For Paris ... Stella McCartney designs from the 2012 spring-summer ready-to-wear collection.

That hourglass dress, red-carpet dominance, a London Fashion Week show, a new flagship store - and the Olympics. Stella McCartney has her name all over 2012, writes Jess Cartner-Morley.

The party Stella McCartney throws every December at her Bruton Street store in central London to celebrate the switching on of her kitsch-chic Christmas windows has become a fashion insider's highlight of the party season. It is fabulous but fun too - there are pints of Guinness as well as flutes of champagne; chocolate Santas alongside smoked salmon canapes. - - Read more: