Kate Moss turns 50: The rebellious fashion icon is celebrating a milestone birthday

Kate Moss turns 50
The rebellious fashion icon is celebrating a milestone birthday

In the 1990s, her rather androgynous look formed the antithesis to the feminine supermodel squad like Cindy Crawford (57), Claudia Schiffer (53) and Naomi Campbell (53). With a height of only 1.70 meters, she managed it Kate Moss is still an internationally famous top model: the British woman will be 50 years old on January 16, 2023. A look back at her life so far as a fashion icon, party girl and rebel in the fashion industry.

Kate Moss and her entry into the modeling business

“She was too short, had no makeup, jeans and a white T-shirt, nothing else, even her hair wasn’t perfect,” said Canadian model Irina Lazareanu once in an interview with the “FAZ” about the birthday child. She credits Kate Moss for her modeling career, as she suggested her for a Vogue photo shoot in 2005. The two women are not only connected by their careers, but also by a relationship with musician Pete Doherty. But more on that later.

Kate Moss’ beginnings as a model began at the tender age of 14: while on vacation with her father, she was discovered at New York airport by Sarah Doukas, founder of the modeling agency “Storm”. Even though she thought of herself as not being photogenic. In an interview with a “BBC” radio show She once explained: “When I told my mother that I had met a modeling agent who wanted to take me to London, she said, ‘Oh, I don’t think you’re very photogenic.'” Kate herself is also of this opinion: ” I definitely didn’t think I had what it took to be a model.”

But things turn out differently than expected: the student Katherine Ann Moss with bad grades turns into the internationally famous top model Kate Moss at turbo speed – and she becomes the most important representative of “heroin chic”.

This campaign for Calvin Klein made her famous

In 1993, as an 18-year-old, she advertised the Calvin Klein perfume Obsession, carefree, practically without make-up and incredibly thin. were created the famous portraits in the Virgin Islands – photographed by Kate’s then lover Mario Sorrenti. To this day, the campaigns for the fragrance are among Moss’ personal highlights, as she revealed to “Vogue”.: “Of all the campaigns that I have done exclusively with Calvin Klein for twelve years, these are my favorite. It’s a long time that I’ve been associated with the label. That’s when I realize what a loyal soul I am. “

Kate Moss and her men

Her relationships with men ensured that Kate Moss gained a reputation as a rebellious rock’n’roll model. From 1994 to 1998 she was in a relationship with actor Johnny Depp (60) and shared her passion for parties. Before she met her long-term on-off boyfriend Pete Doherty (44), she was briefly in a relationship with the publisher Jefferson Hack (52), with whom she has had their daughter Lila Grace Moss (21) since 2002.

Her later relationship and engagement with Doherty, who was not averse to drugs at the time, made numerous headlines – and also cost her a few jobs. During her partnership with the Babyshambles singer, she became Photographed snorting cocaine in 2005. Several of her advertising partners – including H&M and Burberry – then terminated her contracts.

In 2011, Moss fell in love with Jamie Hince (55), the guitarist of the band The Kills. After a short marriage, the two divorced in 2015. The Brit is still happy with her current partner Nikolai von Bismarck (37), who is 14 years younger than her.

After her top model career: What is Kate Moss doing today?

Kate Moss is now an agent herself and manages, among other things, her 21-year-old daughter Lila Grace Moss, who now also works successfully as a model. Her agency is represented on social media under the name Kate Moss Agency. There you will also find photo throwbacks from her long-standing modeling career, which prove why Kate Moss has been an absolute fashion icon and a fashion role model for so many decades. Happy Birthday!

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