Stella McCartney was spotted on a rare outing with her lookalike daughter Bailey as they enjoyed a shopping trip together in Notting Hill on Saturday.
The designer, 53, opted for a more laid-back look than the glamorous pieces she creates as she headed out for a spot of retail therapy.
Bailey, who celebrated her 18th birthday in December, emulated her mum’s relaxed sense of style in a blue striped top and grey wide-legged trousers.
Meanwhile Stella was dressed in a simple white T-shirt and baggy jeans, as she and her daughter shared a sweet moment during the outing.
Stella shares four children with British publisher Alasdhair Willis, who she married in 2003, sons Miller, 20, and Beckett, 17, and daughters Bailey and Reiley, 14.
Despite her busy schedule, Stella had previously shared that she makes a point of dropping her children to school five days a week.
Stella McCartney, 53, was spotted on a rare outing with her lookalike daughter Bailey, 18, as they enjoyed a shopping trip together in Notting Hill on Saturday
The designer opted for a more laid-back look than the glamorous pieces she creates as she headed out for a spot of retail therapy
In a 2019 interview with Vogue the designer, who divides her time between London and North Gloucestershire, said that as a working mother, she has to make the most of whatever time she can get in the day with her children.
Opening up about the daily school run, she said: ‘When you’ve got a job and you’ve got kids, it’s when you get to see them, and you have to wake up super early and engage in that moment.
‘Then I try and squeeze in some exercise, and then I go to work. And I try and get back for the bookending of being a mum.’
Stella was fiercely guarded about her family’s privacy throughout their childhood, and never shares photos of her children on social media.
In a 2016 interview with Porter, Stella said she tried to give her heads a more level-headed upbringing than she had, as the daughter of Beatles legend Paul McCartney.
She said: ‘I lived on a farm, but I went on tour and I knew crazy famous people, like crazy. And for my children, it’s not dissimilar, they go to the farm and they’re in the field getting muddy and falling over, and then they come here and they’re surrounded by crazy famous people.
‘I worry about that. But I think I turned out okay-ish, and I hope that they will be okay.’
She added that her kids also have ‘a great relationship’ with their grandfather, saying: ‘I love seeing them with Grandpa, or Grandude as they call him. They’re real proud of him and they get excited by [his music].’
Bailey, who celebrated her 18th birthday in December, emulated her mum’s relaxed sense of style in a blue striped top and grey wide-legged trousers
Paul himself had also said he has a ‘pretty normal’ relationship with his grandchildren, despite his huge fame.
Speaking on Chris Evan’s Virgin Radio Breakfast show, he said: ‘You know, I love them and I love being a granddad. And we spend quite a good bit of time together.
‘We don’t live near each other, but we go on holiday together, like Christmas. And in the summer we’ll see each other. And then sometimes me and Nancy pick them up from school. So that’s nice.’
Stella tied the knot with publisher Alasdhair back in August 2003 with a Mount Stuart House ceremony.
She is one of Paul’s five children, with the former Beatles star also sharing daughters Heather, Mary and son James, with his late wife Linda McCartney. While sharing youngest daughter Beatrice with Heather Mills.
Launched in 2001, Stella’s brand has attracted many high-profile fans such as Beyoncé, Amal Clooney and Taylor Swift.
It sells products such as vegan leather shoulder bags for £925 and a leopard print trench coat for £1,790.
McCartney has also designed Team GB’s kit for the Olympic Games since 2012.
But her company has not reaped a profit since it made £9m in 2017, and in March, the label said it would need further cash in 2028 amid a drastic global slowdown in demand for luxury fashion.
