P.anti-model rhyme of history, an absolute icon of the grunge era, Kate Moss today he turns 48. Always a pioneer of modern canons and sublime definitely cool trendsetters, over the decades she has created a series of simply memorable outfits.
Kate Moss, the quintessence of cool minimalism
Kate Moss was born on January 16, 1974 in the London suburb of Croydon. Her career began at the age of 14, when she was noticed by a talent scout at the airport on her return from a vacation in the Bahamas. “Only” 170 cm tall, angular body, face with fairytale features. AND’ the quintessence of new contemporary beauty.
Among the great protagonists of the fashion system of those years, depopulated everywhere starting from cult magazine like the British The Face, where it practically becomes at home. Among the covers of Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Alexander McQueen and the Blur, she appears and reappears. Very young e light years away from the sculptural physicists of supermodels better known as Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, she is nevertheless perfectly at ease.
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Present on all the most important catwalks of the 90s, he became a world celebrity with the “Obsession” perfume campaign by Calvin Klein taken by Mario Sorrenti, her fiancé at the time. Become the muse of mythological photographers like Herb Ritts And Steven Meisel, but they are not always roses and flowers. The frenzy of life on the set is difficult to bear for a teen ager, who is often criticized for hers excessive thinness.
Kate Moss at the 1995 CFDA in John Galliano. (photo Getty Images)
Fame increases with the sieges of the gods paparazzi attracted by history with the haunted rising star of Hollywood Johnny Depp. Connected, among other things, to one of the most curious facts concerning her:
- In January 1995, for her 21st birthday, Johnny Depp gives her one slip dress by John Galliano. She recognizes herself so much in that dress that she will always carry it with her during her travels for many years, becoming the absolute queen of the slip dress.
- In 2002, when many of her colleagues are at the end of their careers, she is now a global pop icon. And the famous painter Lucian Freud (who also portrayed Queen Elizabeth) paints her in his picture while she is pregnant with her daughter Lila Grace.
- For the same reason, it also transcends fashion as the protagonist of several video-clips of super stars of music, from Elton John to Marianne Faithfull to the White Stripes.
The outsider style always ahead of its time
Like Sienna Miller, she is one of the earliest and greatest performers of music festival subtends. Big fan of Patti Smith And Anita Pallenberg, is the queen of the Glastonbury style in the first decade of the 2000s. Where she elevates muddy fields to glam catwalks with her outfits based on men’s vests, boho belts, micro-shorts And rubber rainproof galoshes.
Somerset, June 24, 2005. Kate Moss at the Glastonbury Music Festival. (photo Getty Images)
The best, however, comes as always on the important occasions in which it manages to be who is there never banal. How to get married with Jamie Hince in 2012, gorgeous vintage-inspired bride with the dress and the veil embroidered with very delicate rhinestones John Galliano. But her looks are also memorable Met Gala, where it ranges from the minidress / sculpture of Saint Laurent to silver space-glam dresses by Marc Jacobs.
Paris, October 2nd 2021. Kate Moss at the “Seventy One Gin” during Paris Fashion Week. (photo Getty Images)
Love for details silver plated and the bohemian shades it still resists today, as you can see from the fashion shows homme last summer in which he was in the front row with masculine but silky looks. Until the last Paris Fashion Week, in which he presented his collaboration with the high jewelery brand Messika. Spotted in a sparkling slip dress under the plush-effect pea coat and with strappy sandals, even in her latest looks she emanates grace and elegance. With a pose that is very difficult to imitate: the most absolute ease.
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