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'''Kate Moss''' (born 16 January 1974)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/kate-moss-201298 | title = Kate Moss Biography | publisher = Biography.com (A&E Networks) | accessdate = September 17, 2013}}</ref> is an English [[model (person)|model]]. Born in [[Croydon]], [[Greater London]], she was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of [[Storm Model Management]], at JFK Airport in [[New York City]].
'''Kate Moss''' (born 16 January 1974)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/kate-moss-201298 | title = Kate Moss Biography | publisher = Biography.com (A&E Networks) | accessdate = September 17, 2013}}</ref> is an English [[model (person)|model]]. Born in [[Croydon]], [[Greater London]], she was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of [[Storm Model Management]], at JFK Airport in [[New York City]].


Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the [[heroin chic]] fashion trend. She is known for her [[Waif#Fashion|waif]]ish figure, and role in [[size zero]] fashion. She went on to have campaigns for designers including [[Gucci]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Chanel]] and [[Rimmel]]. Moss received a special recognition award in December at the 2013 [[British Fashion Awards]] to acknowledge her contribution to the fashion industry over 25 years.
Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the [[heroin chic]] fashion trend. She is known for her [[Waif#Fashion|waif]]ish figure, and role in [[size zero]] fashion. She had campaigns for designers including [[Gucci]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Chanel]] and [[Rimmel]]. She received an award at the 2013 [[British Fashion Awards]] to acknowledge her contribution to fashion over 25 years.


Moss has had other ventures, both fashion related and non-fashion related, including her own clothing and involvement in musical projects. She has won accolades for modeling. In 2007, ''[[Time magazine|TIME]]'' named her one of the world's 100 most influential people.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616692,00.html "The 2007 TIME 100: Kate Moss"], [[Time magazine|Time]]. Retrieved 20 April 2013</ref> She has inspired cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of her, sculpted in 2008 for a [[British Museum]] exhibition.<ref name="Simpson">{{cite web|last=Simpson |first=Aislinn |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3122144/Kate-Moss-gold-statue-unveiled-at-British-Museum.html |title=Kate Moss gold statue unveiled at British Museum |publisher=Telegraph |date=2008-10-02 |accessdate=2013-04-08}}</ref>
Moss has had her own clothing ranhe and and involved in musical projects. She has won accolades for modelling. In 2007, ''[[Time magazine|TIME]]'' named her one of the world's 100 most influential people.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1595332_1616692,00.html "The 2007 TIME 100: Kate Moss"], [[Time magazine|Time]]. Retrieved 20 April 2013</ref> She has inspired cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of her, sculpted in 2008 for a [[British Museum]] exhibition.<ref name="Simpson">{{cite web|last=Simpson |first=Aislinn |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3122144/Kate-Moss-gold-statue-unveiled-at-British-Museum.html |title=Kate Moss gold statue unveiled at British Museum |publisher=Telegraph |date=2008-10-02 |accessdate=2013-04-08}}</ref>


Moss's private life has received media attention. She began dating [[Jefferson Hack]] in the early 2000s and they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack. She later dated musician [[Pete Doherty]]. She is married to Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills. She received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle and drug use. Drug allegations beginning in late 2005 led to her being dropped from fashion campaigns. She was cleared of charges and resumed modelling. In 2012, she came second on the ''[[Forbes]]'' top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2&nbsp;million in one year.<ref name=Forbes2012>{{Cite news |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/06/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-models/ |title=The World's Highest Paid Models |author=Solomon, Brian |date=14 June 2012 |work=Forbes |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref>
Moss's private life received media attention. She began dating [[Jefferson Hack]] in the early 2000s and they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack. She later dated musician [[Pete Doherty]]. She is married to Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills. She received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle and drug use. Drug allegations beginning in late 2005 led to her being dropped from fashion campaigns. She was cleared of charges and resumed modelling. In 2012, she came second on the ''[[Forbes]]'' top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2&nbsp;million in one year.<ref name=Forbes2012>{{Cite news |url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/06/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-models/ |title=The World's Highest Paid Models |author=Solomon, Brian |date=14 June 2012 |work=Forbes |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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===Beginnings and heroin chic===
===Beginnings and heroin chic===
[[File:Kate Moss Calvin Klein.jpg|thumb|Moss during her "waif" period]]
[[File:Kate Moss Calvin Klein.jpg|thumb|Moss during her "waif" period]]
Moss was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of [[Storm Model Management]], at [[JFK Airport]] in New York City,<ref name=MarieClaireprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163221/kate-moss.html |title=Kate Moss |publisher=[[Marie Claire|''Marie Claire'' UK]] |accessdate=28 May 2009}}</ref> after a holiday in the Bahamas. [[Corinne Day]] shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' when she was 16, in a shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Day discovered Moss when she was a young and unknown and described the pictures as ‘dirty realism’ or ‘grunge’.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hartley|first=John|author2=Ellie Rennie|title=About A Girl|journal=Journalism|date=November 2004|volume=5|issue=4|page=22|doi=10.1177/1464884904044205}}</ref> A further shoot followed for ''The Face'', by [[Tony Briggs (photographer)|Tony Briggs]], entitled "Haute Coiffure",<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.pinterest.com/pin/500392208569358985/ |title=Kate Moss The Face Magazine 1992|publisher=''The Face''|accessdate=30 January 2014}}</ref> Moss went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the models of the moment,<ref name="Kate"/> such as [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Elle Macpherson]], [[Claudia Schiffer]] and [[Naomi Campbell]], who were known<ref name="Kate">{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Biography|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kate-moss.html|work=[[The Biography Channel|Bio]]|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref> for curvaceous and tall figures.
Moss was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of [[Storm Model Management]], at [[JFK Airport]] in New York,<ref name=MarieClaireprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163221/kate-moss.html |title=Kate Moss |publisher=[[Marie Claire|''Marie Claire'' UK]] |accessdate=28 May 2009}}</ref> after a holiday in the Bahamas. [[Corinne Day]] shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' when she was 16, in a shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Day discovered Moss when she was a young and unknown and described the pictures as ‘dirty realism’ or ‘grunge’.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hartley|first=John|author2=Ellie Rennie|title=About A Girl|journal=Journalism|date=November 2004|volume=5|issue=4|page=22|doi=10.1177/1464884904044205}}</ref> A further shoot followed for ''The Face'', by [[Tony Briggs (photographer)|Tony Briggs]], entitled "Haute Coiffure",<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.pinterest.com/pin/500392208569358985/ |title=Kate Moss The Face Magazine 1992|publisher=''The Face''|accessdate=30 January 2014}}</ref> Moss went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the models of the moment,<ref name="Kate"/> such as [[Cindy Crawford]], [[Elle Macpherson]], [[Claudia Schiffer]] and [[Naomi Campbell]], who were known<ref name="Kate">{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Biography|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kate-moss.html|work=[[The Biography Channel|Bio]]|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref> for curvaceous and tall figures.


Moss ushered in [[heroin chic]] in 1993<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmoss/katemoss/ | work=New York | title=Kate Moss | year=2012 | accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> (which prompted much speculation over her weight) with a campaign for [[Calvin Klein Inc.|Calvin Klein]]. Her depiction drew criticism from [[Bill Clinton]], who spoke out against the trend.<ref>[http://opioids.com/heroin/heroinchic.html President Clinton on Heroin Chic]</ref> Moss said, "It was just the time. It was a swing from more buxom girls like [[Cindy Crawford]] and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not [[anorexia nervosa|anorexic]]'?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showstudio.com/projects/kte/kte_start2.html |title=In Camera Kate Moss |accessdate=29 January 2007 |publisher=SHOWstudio }}</ref>
Moss ushered in [[heroin chic]] in 1993<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmoss/katemoss/ | work=New York | title=Kate Moss | year=2012 | accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> (which prompted speculation over her weight) with a campaign for [[Calvin Klein Inc.|Calvin Klein]]. [[Bill Clinton]] spoke out against the trend.<ref>[http://opioids.com/heroin/heroinchic.html President Clinton on Heroin Chic]</ref> Moss said, "It was just the time. It was a swing from more buxom girls like [[Cindy Crawford]] and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not [[anorexia nervosa|anorexic]]'?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.showstudio.com/projects/kte/kte_start2.html |title=In Camera Kate Moss |accessdate=29 January 2007 |publisher=SHOWstudio }}</ref>


===Controversy and return to prominence===
===Controversy and return to prominence===
Moss has had campaigns with Italian, French, American and British designers including [[Gucci]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Chanel]], [[Rimmel]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoaftxsc.html | title=Rimmel Advert featuring Kate Moss |date=20 November 2007 |accessdate=20 November 2007|publisher=Rimmel }}</ref> and [[Bulgari]]. She has been in fashion spreads in most magazines including UK, US, and French ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' (as well as other international versions of ''Vogue''), ''Another Man'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[The Face (magazine)|the Face]]'', and ''[[W (magazine)|W]]''. Moss has appeared on the cover of [[Vogue (British magazine)|British ''Vogue'']] 30 times,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/issue.aspx/Archive/Model,Kate%20Moss/Search,Model/ |title=Vogue Magazine Archive |accessdate=28 May 2009 |work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]|location=UK}}</ref> in addition to dozens of other international ''Vogue'' covers, and has been on the cover of 17 issues of ''W'', including one with nine different covers that featured her. ''W'' names Moss its [[muse]] (September 2003 issue). She has worked with photographers such as [[Mario Testino]], [[Mario Sorrenti]], [[Steven Klein (photographer)|Steven Klein]], [[Juergen Teller]], [[Steven Meisel]] and [[Peter Lindbergh]], and won the ''Vogue''/CFDA award from the Fashion Designers of America in July 2005 as Fashion Inspiration.<ref name="Kate"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Moss|url=http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Kate_Moss|work=Vogue|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>
Moss has had campaigns with Italian, French, American and British designers including [[Gucci]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Chanel]], [[Rimmel]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoaftxsc.html | title=Rimmel Advert featuring Kate Moss |date=20 November 2007 |accessdate=20 November 2007|publisher=Rimmel }}</ref> and [[Bulgari]]. She has been in fashion spreads in most magazines including UK, US, and French ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' (as well as other international versions of ''Vogue''), ''Another Man'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[The Face (magazine)|the Face]]'', and ''[[W (magazine)|W]]''. She has been on the cover of [[Vogue (British magazine)|British ''Vogue'']] 30 times,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/issue.aspx/Archive/Model,Kate%20Moss/Search,Model/ |title=Vogue Magazine Archive |accessdate=28 May 2009 |work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]|location=UK}}</ref> in addition to dozens of other international ''Vogue'' covers, and has been on the cover of 17 issues of ''W'', including one with nine different covers that featured her. ''W'' names Moss its [[muse]] (September 2003 issue). She has worked with photographers such as [[Mario Testino]], [[Mario Sorrenti]], [[Steven Klein (photographer)|Steven Klein]], [[Juergen Teller]], [[Steven Meisel]] and [[Peter Lindbergh]], and won the ''Vogue''/CFDA award from the Fashion Designers of America in July 2005 as Fashion Inspiration.<ref name="Kate"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Moss|url=http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Kate_Moss|work=Vogue|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>
April 2005 saw the launch of a [[Rimmel]] London mascara TV ad featuring leather-clad Moss motorcycling through London to the rock song "Another Cold Beer" by Steven Crayn.<ref name="Kate"/>
April 2005 saw the launch of a [[Rimmel]] London mascara TV ad featuring leather-clad Moss motorcycling through London to the rock song "Another Cold Beer" by Steven Crayn.<ref name="Kate"/>
Twelve months after her cocaine scandal, Moss signed 18 contracts for autumn-winter 2006 including Rimmel, [[Agent Provocateur (lingerie)|Agent Provocateur]], [[Virgin Mobile]], Calvin Klein Jeans and [[Burberry]]. Moss designed a collection, with Katy England, for [[Topshop]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/clothing/b--Kate-Moss-Confirmed-For-TopShop-141.html |title=Kate Moss Confirmed for TopShop |date=20 September 2006 |accessdate=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }}</ref> Moss launched a [[fragrance]] and body lotion range bearing her name in association with [[Coty, Inc.|Coty]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/beauty/b--Kate-Moss-Fragrance-on-the-Horizon-182.html |title=Kate Moss Fragrance on the Horizon |date=16 December 2006 |accessdate=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }}</ref>
Twelve months after her cocaine scandal, Moss signed 18 contracts for autumn-winter 2006 including Rimmel, [[Agent Provocateur (lingerie)|Agent Provocateur]], [[Virgin Mobile]], Calvin Klein and [[Burberry]]. Moss designed a collection, with Katy England, for [[Topshop]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/clothing/b--Kate-Moss-Confirmed-For-TopShop-141.html |title=Kate Moss Confirmed for TopShop |date=20 September 2006 |accessdate=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }}</ref> Moss launched a [[fragrance]] and body lotion range bearing her name in association with [[Coty, Inc.|Coty]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/beauty/b--Kate-Moss-Fragrance-on-the-Horizon-182.html |title=Kate Moss Fragrance on the Horizon |date=16 December 2006 |accessdate=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }}</ref>
In November 2006, Moss won the Model of the Year prize at the [[British Fashion Awards]], the top accolade in British fashion, but the award stirred fresh controversy.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Hadley |last=Freeman |title=Controversy as Moss wins fashion Oscar |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1938129,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=3 November 2006 |accessdate=17 April 2007 | location=London}}</ref>
In November 2006, Moss won the Model of the Year prize at the [[British Fashion Awards]], the top accolade in British fashion, but the award stirred fresh controversy.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Hadley |last=Freeman |title=Controversy as Moss wins fashion Oscar |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1938129,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=3 November 2006 |accessdate=17 April 2007 | location=London}}</ref>


===Fashion designing and later work===
===Fashion designing and later work===
On 1 May 2007, clothes designed by Moss for Topshop were launched in the chain's 225 UK stores. A Moss "countdown to launch" board filled a window of the company's [[Oxford Street]] store and on 30 April, Moss launched the clothing there, briefly appearing in the window modelling a red dress from the collection just before the shop was opened.<ref name="Topshop">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6610423.stm |title=Kate Moss range debuts across UK |accessdate=1 May 2007 |date=1 May 2007 |publisher=BBC News }}</ref> Topshop reportedly paid Moss £3&nbsp;million.<ref name="Topshop"/> The 50 designs included clothes, bags, shoes and belts, prices from £12 for a vest top to £150 for a cropped leather jacket. Clothes included [[skinny jeans]], one-shoulder [[minidress]]es and T-shirts with ''K'' woven into the design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |title=Analysis:Kate Moss for Topshop |publisher=UTalk Marketing |date=25 April 2007 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070429014203/http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |archivedate=29 April 2007 |accessdate=14 June 2010}}</ref> In a collaboration with Coty, Moss has released four fragrances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Perfumes|url=http://www.coty.com/brands/kate-moss|publisher=coty.com|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>
On 1 May 2007, clothes designed by Moss for Topshop were launched in the chain's 225 UK stores. A Moss "countdown to launch" board filled a window of the company's [[Oxford Street]] store and on 30 April Moss launched the clothing there, briefly appearing in the window modelling a red dress from the collection just before the shop opened.<ref name="Topshop">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6610423.stm |title=Kate Moss range debuts across UK |accessdate=1 May 2007 |date=1 May 2007 |publisher=BBC News }}</ref> Topshop reportedly paid Moss £3&nbsp;million.<ref name="Topshop"/> The 50 designs included clothes, bags, shoes and belts, prices from £12 for a vest top to £150 for a cropped leather jacket. Clothes included [[skinny jeans]], one-shoulder [[minidress]]es and T-shirts with ''K'' woven into the design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |title=Analysis:Kate Moss for Topshop |publisher=UTalk Marketing |date=25 April 2007 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070429014203/http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |archivedate=29 April 2007 |accessdate=14 June 2010}}</ref> In a collaboration with Coty, Moss has released four fragrances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Perfumes|url=http://www.coty.com/brands/kate-moss|publisher=coty.com|accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>


[[File:MarioTestino KateMoss.jpg|thumb|left|Moss with [[Mario Testino]] in 2007]]
[[File:MarioTestino KateMoss.jpg|thumb|left|Moss with [[Mario Testino]] in 2007]]

Revision as of 17:50, 23 December 2014

Not to be confused with Kate Mosse.

Kate Moss
Moss in 2005
Born (1974-01-16) 16 January 1974 (age 50)
Croydon, Greater London, England
Occupation(s)Model, fashion designer
Years active1988–present
SpouseJamie Hince (m. 2011)
Children1
Modelling information
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Hair colourBlonde (dyed)[1]
Eye colourHazel[1]
AgencyStorm Model Management
Marilyn Model Agency
IMG Models

Kate Moss (born 16 January 1974)[3] is an English model. Born in Croydon, Greater London, she was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City.

Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion. She had campaigns for designers including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Chanel and Rimmel. She received an award at the 2013 British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to fashion over 25 years.

Moss has had her own clothing ranhe and and involved in musical projects. She has won accolades for modelling. In 2007, TIME named her one of the world's 100 most influential people.[4] She has inspired cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of her, sculpted in 2008 for a British Museum exhibition.[5]

Moss's private life received media attention. She began dating Jefferson Hack in the early 2000s and they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack. She later dated musician Pete Doherty. She is married to Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills. She received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle and drug use. Drug allegations beginning in late 2005 led to her being dropped from fashion campaigns. She was cleared of charges and resumed modelling. In 2012, she came second on the Forbes top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2 million in one year.[6]

Early life

Moss was born in Croydon, Greater London[7] to Linda Rosina (Shepherd), a barmaid, and Peter Edward Moss, an airline employee, and grew up in the Addiscombe area of the borough.[8] She has a younger brother, Nick, and a half-sister named Lottie (Charlotte).[9][10] Moss's parents divorced when she was 13. She attended Ridgeway Primary School and Riddlesdown Collegiate, formerly known as Riddlesdown High School, in Purley.

Career

Beginnings and heroin chic

Moss during her "waif" period

Moss was discovered in 1988 at 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York,[11] after a holiday in the Bahamas. Corinne Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for The Face when she was 16, in a shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Day discovered Moss when she was a young and unknown and described the pictures as ‘dirty realism’ or ‘grunge’.[12] A further shoot followed for The Face, by Tony Briggs, entitled "Haute Coiffure",[13] Moss went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the models of the moment,[14] such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, who were known[14] for curvaceous and tall figures.

Moss ushered in heroin chic in 1993[15] (which prompted speculation over her weight) with a campaign for Calvin Klein. Bill Clinton spoke out against the trend.[16] Moss said, "It was just the time. It was a swing from more buxom girls like Cindy Crawford and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not anorexic'?"[17]

Controversy and return to prominence

Moss has had campaigns with Italian, French, American and British designers including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Rimmel,[18] and Bulgari. She has been in fashion spreads in most magazines including UK, US, and French Vogue (as well as other international versions of Vogue), Another Man, Vanity Fair, the Face, and W. She has been on the cover of British Vogue 30 times,[19] in addition to dozens of other international Vogue covers, and has been on the cover of 17 issues of W, including one with nine different covers that featured her. W names Moss its muse (September 2003 issue). She has worked with photographers such as Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, Steven Klein, Juergen Teller, Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh, and won the Vogue/CFDA award from the Fashion Designers of America in July 2005 as Fashion Inspiration.[14][20] April 2005 saw the launch of a Rimmel London mascara TV ad featuring leather-clad Moss motorcycling through London to the rock song "Another Cold Beer" by Steven Crayn.[14]

Twelve months after her cocaine scandal, Moss signed 18 contracts for autumn-winter 2006 including Rimmel, Agent Provocateur, Virgin Mobile, Calvin Klein and Burberry. Moss designed a collection, with Katy England, for Topshop.[21] Moss launched a fragrance and body lotion range bearing her name in association with Coty in 2007.[22] In November 2006, Moss won the Model of the Year prize at the British Fashion Awards, the top accolade in British fashion, but the award stirred fresh controversy.[23]

Fashion designing and later work

On 1 May 2007, clothes designed by Moss for Topshop were launched in the chain's 225 UK stores. A Moss "countdown to launch" board filled a window of the company's Oxford Street store and on 30 April Moss launched the clothing there, briefly appearing in the window modelling a red dress from the collection just before the shop opened.[24] Topshop reportedly paid Moss £3 million.[24] The 50 designs included clothes, bags, shoes and belts, prices from £12 for a vest top to £150 for a cropped leather jacket. Clothes included skinny jeans, one-shoulder minidresses and T-shirts with K woven into the design.[25] In a collaboration with Coty, Moss has released four fragrances.[26]

Moss with Mario Testino in 2007

In early 2010, she designed handbags for Longchamp.[27] In 2012, Moss modelled for the spring-summer collection for Supreme. Moss has been the face of the Mango since autumn 2011.[28][29] In November 2012, Australian model Miranda Kerr replaced Moss for spring/summer 2013.[30]

In January 2012, having seen Dutch illusionist Hans Klok on the BBC's The One Show, Moss recommended Stella McCartney book him for London Fashion Week show the following month.[31] It was planned that Moss, a magic fan, would be Klok's assistant, and she rehearsed three illusions, a levitation, a sawing in half and a guillotine illusion. However, she dropped out with temporary paralysis of her right arm due to a trapped nerve, and her place was taken by Alexa Chung.[31][32] Also in 2012, Moss appeared in the video of George Michael's White Light, inspired by his pneumonia.[33] Moss performed with Naomi Campbell in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012.[34]

Moss posed nude for the 60th-anniversary issue of Playboy in December 2013.[35] That same month, she received a Special Recognition award at the British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to fashion during her 25-year career.[36]

In February 2014, Moss collected David Bowie's Brit Award for Best British Male, while wearing a one-piece printed "woodland creatures" costume, as worn originally by Bowie.[37]

On 30 April 2014, Moss's second collection for Topshop was unveiled. Her first collection with Topshop was a success resulting in a long-lasting relationship with the brand. The new collection is inspired by Moss's own wardrobe and is being sold in 40 countries.[38]

Legacy

Moss was voted 9th of Maxim's "50 Sexiest Women of 1999" and 22nd in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women of 1995". Arena named her sexiest woman in its 150th issue. She was on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses".[39] In March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award.[40] In 2012 she was included on MODELS.com's 'The Supers' list.[41] Moss is represented by number one international modeling agency IMG Models.

Moss on the cover of the May 2000 UK edition of Vogue magazine, photographed by Sarah Morris

Moss has been the subject of portraits by artists such as Lucian Freud and Chuck Close. In 2005, a painting of Moss by Freud sold for £3.93 million at Christie's.[42] Close has taken daguerreotypes of Moss, which he has also translated into Jacquard tapestry.[43] In October 2010, she appeared on the cover of Bryan Ferry's album Olympia. A £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of Moss in 2008 was part of a British Museum exhibition.[5] Entitled Siren, the 50 kg (110 lb) hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described Moss as "the ideal beauty of the moment". The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt.[44] Quinn had previously unveiled a painted-bronze, life-size sculpture of Moss in a contorted yoga pose, titled Sphinx.[45]

The cello rock group Rasputina had a song entitled "Kate Moss" on their 1996 album Thanks for the Ether. It imagines Moss attempting to pontificate an intellectual platform in the context of epistemology. She has earned awards for style, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America's fashion influence award and a place on the Vanity Fair international best-dressed list.[46][47] In the early part of the 21st century, she was, together with actress Sienna Miller, one of the main proponents of boho-chic.[48] She appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's September 2006 style issue. In recent years, she has popularised denim cutoff shorts,[49] Ugg boots, ballet flats, Vivienne Westwood Pirate Boots, skinny jeans, waistcoat, Alexander McQueen's skull scarf, Louis Vuitton's Sprouse Leopard Cashmere Scarf, and the Balenciaga handbag.[50] In 2008, Moss was added to PETA's 'Worst-Dressed' Celebrities of 2008'[51] because of her frequent use of fur.

Other ventures

Alan McGee, Kate Moss, and BP Fallon DJing at Death Disco NY in 2004

Moss appeared on Oasis singles "Don't Go Away" (1998) and "Fade Away" (1994), and on the Be Here Now album (1997), playing tambourine, Johnny Depp playing a guitar. She has appeared in music videos such as "Kowalski" by Primal Scream, "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" by the White Stripes, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John, "Sex with Strangers" by Marianne Faithfull, "Love Don't Bother Me" by Stage Dolls, "Delia's Gone" and "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash, and "Queenie Eye" by Paul McCartney.

She has also provided vocals for songs by Primal Scream (the 2003 version of "Some Velvet Morning"), Babyshambles ("La Belle et la Bête") and The Lemonheads ("You're a Dirty Robot"). Prior to breaking up with Pete Doherty, Moss co-wrote four songs on Babyshambles' second album Shotter's Nation—"You Talk", "French Dog Blues", "Baddie's Boogie", and "Deft Left Hand". In 1999, Moss played a non-musical role in the British screen comedy Blackadder: Back & Forth, appearing both as Maid Marian and as a fictional Queen of England "who looks good naked".[52] Director and writer Richard Curtis said in the making of the video, that they wanted "the best looking woman in England" to play the role.[53] In 2014, she made an acting cameo as herself in The Boy in the Dress.[54]

Moss has put her name to four perfume lines. Her first one, the original, is named "Kate Moss". Other perfumes include Vintage Muse, Lila Belle and Love Blossoms.[55]

Philanthropy

She supported War Child.[56] Moss also designed a charm in a necklace for Wallis in 2007 in aid of Cancer Research UK and said "I am happy to give my support to help fund crucial research, as so many lives are affected by this terrible disease".[57]

She has also helped to launch the SamandRuby charity in March 2006. The charity was started to provide funding for the education and shelter of Thai children. The SamandRuby organisation is named after a friend of Moss's, Samantha Archer Fayet, and her 6-month-old daughter Ruby Rose who were killed by the tsunami while visiting Thailand.[58]

Moss also supports the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Hoping Foundation, the Lucie Blackman Trust, Make Poverty History, Comic Relief and Homes of Hope.[59] On 22 November 2006, Moss recorded an appearance in a Little Britain sketch for Comic Relief at the Hammersmith Apollo as a character called Katie Pollard, sister of Vicky Pollard played by Matt Lucas.[60] Moss made a short film with Misery bear for the March 2011 Comic Relief event entitled "Misery Bear's Comic Relief Starring Kate Moss".[61]

Personal life

Kate Moss has a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack,[62][63] born in 2002, with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack, with whom she was in a relationship for a number of years in the early 2000s.[64] Moss had a relationship with former Libertines member Pete Doherty, first meeting him at her 31st birthday party in January 2005.[65] On 11 April 2007, Doherty announced Moss as his fiancée during one of his concerts in London, at which Moss also performed.[66][67] In July 2007, Moss and Doherty split.[68] Moss married Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills, on 1 July 2011 at St Peter's Church, Southrop in Gloucestershire; she wore a dress by John Galliano.[69]

According to Forbes, her 2004–2005 earnings were $5 million[70] and her 2005–2006 earnings were $8 million.[71] In 2007, with estimated earnings of $9 million, she was the second highest paid model in the world, behind Gisele Bündchen.[72] She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007, where she was estimated to be worth £45 million. She ranked as the 99th richest woman in Britain.[73] In the 2009 Rich List, she was ranked as the 1,348th richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £40 million.[74] In July 2007, when she had earned an estimated total of $9 million in the preceding 12 months, Forbes magazine named her second on the list of the World's 15 top-earning models list.[72]

Controversy

On 20 September 2005, the Swedish fashion retailer H&M dropped from its campaign of autumn clothes designed by Stella McCartney because of drug allegations. The contract was reportedly worth £4 million a year.[75] A day later, Chanel said it would not renew its contract with Moss, which was to expire that October, although its decision had nothing to do with the drug scandal. Burberry dropped Moss's campaign with them.[76] Moss apologised, though stopped short of admitting drug use.[77]

Moss appeared in ad campaigns for Dior.[14] She was on the cover of the November 2005 W and also inside in a multi-page fashion shoot. She was defended by designer Alexander McQueen, who, during his walk-out after a fashion show, wore a T-shirt saying "We love you Kate".[78] Artist Stella Vine also supported Moss, and paintings by Vine, painted during the scandal, were exhibited and reproduced in the press.[79]

On 5 January 2006, the Metropolitan Police asked Moss to return from the US to Britain to answer questions about the September 2005 cocaine scandal.[80] On 16 June 2006, British police dropped the charges for lack of evidence.[81] Ultimately, Moss was cleared of all charges and resumed her modelling career.[14]

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