Kate Moss: A Fashion Icon

At 14 years old, Moss was spotted while waiting for aonly succeeded in boosting Moss's career.
flight at JFK airport in New York. The CroydonA Glittering CareerOver her long career, Moss has
schoolgirl who disliked her studies and once admittedgraced most of the major catwalks for designers
that she thought she "might've been a bank manager"such as Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Dior,
would become one of the world's most famous facesVersace, Chanel, Gucci, Robert Cavalli, Stella
and it's now almost impossible to imagine the BritishMcCartney, Missoni and John Galliano. In recent years,
fashion industry without her.she has chosen to grace the catwalk less and prefers
Her Rise and RiseAt just 15, she was cast in Johnto concentrate on lucrative advertising campaigns and
Galliano's show as Lolita, which would be her debutmagazine shoots. She is the face of Rimmel
catwalk appearance. She followed this by becomingcosmetics and has previously fronted Calvin Klein's
the face of Calvin Klein, appearing nude for Obsessioncampaigns, Burberry, Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle
and fronting an underwear campaign with "Marky"fragrance and many more. She has also appeared on
Mark Wahlberg. Soon after, she made her debutover 300 magazine covers, including W, Vogue, The
appearance in British Vogue and her first coverFace and Vanity Fair.
followed two months later.Unlucky in Love Moss's colourful romantic life is as well
Heroin Chic When Kate Moss appeared, supermodelsdocumented as her modelling career. She has dated
such as Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and ClaudiaBilly Zane, Leonardo DiCaprio, Evan Dando, Jake
Schiffer were known for their statuesque andChapman, Jesse Wood and most famously, Johnny
curvaceous figures. However, Moss's skinny frameDepp and Dazed and Confused editor, Jefferson
was completely different, leading her to be labelled asHack. Moss had a child, Lila Grace by Hack in 2002,
an 'anti-supermodel' and launching a new look widelybefore the couple split two years later. Since then,
regarded as 'heroin chic'. This look was extremelyMoss has entertained a controversial on-off
controversial, as many people believed it encouragedrelationship with Pete Doherty, a British musician whose
drug use and eating disorders. However, this scandallife is plagued by drug problems.