Since the ‘90s when started to be highlighted into the spotlight the role of the models on the stage and the cult of models personalities, no more considered just as mannequins but that lured the public eye for the way they interpreted wearing dresses and coutumiers communicative messages by their custom-tailored collections, Kate Moss icon of beauty cannot be left behind, being an outstanding example of what British fashion style means, bringing it to the world.
Emblem of
the skinny and slender size and a minimalistic fashion trend, she hark us back
to the concept of essentialism and to the core elements of the mannequin psychology
of donning outfits with a hint of simplicity and neutral, natural approach. Paradoxically,
talking about Miss Moss it’s not proper referring to a sort of anonymity and transparency
by the way she could distinguish herself and as the cold but straight charme
left an indelible mark on the international catwalks (New York, Paris, Milan…)she
threaded upon and on more of 300 glossy paper magazines, such as Vogue, Elle, Vanity
Fair, GQ, etc.
Symbol of a
candid austerity she painted of lightness the grey London skies, letting us
feel the slightness beyond the numbs, jumping out of rigorousness, the
strictness and narrow mentality by a genuine naivety on the street as well as
on the runaways. It’s extraordinary, in fact, her embodied interpretation of
mental and physical detachment from all what’s around her, in any case or
circumstances, riding the wave of the hustle and bustle and hitting hard the
ground of the showbiz industry she
managed with a next door girl, pure and simple smile that doesn’t forget a
strong spirit of sacrifice stretched to the bones and dedication. Her constant passion for
perfection pushes her to work hard on her body and mind, by practising several hours and hours a day sport activities and daily workout and to severely control diet and nutritional
intakes, embolding rationality upon greediness. Going beyond the harshness of
the critics all the stars can’t avoid to deal with, the accusation of inciting
teenagers to anorexic habits and demeneors and some sort of addiction as
smoking or making occasional use of cocaine to help her standing still, she has
demonstrated to fly high over the provocations of a world of information that
however has never hatred her , on the contrary has always adored her sense of self-
containment, gentleness and class, showing to simply enjoy life and to be an exceptional
partygoers and friendly mate of other models colleagues, as Linda Evangelista
and Naomi Campbell and to be very admired and exalted in her tininess by stylists
such as the casual and informal Calvin Klein. In his denim, minidresses and
cotton zero-kitsch embellishments and ornaments bringing to the four corners of
the globe his message of extreme essentiality and minimalism, bringing down any
secondary accessories and trinkets, reaching to an androginity standard, not
only by his often unisex collections but also by his perfumes such as One, Be, Eternity and Obsession, emphasizing the
characteristic vague gaze and big eyes of the model, that often give us the
impression to be lost in a kind of void, to have got that je ne sais quoi, that has always been that quid that brought her to be a step ahead than the other ones and
a powerful series of striked poses that remark her skinny simple look .By the
passing of times, after working for almost every fashion stylists such as Versace,
Gucci, Saint Laurent, Rimmel, Dolce e Gabbana,Missoni, Dior, Burberry and
Bulgari, she became the allure testimonial of a classy and over-refined Chanel,
adorned of threads of pearls and feathers, abandoning the old straight ‘90s image, jumping into the gold, showing off
thigh skimmed slipdresses, fluffy voiles and veiling stockings, bringing her
fresh breeze to the sophisticated French trend icon of traditional, classical
beauty. Snapped in the public as well as in her private life, very busy,
although her appearance of fragile grown up woman, she’s always demonstrated how
much though she’s always been in managing her business and her crowded and
fuzzy lifestyle, finding also the time for some but exceptional love affairs,
among which we remember celebrities as Johnny Depp, and Peter Doherty, Jamie
Hince that gave her a daughter, Lila Grace, and recently the German aristocrat
and photographer Count Nikolai von Bismark, always under a veil of moderation and
sobriety, keeping her private life far from nasty gossips and scandals.
Impressing
audience since her start-up times of Storm Model Agency in New York for her
reverse mode that swept away over sized, Mediterranean, plumpy or curveliness trends
of the previous years she enchanted everyone by her innocent feautures and sexy
lips other than by the grace of her gentle moves, that has given her the fame
of a seraphic, angelic, almost ethereal woman.
In her 40s,
far away from the times of super modeling, she’s made her debut as businesswoman,
by designing a special collection for the
British fashion company Topshop in London , named “Moss”, that mixes original
fringes and straps to essential core clothes and textures, other than bags,
belts and accessories and participated as an actress to the series “Absolutely
Fabolous” and as interpreter of beauty in the G. Michael video “White Lights”.
The simplicity
of her dresses aims to put in evidence the perfection of the body underneath
it, almost as a way to convey the message that more that what you wear it’s
important what there’s under the outfit, preferring to be rather than to have.
The dress is finalized to exalt the perfection or the main traits of the body,
so a fashion industry not focused on itself, in an over elaboration and
abundance of fabrics and materials, but on the woman silhouette.
Don’t let
us surprised how she has been capable to gather and welcome throughout the years so different fades of the
universal feminine appeal and lending her face to so different interpreters of womanhood. by a subtle,
delicate and slippery fascination and cliché.
