by Julia Robson

Let's face it, Stella became a fashion star the femtosecond (a million billionth of a second) Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell marched down the catwalk of her college graduation show wearing exclusively Stella creations. Her career revved into hyperdrive when she landed the job of resident designer at Chloe. Here, she re-wrote the script of the French fashion house pulling on her rock'n'roll roots and pulling in friends Gwyneth Paltrow, Liv Tyler, Madonna and Scarlett Johannsson to wear the gear. Now backed by the mighty Gucci group, Stella continues to stamp her unique fashion vision - a sort of veggie ‘Va Va Voom', part earth-mother, part rock chick - on the modern babe. Latest convert to wear Stella's floral jumpsuit is ghetto fabulous, Rihanna.