Vegetarian fashion designer Stella McCartney reveals people don't' wear leather around her

Stella McCartney has revealed people tend not to wear leather around her - and advised women to wash their bras as little as possible. Stella McCartney, pictured in LA last year, has revealed people tend not to wear leather around her - and advised women to wash their bras as little as possible in a bid to raise environmental awareness Speaking in The Guardian, Stella's advice was: 'The rule on a bespoke suit is you do not clean it. The environmental activist, 47, seen in London last year, who has built her brand around a cruelty-free ethos and has never included leather or fur in her collections, explained that her general rule is 'not to clean anything unless she has to' But Stella admitted that it could be tough competing in the fashion industry with a smaller choice of materials. Stella has been married to husband Alasdhair Willis for 16 years, and the pair are parents to sons Miller, 12, and Beckett, nine, as well as an elder daughter Bailey, and youngest daughter Reiley, seven But Stella admitted that it could be tough competing in the fashion industry with a smaller choice of materials.