The Establishment Alasdhair Willis -Stella McCartney
Alasdhair Willis sips a cup of chamomile tea at an achingly trendy spot in London. We have not been followed here by the paparazzi, which is a bit of a bonus, since Willis and his wife, the fashion designer Stella McCartney, tend to spike their adrenaline. Particularly now, as the couple are expecting their third child. “Is that known?” Willis asks in seemingly genuine surprise when I offer my congratulations. Yet we’ve not met up today because of Stella and the two, soon to be three, children — though they loom large in the conversation and are, he happily admits, the most important thing in his life — but because of the big success that Willis, 37, is enjoying on his own account. In only two and a half years, Established & Sons, the modern furniture and design company that Willis began with three art-school chums, the designers Sebastian Wrong and Mark Holmes, and Tamara Caspersz, is already one of the coolest on the planet. Not only have they changed the equation between furniture and art, but they’ve also put the glamour and the wit back into British design. Read more:
- NYTimes
