The world's shortest supermodel with one of the longest
careers in modeling. Kate Moss is known as the supermodel
that started the whole super thin look known as the
waif look in the 90's. She is one of the original most
recognized models in the world. She has lived a true
wild girl rock n roll life style and continues to have
a flavor of style and fashion unlike any other supermodel
in her over 25 years of modeling.
photo:
Solve Sundsbo
At just 5' 7" which is considered short for a female
in modeling, and a look that some would think wouldn't
be the typical face of a supermodel. Kate Moss has prove
to show that being different can be a good thing.
She was was born in Croydon, Surrey, England on January
16, 1974, and is known as the supermodel of England.
Kate
Moss got her start into the fashion in 1988, she and
her family 
were
in New York at the JFK airport on their way back from
a vacation in the Bahamas. While waiting in the airport
, at the young age of14, Kate caught the eye of of Sarah
Ducas of Storm Agency. Sarah notice Kate's original
look as something new for the modeling industry. Sarah
approached Kate about opportunities in a modeling career.
Moss
soon after went on to sign with such agencies as Storm
in London, Marilyn in Milan, and Woman in New York.
Her first modeling job was a cover shoot for the British
magazine The Face, in which she appeared topless
on the cover.
Since
then Kate has gone on to grace the covers of all the
top fashion magazines such as W, Allure, Harper's Bazaar,
Elle, V, and Vogue. Every year fashion magazines biggest
issues are the September issues and Moss shows she can
still land on the cover appearing on Vogue UK, Vogue
Russia, and W magazine this month.
Over
her career she has walked the run way for high fashion
designers such as Versace, Chanel, Calvin Klein, Stella
McCartney, Roberto Cavalli, and Donna Karan just to
a few.
While
most people can recognize Kate from her work in advertisements
for Dolce and Gabbana, Gianni Versace, Yves Saint Laurent,
Rimmel, and L'Oreal.
However,
it is her work for Calvin Klein that has made Kate the
famous supermodel that she is. She has been a mascot
to Calvin Klein for her countless memorizing ads and
television commercials for fragrances Obsession and
CK One. Her photo shoots in the 90's that she did with
Mark Walberg in their underwear are still till this
date some of the most memorable ad campaigns of all
time.
Kate
Moss sense of fashion has been like no other model over
the years. In
1995, she received the 'Fashion Personality of the Year'
award. That same year she received the Council of Fashion
Designers of America's fashion influence award 2005.
In
2007 a collection of clothes designed by Moss for the
brand TopShop
was launched across the UK in 225 stores. The line designed
by Moss is her own style, she created a look of what
she would wear. She wanted to put together her own influences,
clothes that you could move around in and have fun.
She said in a interview, "The thing is … I know
clothes. I just want a dress that fits and makes me
feel good and makes me feel pretty. I don’t really think
about the masses."
At the launch of her collection lines of people filled
the street at the company's flagship shop on Oxford
Street as Moss modeled in the shopping window wearing
a red dress from her collection moments before opening
the shops doors. The launch was a success in less than
five hours the store completely sold out. TopShop open
it's doors in New York recently with line of people
standing outside and very similar success.
Through
out the years Kate has had what some could say a life
more of a rock star more than a supermodel, partying,
dating famous people such as ex boyfriends Johnny Depp,
Jamie Hince, and going in rehab for drugs.
Kate
took a small break from modeling a few years back to
have her daughter. However, in her over 25 years of
modeling she has gathered so many awards along the way
such as her Vogue/VH1
Model of the Year Award in 1996 to the fashion movies
"Unzipped" and "Catwalk."
All of those
fashion accomplishments and that's not even including
her role in a few music videos such a
White stripes music video
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
and single vocals for songs by Primal Scream .
Kate
Moss started her career back in the day of supermodels
such and Cindy and Claudia that had curves. She was
criticized of rumors of anorexia for her extremely small
body waif look. Well now still modeling over 25 years
later she has started to show curves. Yet she still
continues to re-event her self just like fashion.
"
I am a woman now! It’s true. No, honestly, I’ve never
worn a bra in my life. Ever! It’s so awful, even my
friends are phoning me up and saying “Are you pregnant?”
And I’m like, “No! I just put on a couple of pounds,
and they went in the right place.” - Kate Moss
Kate
Moss, the shortest supermodel continue a very long and
creative career.
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