house with a 50-50 ownership structure but last year Miss McCartney took full control.
She then partnered with LVMH, a rival to Kering that owns fashion labels Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior. It holds an undisclosed minority stake.
However, accounts show that Stella’s fashion firm was clobbered by costs as it prepared for the shake-up in ownership.
Candid: Stella posted a trio of snaps on her Instagram Stories with the sisters posing in red hooded robes (right)
In sync: Mary and Stella performed a dance routine in matching berets and beige trench coats
It increased staff and brought in new computer systems so that it could handle back-office responsibilities previously taken care of by Kering.
At the same time, sales rose just 0.2 per cent from £42.5million to £42.6million. From 2016 to 2017 sales increased by 2 per cent.
A report by the business said the £11million loss was ‘driven by a substantial increase in administrative expenses’. Rising costs associated with the label’s newly opened shop in Old Bond Street, central London, were also blamed.
Business: It comes after Stella’s fashion house plunged into an annual loss after a sales slowdown and business shake-up (pictured in September 2016)
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