Bruce Weber for Vogue, November 2006.With her sphinx-like features and slight frame, Kate Moss has been hailed by
Vogue as “relentlessly captivating,”
[1]“maddeningly, elusively glamorous,”
[2] and “iconic.”
[3]Whether swimming in silk or sexing it up at the disco, one thing is true: She commands the page.
Moss was only fourteen and traveling through JFK airport after a family vacation in the Bahamas when she was spotted by a modeling agency owner. Before long, she was being photographed at a British seaside resort by Corinne Day for the cover of The Face. At that time, Amazonian supermodels reigned supreme in fashion and, measuring five feet seven inches tall, Moss stood out from the crowd at castings. (Industry legend has it that her agents expected her to grow taller, but she never did.)
Her boyish figure found its ideal match when the master of minimalism, Calvin Klein, cast her as the new face of his brand in 1992. “Klein saw the Jean Shrimpton in her,”
Vogue later reported, “and a modeling legend was born
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Katherine Ann Moss born in Croydon in South London. Her father works for a travel agency; her mother is a barmaid.
Kate is discovered in JFK airport by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Models Agency.
Moves in with photographer Corinne Day, who takes the teen under her wing.
Walks in John Galliano’s first Paris show.
July: Photographed by Day for the cover of
The Face. “The images of Kate Moss by Corinne Day and Juergen Teller really changed fashion,” designer Marc Jacobs later tells
WWD. “That was a moment when we looked at beauty and glamour in a different way.”
[7]
Lands big Calvin Klein contract. About the casting, publicist Nian Fish of KCD later tells
Vogue: “The big girls were there—Cindy [Crawford], Nadja [Auermann]. And then Kate Moss walked in. She put on this beige chiffon slip dress, and it just fell on her body. We put her in flat shoes, and when she walked, the fabric was like liquid flowing around her body. I got goose bumps. We all knew we were witnessing one of those fashion moments.”
[8]Dates fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti. Walks in Marc Jacobs’s notorious “grunge” show for Perry Ellis.
Becomes the face of YSL Opium.
Appears in her first Pirelli calendar, shot by Herb Ritts. Begins dating actor Johnny Depp. July: Shot by Irving Penn for Voguefor the first time (she will pose for the legendary lensman again in 1995 and in 1996).
July: Appears on the cover of Vogue wearing a pink silk, A-line Calvin Klein dress. Releases Kate: The Kate Moss Book.September: Appears on cover of W with brother Nick.
Wins VH1 Model of the Year award.
Makes a cameo in the Elton John video for “Something About the Way You Look Tonight.” Accompanies Johnny Depp to Cannes, where she wears a simple gray bateau-neck sheath by
Narciso Rodriguez;
Vogue deems the look “unforgettable.”
[9]
Poses for Prada and YSL Rive Gauche ad campaigns. Jumpstarts sequin trend by wearing a sparkling blue vintage dress to the CFDA Awards.
January: Donatella Versace throws her a twenty-fifth birthday party in Paris.
June: Moss cohosts the American Fashion Awards with designers Sandy Dalal and Narciso Rodriguez.
October: Photographed in leopard-print Emanuel Ungaro couture with rap hit-maker Sean Combs for a
Vogue portfolio.
Appears in Burberry’s spring ad campaign alongside Lord Frederick Windsor. (She will go on to do a long string of campaigns for the brand.)
Becomes the face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle.
August:Debuts brunette pixie haircut in a
Vogue article. Marc Jacobs tells the magazine, “You can never make Kate look as good on the runway as she does in real life.”
[10] September: She signs an exclusive global contract to be the face of Rimmel cosmetics.
John Galliano, who cites Moss as an inspiration behind his Dior Haute Couture collection, tells
Vogue that he considers her “the Marilyn Monroe of today.”
[11] February: At a Mario Testino photo exhibit at London’s National Portrait Gallery, an entire room is reserved for his photographs of Moss.
September:Daughter Lila Grace is born to Moss and
Dazed and Confusedpublisher Jefferson Hack. “I’ve got the dream,” the supermodel later says. “I’ve got the family, and I’m still working. That was my dream always.”
[12]
Dances in a White Stripes music video. Makes her singing debut in Primal Scream’s recording of “Some Velvet Morning.”September: Artist Chuck Close photographs Moss nude for a 40-page portfolio in W.
She wears a blue vintage thrift-shop dress and white mink jacket to meet the Queen of England. January: Celebrates her thirtieth birthday in midnight-blue sequins at her Beautiful and Damned–themed party.
Sports short shorts and Wellington boots at the Glastonbury music festival, sparking a wellie trend. February: Lucien Freud’s portrait of Moss fetches $7.29 million at auction. June:Moss wears Dior couture to the CFDA Awards, where she takes the prize for Fashion Influence. September: Dropped by H&M, Chanel, and Burberry after the Daily Mail releases photos purporting to show her using drugs. October: Designer Alexander McQueen, a longtime friend, shows support by wearing a “We Love Kate” T-shirt at his show. December: She guest-edits French Vogue.
Stars in Agent Provocateur’s Miss X movie miniseries. March:McQueen closes his fall collection with a hologram of Moss.September: She tops Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List.
Sparks a demand for fur after being seen in a (probably faux) monkey coat around London. May: Debuts wildly popular line for Topshop. Included on Time’s list of “100 most influential people.” July: Breaks up with Pete Doherty, her drug-addicted rocker fiancé, and begins dating Jamie Hince of the band the Kills. August: Announces the release of Kate, the first of seven fragrances by Moss (to be followed by Velvet Hour in 2008, Vintage in 2009, Vintage Muse and Wild Meadow in 2010, plus two variations on her original scent in 2008 and 2009).September: Wears a vintage Dior silk dress to the opening of the “Golden Age of Couture” exhibit at the Victoria and Albert; after the dress is stepped on, and rips up the back, she ties it up into a mini.
May: Wears pale-gray Stella McCartney to the Met’s “Superheroes” gala, alongside the designer. October: Artist Marc Quinn’s 18-carat-gold statue of Moss is unveiled at the British Museum.
Moss becomes the face of YSL Parisienne fragrance. May: With Marc Jacobs, co-chairs the gala for the Met’s “Model as Muse” show, wearing a gold lamé turban and dress he made just for the occasion. Ranks number three on Forbes’s list of “World’s Top-Earning Models,” after reportedly banking $8.5 million over a twelve-month period.
Appears on the cover of musician Bryan Ferry’s album
Olympia.Featured, in leather, in
Balmain’s fall campaign.
February:Launches Kate Moss for Longchamp line.
September: Appears for the thirtieth time on the cover of British
Vogue. Taschen releases
Kate Moss by Mario Testino. “Mario took me to a new level of glamour,” she recalls in the coffee-table tome. “I don’t think anybody had seen me as any kind of sexy model before he did. He was the one that transformed me.”
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“Model as Muse: The Kate Moss Portfolio Opens at Danziger Projects”by Giovanna CampagnaMay 13, 2011
“10 Best Dressed: Go With the Flow”March 14, 2011
“10 Best Dressed: Under Cover”February 18, 2011
“London 2010: Topshop Celebrates 25 Years of
London Fashion Week With the Aid of Kate Moss and Christopher Bailey”by Mark HolgateSeptember 21, 2009
“Marc Jacobs: Inspiring Beauty”by Hamish BowlesMay 2009
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