Paul McCartney’s Daughter Recognizes Inherited Privileges: ‘One of the First Nepo Babies’

Stella McCartney, aged 51, has become a great reference not only as a stylist, but mainly as a designer engaged with sustainable fashion. However, she was under the spotlight from an early age as the daughter of an ex-Beatle, thePaul McCartneyand recognizes:

As one of the first nepo babies, I had the privilege of choice. I realize how lucky I am to be able to work like this from day one.

The activist, who is also the daughter of the photographer Linda McCartney — another important figure in the fight against animal abuse — told the Team (via People) who still had to face some challenges along the way, such as using leather to produce pieces: “There were times when I was very challenged to change my morals for the success of a company”.

Furthermore, fame can have its negative aspects, such as paul raised in the interview: “They had to endure some criticism for having a famous father, but that made them stronger”, he said, remembering the times when his children went to school. “On one side there was the farm and on the other there was the stage. It was one of the first inspirations”, he explained Stellawho grew up on a farm and was raised vegan.

Later, while attending classes at the renowned Central St. Martins, the stylist was encouraged by her father to do well in college: “I said, ‘if she doesn’t do well by the end of the year, then the name won’t help at all, it will be an extra burden’, but she did well,” said paul.

Not everyone takes the nepotism baby label well. The actress Jamie Lee Curtis — daughter of actors Tony Curtis It is Janet Leighwho have worked on major film productions — took to Instagram to say that “the current conversation about nepo babies was only made to try to diminish, defame and hurt” the artists.