Thursday 30 January 2014

Kate Moss - Her Modeling Success

Kate Moss is an English supermodel, born on January 16, 1974. Her mother, Linda Rosina (Shepherd), was a barmaid and her father, Peter Edward Moss, a travel agent.

Kate Moss was discovered in 1988 at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a holiday in the Bahamas.  Her career began when Corrine Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 16, in a photo shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Although she is relatively short for a supermodel, she is 5 feet 7 inches tall, she has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers. She then went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the "supermodels" of the moment, such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures.

Kate Moss appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's September 2006 style issue. In recent years, she has popularized denim cutoff shorts, ballet flats, Vivienne Westwood Pirate Boots, skinny jeans, Alexander's skull scarf, Louis Vuitton's Sprouse Leopard Cashmere Scarf, and the Balenciaga handbag. She has had campaigns with major Italian, French, American, and British designers including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Rimmel, and Bulgari.
Kate Moss has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including UK, US, and French Vogue magazines (as well as other international versions of Vogue), Another Man, Vanity Fair, The Face, and W.  Kate Moss has appeared on the cover of British Vogue 30 times, in addition to dozens of other international Vogue covers, and has been featured on the cover of 17 issues of W, including one issue with nine different covers that featured the model.
In November 2006, Kate Moss won the Model of the Year prize at the British Fashion Awards. Moss appeared on Oasis singles "Don't Go Away" (1998) and "Fade Away" (1994), and on the Be Here Now album (1997), playing tambourine, Johnny Depp playing a guitar.

Men's magazine Arena named her as their Sexiest Woman in their 150th issue. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". In March 2007, Kate Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award. She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007.

In addition to being known for her modeling work, Kate Moss is also an international fashion icon. She has garnered many awards for her style, including the Council of Fashion Designers in America's fashion influence award and a place on the Vanity Fair international best-dressed list. In the early part of the 21st century, she was, together with actress Sienna Miller, one of the main proponents of boho-chic.
A gold statue was made of Kate Moss in 2008 as part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled Siren, the 50 kg (110 lb) hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described her as "the ideal beauty of the moment". The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt.
There has been talk that Moss may soon go into designing clothes for her own label, which is sure to be a huge success. Her 14th and final collection for Topshop, based on her own wardrobe, went on sale in November 2010, delivering vintage floaty dresses, paisley prints and sequins in the hands of fans worldwide. Kate Moss is an amazing mix of rock chick and fashion icon is truly a legend in her own time.