Kate Moss in Donna Karan Spring-Summer 2008 Ad Campaign
Kate Moss will star in Donna Karan’s Spring-Summer 2008 ad campaign. Donna Karan says she is thrilled to be working with Kate Moss, Vogue UK reports.
“She’s wild and sexy and somebody who has the energy to hang out in the streets, to dance! A woman who would have lived in that rawness but with a polish at the same time,” the designer said.
“The clothes don’t wear her, she wears the clothes.” The campaign - which has a flamboyant “Nueva York” theme - has already been shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot in Los Angeles. “We went cinematographic,” Karan confided to WWD. “We wanted to tell a story and we wanted somebody who had energy, passion, sophistication and cool. You put it all together and it says ‘Kate’.”
Kate Moss Tumbles Down Harper’s Bazaar’s Best Dressed Women in Britain 2007 List
Kate Moss got a triple slap in the face from Harper’s Bazaar fashion magazine, whose best dressed women in Britain 2007 list comes out Thursday.
Not only did the supermodel slide down the glossy monthly style bible’s rankings, but she was also beaten by two models linked to her ex-boyfriends and a starlet dubbed “the new Kate Moss”.
This year, Moss — who topped the 2004 list, came second in 2005 and third in 2006 — plunged to 10th.
She was deemed less fashionable than rocker Pete Doherty’s on-off lover, Romanian model Irina Lazareanu (ninth), and Belgian model Anouck Lepere (eighth) who is fiancee of Jefferson Hack, who himself is the father of Moss’s daughter.
Russian model Natalia Vodianova was ranked the best dressed woman of 2007, followed by British actress Thandie Newton and British model Agyness Deyn — who has been nicknamed “the new Kate Moss” by the British press.
Outside the top 10, Jemima Khan, ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer-turned- politician Imran Khan was ranked 12th; US singer Madonna came 15th and singer Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches was 17th.
British actresses Sienna Miller (18th), Keira Knightley (21st), Rachel Weisz (22nd), Kate Winslet (23rd) and Emma Watson (24th) came further down the list.
The full list appears in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar.
Harper’s Bazaar best dressed women of 2007:
- Natalia Vodianova (model)
- Thandie Newton (actress)
- Agyness Deyn (model)
- Helen Mirren (actress)
- Lily Allen (singer)
- Emily Blunt (actress)
- J. K. Rowling (authoress)
- Anouck Lepere (model)
- Irina Lazareanu (model)
- Kate Moss (model)
Kate Moss: New, Third Set of Designs
While Kate Moss’ collections for TopShop may no longer be drawing as much of a crazy and screaming hoard of thousands (including people waiting in line for 8 hours), the third set of her designs arrives at TopShop tomorrow and is certainly worthy of a look. Departing from the pretty-girl, vintage look of her other two previous collections, this third one has more of a kick or bite to it.
Influences such as punk- and seventies-style tailoring combine together for a more sophisticated and structured style; there are knit tank-tops, wool dresses with stud-embellished necklines, pirate blouses with ties, leather biker jackets. In other words, there is plenty for those of us who still want that to be able to sport that supermodel style as winter approaches.
Debut of Kate Moss’ New Clothing Line at Top Shop
Here is a new article from today’s LATimes on Kate Moss’ clothing line launch.
A lot like Kate Moss: The inspiration for the model’s much-awaited cheap-chic line clearly is her own closet.
By Melissa Magsaysay, Times Staff Writer
UNLIKE the closets of most style celebrities, Kate Moss’ coveted wardrobe is not about her turn on the red carpet or her image peering out from the cover of almost every fashion magazine. For Moss it’s those moments in between all the glamour that are indeed her most glamorous ones.
From paparazzi snaps of her early days in quirky baby blue Adidas shell toes with tube socks to her recent fling with beaded Versace mini-dresses and Manolos, she has fascinated both the fashion industry and the style obsessed. She’s been a muse to designers including Alexander McQueen and Christopher Bailey at Burberry, photographer Mario Testino and endless wannabes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Now, with enormous fanfare, Moss is releasing her own collection of clothing and accessories. With her kind of fashion clout, it could easily have been priced into the stratosphere, but instead Moss is collaborating with the British cheap-chic chain Top Shop. Once again, Moss is right in the moment. Cash or credit? Kate chose cash.
The collection ranges from $20 for a cotton racer-back tank to $278 for a one-shoulder pleated dress. It went on sale last Tuesday at Top Shop in London (where shoppers are limited to five Moss items each). It hits the U.S. on Wednesday. Barneys New York, Barneys Co-Ops and Barneys.com will carry a pared-down selection without the accessory line. The boutique Opening Ceremony in Los Angeles and New York will carry what co-owner Humberto Leon calls “a good selection of the line,” about 50 styles in all, plus bags, scarves and shoes. Leon says that his store is getting at least 20 calls daily from eager customers who want “any information on it they can.”
The full line will also be on sale starting Wednesday at http://www.topshop.com (assuming the Brits haven’t completely wiped out the stock by then).
Moss’ inspiration is clearly her own closet, and why not? Some of her most memorable (and notorious) moments are captured in the collection. There are skinny red jeans ($115), which are playfully reminiscent of the ones she wore in a huff, walking out of the hotel room she and Johnny Depp had just trashed. The denim hot pants ($102) are a lot like the ones she wore with lace-up suede moccasins while swigging beer from a plastic cup at the Glastonbury music festival in England with current beau Pete Doherty.
The collection channels her brilliant ability to do “high-low” with an injection of devil-may-care attitude. It’s equal parts ingenue, vintage queen and lead groupie, shown best in striped sailor front hot pants, a black mini-dress with rectangular cutouts above the chest, and a midriff-baring lace-up vest. If you’re not into showing so much skin, there are more conservative pieces such as striped gray trousers, a sweet ’40s-inspired floral dress and a replica of a canary yellow one-shoulder vintage dress Moss wore to a recent magazine party, this time done in a crisp white Swiss dot.
The accessories range from clutches to boots to sandals — all with her stamp of style. Red lace-up gladiator sandals and knee-high moccasin boots have a ’70s flair, and a gold sequined scarf certainly channels your inner wild child.
Or at least the fantasy of having your own life of jet-set days and debauched nights. And maybe that’s what everyone’s really lining up for: the hope that by wearing “her” clothes, we might gain the confidence to dance on a table or shrug off the paparazzi just like Kate does, with grace and, of course, style.
melissa.magsaysay + AT + latimes.com
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