2024-01-16 07:49:23
Those freckles. The bow legs. The stubby tooth. Not to mention the 1.70 meters, which is far too small. Kate Moss never conformed to conventional beauty ideals – and this is probably one of her many secrets. Because right from the start, Kate Moss was much more than a model.
When she was discovered at the age of 14, her freshness and naturalness struck the fashion industry to its core. The delicate girl from South London, who laughed carefree into the camera, was a shocking antithesis to the hyper-styled supermodels of the eighties. Moss was not a perfectly formed mannequin, but a very unique being whose fragility always had something disturbing.
There were times when photographers portrayed her childlike figure so emaciated and gave her look so lost that it was said that she was propagating anorexia. She was photographed in see-through dresses, underwear that slipped, looking more child than woman.
Part of her style is to remain an enigma
But her style also includes remaining an enigma and rarely making any accusations. With “never complain, never explain” she follows the same motto as the royal family. You won’t find her on social media, where other celebrities correct their image. As “MeToo” swept through the entertainment and fashion industries, she remained silent. It was only when her former boyfriend Johnny Depp appeared in court that she broke her silence. He never mistreated her, Moss said. And the only photographers she has accused of transgression since then are dead.
In Great Britain, Kate Moss has long been considered a “national treasure,” immortalized in oil by Lucian Freud and revered by the entire country. However, she owes this status less to her talent in front of the camera and more to her “admirable commitment to every after-party,” as the Guardian writes. Belying her supposed fragility, Moss practically partied through the 1990s and 2000s. She once described her beauty routine (in English) as “three Cs and a V” – coffee, champagne, cigarettes and vodka.
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However, the wildest of all party girls has now calmed down. The celebration of her 50th birthday this Tuesday will be quieter than her 30th, which ended in an orgy under the motto “The Beautiful and the Damned”. Kate Moss has also bowed to the spirit of the times and now sells expensive products for a mindful lifestyle. The British are watching the transformation of their rock star icon into an allotment gardener with sadness. Even the conservative “Spectator” has diagnosed a “lack of cool girls” since she became sensible. Today “everything that is not perfect will be sorted out”.
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