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C O U R T E S Y O F S T E L L A M C C A R T N E Y in focus the site of those early memories and used it as a point of departure, showcasing an equestrian-forward collection built on decades of innovation since that first call to action. The show, which achieved 93 percent sustainable fabrication (a milestone for the brand), featured many of the alternative materials the designer has pioneered and mastered in prior collections, including regenerative cotton and plant-based sequins, alongside the debut of two new fabrics: one for knits and one for denim. These materials, with their resource-sensitive processes and regeneration-supportive engineering, point past animal welfare to the health and safety of all living things that the fashion industry touches. "The same hidden industries that exploit animals also endanger workers, pollute communities, and strip away dignity. When we talk about sustainability, we must talk about human welfare too," McCartney says about the pernicious issue. "Fashion is not just about what we wear. It is about the health of our planet, our people, and our future. Believe that change is possible, because it is." A leader at the helm of a mighty and slow-to-turn ship for more than two decades, McCartney reaches us through her powerful words and new collection. She does so as a beautiful prophet might—wearing 100-percent recycled denim and Chantilly lace accents, of course. "We've saved hundreds of millions of animal lives, kept tons of waste out of landfills, and proved you don't have to sacrifice craft, fit, or style to do the right thing." — STELL A MCCA RTNEY FROM TOP LEFT The F/W 26 runway show, staged at a riding hall in Paris; the new Appaloosa handbag; looks from the collection s a point of departure, built on decades of ainable fabrication (a alternative materials the collections, including alongside the debut of two hese materials, with their n-supportive engineering, ety of all living things that the dustries that exploit animals and strip away dignity. When ut human welfare too," ashion is not just about what ur people, and our future. o-turn ship for more than two s of millions f ons of waste f proved you craft, fit, or ht thing." NEY FRO The sho rid the han the F T s r t h t 94 94 BALHAR B O U RSH O P S .CO M ; B UYI N G I N D E X , PAG E 2 2 2