Stella McCartney: 'I loved mum's style'

Stella McCartney has said that she loved her late mother's daring fashion sense.

The designer revealed that Linda McCartney, who died in 1998 from breast cancer, made brave style choices and refused to conform to trends, which inspires her fashion collections now.

Stella told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "I love the way my mother wore clothes. She used to always cut her own hair and wore very little make-up, and she just did things differently. She used to wear odd socks but then she also wore beautiful suits and little dresses with platform shoes. That is sort of how people dress now, so she was very modern and ahead of her time."

She continued: "She didn't give a damn about what people thought, and back then it was all about conforming. It really wasn't the done thing to reflect your own personality through your clothes."

Stella also said that she inherited her mother's vegetarian diet and opposition to wearing fur, saying: "She had a strong voice and was very ahead of her time. The connection she made between how people treat animals and the environment is proving to be very significant."