SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Poor old Stella looks ab drab in selfie stunt

By Sebastian Shakespeare for the Daily Mail

Published: 20:56 EST, 3 March 2016 | Updated: 21:21 EST, 3 March 2016

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Is the cut-throat world of fashion finally taking its toll on designer Stella McCartney?

The 44-year-old daughter of Beatle Sir Paul has posted this shocking selfie on social media.

Stella, who recently revealed fuller lips and plumper cheeks, is more unrecognisable than ever due to her darkened eyes and wrinkles.

But all is not what it seems: Stella might be a self-confessed workaholic, but she is also rather nifty with technology — for this is, in fact, a digital reconstruction of her face using a phone app.

'Fashion induced ageing!' she writes, referring to the arduous preparation for her Paris show.

Stella McCartney, the 44-year-old daughter of Beatle Sir Paul, posted this shocking selfie on social media. But all is not what it seems - for this is, in fact, a digital reconstruction of her face using a mobile phone app

As a star of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Celia Imrie showed the elderly can be fun, but young people are a different matter.

'I don't want to be thought of as one of those people who is always down on the young, because I'm really not, but I do think there is just too much time spent on mobile phones and tablets,' says the 63-year-old actress.

'I was in a lovely restaurant in Monaco the other day. There was a big Italian family in there, and all the kids were looking at their phones. They weren't living in the moment at all — that's a tragedy.'

How Oscar-winning 'bag lady' had the last laugh

Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan has endured harsh criticism for her less-than-glamorous personal wardrobe.

First, Bafta host Stephen Fry called her a 'bag lady', then this week's Oscar ceremony audience conspicuously failed to clap as she collected her award for the outfits worn in Mad Max: Fury Road.

But the London-born costumier is forgiving of her detractors. 'I am British with a slightly rebellious character, I always have been,' she says. 'I'm short, I'm fat. I really would look ridiculous in a gown.

'What I was actually wearing at the Oscars was sort of an homage to Mad Max — a kind of biker outfit.

'I thought, 'If I can't beat them, or if I can't sort of join them, then why not try doing something a little bit fun?' '

Dark side of Rosie

Blondes have more fun, but Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 28, knows that brunettes can turn heads, too.

After hopping over to France for Paris Fashion Week, the Devon-born model channelled her sultry Gallic side by covering her trademark golden locks with a dark wig to stride down the catwalk in brocaded Balmain couture.

I’m sure Rosie’s fiance, the 48-year-old hardman actor Jason Statham, who proposed in the New Year after five years together, is a fan of his bride-to-be’s new Gothic look — even though Rosie temporarily removed her £250,000 engagement ring during the show.

After hopping over to France for Paris Fashion Week, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley channelled her sultry Gallic side by covering her trademark golden locks (left) with a dark wig to stride down the catwalk in Balmain (right)