Kate Moss
Katherine Moss (born 16 January 1974), better known as Kate Moss, is an English model.
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| Born | 16 January 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Model, fashion designer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Lottie Moss (half-sister) |
| Modelling information | |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[5] |
| Hair colour | Blonde (dyed) |
| Eye colour | Hazel |
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| Website | www |
Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s. She is known for her waifish figure, and her role in size zero fashion. She is also famous for her controversial private life, high-profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. In 2007, she came 2nd on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9 million in one year.[7] Aside from modelling, Moss has started several ventures, including her own clothing line and various musical projects.
Career
changeShe was found at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukes of the Storm Modeling Agency in 1988 while in an airport. Moss' career began when Corinne Day shot black and white photographs of her for British magazine The Face, in a photo shoot titled "The Third Summer of Love".
Moss starred in a series of Calvin Klein in the 1990s, spurring a period of waify "heroin chic" in the modelling world. She was photographed with a blank face, as if affected by drugs or exhausted.
Moss charmed the fashion industry and has modelled for such elite houses including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Chanel, Missoni and Dior.
Charity work
changeMoss has been a supporter of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity, and in the 1990s featured in one of their target T-shirt campaigns. She also supported War Child. 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".[8]
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. Moss also supports the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Hoping Foundation, the Lucie Blackman Trust, Make Poverty History, Comic Relief and Homes of Hope which her close friend Sadie Frost also supports.[9]
Problems
changeMoss checked herself into a psychiatric centre in 1998, claiming she was suffering from "exhaustion." She was suffering from depression over her separation from longtime boyfriend, actor Johnny Depp who was with her from 1994 to 1998.
Drug abuse
changeOn 15 September 2005, photos were shown in newspapers that seemed to show Moss snorting several lines of cocaine. Moss lost major modeling contracts with several international companies. She was able to continue her career after a detoxication and was on both the 2005 and 2006 list of Forbes The Celebrity 100.
- On 29 September 2002, Lila Grace, her daughter was born. The father is Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack.
References
change- ↑ Imogen Fox. "Kate Moss at 40: supermodel still turning heads after 25 years | Fashion". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ "Kate Moss". Vogue. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ "Kate Moss Pictures - Kate Moss Photos". Harpersbazaar.com. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ Bronwyn Barnes (16 January 2014). "It's Kate Moss' 40th birthday: 5 of the supermodel's memorable moments". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ "An intimate conversation with the supermodel success story of 1993: kate moss". i-D Magazine. 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Kate Moss - Model Profile - Photos & latest news". Models.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ Blakeley, Kiri (2007). "The world's top-earning models". Forbes. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ↑ Kate Moss and other celebs design charity necklace Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Kate Moss: Charity Work & Causes".