Designer Wolfgang Joop has paid tribute to Kate Moss on her upcoming 50th birthday. She has shaped a new type of model.
“She didn’t have everything that the supermodels had before,” the 79-year-old told the German Press Agency. For example, she was too small. At the time, Kate Moss was the usual type of model, such as Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista “She was more of a grunge type.”
Unfortunately, his team missed out on hiring Moss for a shoot at the beginning of her career. “She still had brown hair and looked like a 70s teenager. And I was really excited about her photogenic face.” However, a well-known photographer advised against it at the time, citing Moss’ size.
“But there are hardly any that have lasted this long. She is simply an icon,” said Joop. She has retained her attitude, her charisma and her charm. At the beginning of her career, people were actually tired of all the supermodels, of the fuss and the loudness. Moss also has a new generation of Accompanied by photographers: “Mario Sorrenti, for example, who photographed her for the Calvin Klein perfume.”