Kate Moss#Cocaine scandal

Kate Moss was born on 16 January 1974{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/kate-moss-201298 | title = Kate Moss Biography | publisher = Biography.com (A&E Networks) | access-date = 17 September 2013|archive-date= 28 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210128203416/https://www.biography.com/personality/kate-moss|url-status=live}} in Croydon, Greater London,{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=kate&lastname=moss&eventyear=1974&eventyear_offset=0 |title=Results for England & Wales Births 1837–2006 |publisher=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=8 April 2013}} the daughter of Linda Rosina Moss (née Shepherd), a barmaid, and Peter Edward Moss, an airline employee, and raised in the Addiscombe and Sanderstead areas of the borough.Fred Vermorel, Kate Moss: Addicted to Love, Omnibus Press, 7 April 2010, p.4 She has a younger brother, Nick, and a half-sister named Lottie (Charlotte).{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2002/06/25/moss-bros-new-suit|title=Moss Bro's New Suit|work=Vogue|date=25 June 2002|access-date=18 April 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/kate-moss-13-year-old-sister-lottie-moss-model_n_1087047.html|title=Lottie Moss, Kate Moss' 13-Year-Old Half-Sister, Makes Modeling Debut|author=Jessica Misener|date=11 November 2011|work=HuffPost|access-date=18 April 2012}} Moss's parents divorced when she was 13. She attended Ridgeway Primary School and Riddlesdown High School (now Riddlesdown Collegiate) in Purley. She worked several local retail jobs in her early teens.{{cite web | url=https://www.spin.com/2020/11/kate-moss-1994-interview/ | title = America's Obsession: Our 1994 Kate Moss Interview| date = 29 November 2020}}

Moss was recruited as a model in 1988 at age 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Management, at JFK Airport in New York,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163221/kate-moss.html |title=Kate Moss |magazine=Marie Claire UK |access-date=28 May 2009 |archive-date=14 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514073554/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/celebrity/a-z/163221/kate-moss.html |url-status=dead }} after a holiday in The Bahamas. Corinne Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for The Face when she was 16, in a shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Moss was presented as a young unknown, and Day described the pictures as "dirty realism" or "grunge".{{cite journal |last=Hartley |first=John |author2=Ellie Rennie|title=About A Girl|journal=Journalism|date=November 2004|volume=5|issue=4|page=22|doi=10.1177/1464884904044205|s2cid=145319071 |doi-access=free}}

Moss then featured in the Levi's campaign 'Levi's for Girls',Levi's LS&CO. Unzipped Team [http://www.levistrauss.com/unzipped-blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-to-kate-moss-a-denim-icon/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221155245/http://www.levistrauss.com/unzipped-blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-to-kate-moss-a-denim-icon/|date=21 December 2016}}, levistrauss.com, 16 January 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2016. with great success, set up by The Design Corporation and again shot by Corinne Day. A further shoot followed for The Face, by Tony Briggs, entitled "Haute Coiffure",{{cite news| url=http://www.pinterest.com/pin/500392208569358985/ |title=Kate Moss The Face Magazine 1992|publisher=The Face|access-date=30 January 2014}} Moss went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s in contrast to the models of the moment, such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, who were known{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Biography |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kate-moss.html |work=Bio |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910092811/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kate-moss.html |archive-date=10 September 2012 }} for curvaceous and tall figures.

Moss featured in the fashion look heroin chic in 1996{{cite news | url=https://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmoss/katemoss/ | work=New York | title=Kate Moss | year=2012 | access-date=3 September 2012 | archive-date=26 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126024038/https://nymag.com/fashion/models/kmoss/katemoss/ | url-status=dead }} (which prompted speculation over her weight) with a campaign for Calvin Klein. Then-US President Bill Clinton spoke out against the trend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opioids.com/heroin/heroinchic.html|title=President Clinton on Heroin Chic|website=opioids.com}} Moss said, "It was just the time. It was a swing from more buxom girls like Cindy Crawford and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not anorexic'?"{{cite web |url=http://www.showstudio.com/projects/kte/kte_start2.html |title=In Camera Kate Moss |access-date=29 January 2007 |publisher=SHOWstudio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030318032950/http://www.showstudio.com/projects/kte/kte_start2.html |archive-date=18 March 2003}}

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On 20 September 2005, the Swedish fashion retailer H&M dropped her from its campaign of autumn clothes designed by Stella McCartney after pictures were published of Moss using cocaine.{{cite news |last1=Thorpe |first1=Vanessa |title=Kate Moss 'sick and angry' at being made a scapegoat for taking cocaine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/jul/24/kate-moss-desert-island-discs-cocaine-use-johnny-depp |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=The Observer |date=24 July 2022}} The contract was reportedly worth £4 million a year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKRbq2pbajuc&refer=uk |title=Kate Moss Ads Scrapped by H&M After Cocaine Pictures (Update1) |date=20 September 2005 |access-date=29 January 2007 |author=Britt, Chantal |publisher=Bloomberg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304081327/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive |archive-date=4 March 2010 }} A day later, Chanel said it would not renew its contract with Moss, which was to expire that October, although its decision had nothing to do with the drug scandal. Burberry dropped Moss's campaign with them.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23400399-details/Moss+doubles+her+money+after+%27Cocaine+Kate%27+scandal/article.do |title=Moss doubles her money after 'Cocaine Kate' scandal |date=14 June 2007 |work=London Evening Standard |location=London |access-date=23 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717071923/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23400399-details/Moss+doubles+her+money+after+'Cocaine+Kate'+scandal/article.do |archive-date=17 July 2007}} Moss apologised, though stopped short of admitting drug use.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/23/marketingandpr.advertising |title=Moss apology may limit damage to career |author=Busfield, Steve |date=23 September 2005 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=28 May 2009 }} In 2022, she commented "everybody I knew took drugs".

Moss appeared in ad campaigns for Dior. She was on the cover of the November 2005 W and also inside in a multi-page fashion shoot. She was defended by designer Alexander McQueen, who, during his walk-out after a fashion show, wore a T-shirt saying "We love you Kate".{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/catwalk-report/id,2910 |title=Alexander McQueen Ready-To-Wear – Catwalk report – Paris Spring/Summer 2006 |author=Morton, Camilla |date=7 October 2005 |work=Vogue |location=UK |access-date=28 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010050815/http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/catwalk-report/id%2C2910 |archive-date=10 October 2009 }} In March 2006, she appeared in the finale of his show The Widows of Culloden, as a life-sized illusion projected into a glass pyramid.{{Cite web |last=Bethune |first=Kate |date=2015 |title=Encyclopedia of Collections: The Widows of Culloden |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/rel/encyclopedia-of-collections-the-widows-of-culloden/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=The Museum of Savage Beauty |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum}}{{Cite book |last=Fox |first=Chloe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVhWCgAAQBAJ&q=Vogue+on:+Alexander+McQueen |title=Vogue on: Alexander McQueen |publisher=Quadrille Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-1849491136 |series=Vogue on Designers |pages=116 |oclc=828766756}} Artist Stella Vine also supported Moss, and paintings by Vine, painted during the scandal, were exhibited and reproduced in the press.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-11-25-moss-paintings_x.htm |title=Painting of Moss using drugs on display |author=Mingay, Jane |agency=Associated Press, London |date=25 November 2005 |access-date=30 January 2009 | work=USA Today}}

On 5 January 2006, the London Metropolitan Police asked Moss to return from the US to Britain to answer questions about the September 2005 cocaine scandal.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4582954.stm |title=Police urge Kate Moss to return |date=5 January 2006 |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=BBC News }} On 16 June 2006, British police dropped the charges for lack of evidence.{{cite web |url=http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/starTracks/view.bg?articleid=143986 |title=Prosecutors blow the case against Moss |date=16 June 2006 |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=Boston Herald |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102153830/http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/starTracks/view.bg?articleid=143986|archive-date=2 January 2007 }} Ultimately, Moss was cleared of all charges and resumed her modelling career. In 2015 Moss was escorted off an EasyJet flight by police after she became disruptive.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33043434|title=Kate Moss escorted off flight 'for being disruptive'|date=7 June 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=29 June 2017|location=UK|language=en-GB}}

Moss has been featured in ad campaigns with Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Versace, Balenciaga, Burberry, Stuart Weitzman, Rag & Bone, Alexander Wang, David Yurman, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Kerastase, Isabel Marant, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Alexander McQueen, Equipment, Rimmel,{{cite web |url=http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoaftxsc.html |title=Rimmel Advert featuring Kate Moss |date=20 November 2007 |access-date=20 November 2007 |publisher=Rimmel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123130923/http://www.kewego.co.uk/video/iLyROoaftxsc.html |archive-date=23 January 2008 |url-status=dead}} and Bulgari. She has been on the cover and in fashion spreads for most magazines including UK, US, and French Vogue (as well as other international versions of Vogue), Another Man, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, the Face, and W. She has been on the cover of British Vogue 30 times, shot the inaugural covers for both Russian Vogue with Amber Valletta and Japanese Vogue, in addition to dozens of other international Vogue covers.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/issue.aspx/Archive/Model,Kate%20Moss/Search,Model/ |title=Vogue Magazine Archive |access-date=28 May 2009 |work=Vogue |location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627081918/http://www.vogue.co.uk/magazine/issue.aspx/Archive/Model%2CKate%20Moss/Search%2CModel/ |archive-date=27 June 2009 }}

Moss has been on the cover of 17 issues of W, including one with nine different covers that featured her. W named Moss its muse (September 2003 issue). Moss has also featured on the inaugural covers of Numéro, Numéro Tokyo and Spanish L'Officiel. She has worked extensively with photographers such as Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, Steven Klein, Juergen Teller, Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh, and won the Vogue/CFDA award from the Fashion Designers of America in July 2005 as Fashion Inspiration.{{cite web|title=Kate Moss|url=http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Kate_Moss|work=Vogue|access-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010135029/http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/Kate_Moss|archive-date=10 October 2012|url-status=dead}}

April 2005 saw the launch of a Rimmel London mascara TV ad featuring leather-clad Moss motorcycling through London to the rock song "Another Cold Beer" by Steven Crayn.

Twelve months after her cocaine scandal, Moss signed 18 contracts for autumn-winter 2006 including Rimmel, Agent Provocateur, Virgin Mobile, Calvin Klein and Burberry. Moss designed a collection, with Katy England, for Topshop.{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/clothing/b--Kate-Moss-Confirmed-For-TopShop-141.html |title=Kate Moss Confirmed for TopShop |date=20 September 2006 |access-date=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }} Moss launched a fragrance and body lotion range bearing her name in association with Coty in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/beauty/b--Kate-Moss-Fragrance-on-the-Horizon-182.html |title=Kate Moss Fragrance on the Horizon |date=16 December 2006 |access-date=20 January 2010|publisher=Fashionising.com }}

In November 2006, Moss was model of the year at the British Fashion Awards, the top accolade in British fashion, but the award stirred fresh controversy.{{Cite news |first=Hadley |last=Freeman |title=Controversy as Moss wins fashion Oscar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1938129,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=3 November 2006 |access-date=17 April 2007 | location=London}}

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On 1 May 2007, clothes designed by Moss for Topshop were launched in the chain's 225 UK stores. A Moss "countdown to launch" board filled a window of the company's Oxford Street store and on 30 April Moss launched the clothing there, briefly appearing in the window modelling a red dress from the collection just before the shop opened.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6610423.stm |title=Kate Moss range debuts across UK |access-date=1 May 2007 |date=1 May 2007 |work=BBC News }} Topshop reportedly paid Moss £3 million. The 50 designs included clothes, bags, shoes and belts, prices from £12 for a vest top to £150 for a cropped leather jacket. Clothes included skinny jeans, one-shoulder minidresses and T-shirts with K woven into the design.{{cite web |url=http://utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |title=Analysis:Kate Moss for Topshop |publisher=UTalk Marketing |date=25 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429014203/http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=1843 |archive-date=29 April 2007 |access-date=14 June 2010}} In a collaboration with Coty, Moss has released four fragrances.{{cite web|title=Kate Moss Perfumes |url=http://www.coty.com/brands/kate-moss |publisher=coty.com |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019155411/http://www.coty.com/brands/kate-moss |archive-date=19 October 2012 }}

In early 2010, she designed handbags for Longchamp.{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/clothing/b--Kate-Moss-handbags-for-Longchamp-first-look-2831.html |title=Kate Moss handbags for Longchamp: first look |access-date=20 January 2010 |last=Dykes |first=Daniel P |date=19 January 2010 |publisher=Fashionising.com}}

In 2012, Moss modelled for the spring-summer collection for Supreme.

Moss has represented Mango since 2011.{{cite news| url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9464380/Kate-Mosss-Mango-hat-trick.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Olivia | last=Bergin | title=Olympics 2012 fashion | date=9 August 2012}} In November 2012, Australian model Miranda Kerr replaced Moss for spring/summer 2013.{{cite web|title=Miranda Kerr takes over as Mango rep|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=819430|publisher=Sky News|access-date=24 November 2012}}

In January 2012, having seen Dutch illusionist Hans Klok on the BBC's The One Show, Moss recommended Stella McCartney book him for London Fashion Week the following month.Interview with Hans Klok, LIVE with Gabby, Channel 5, 22 March 2012. It was planned that Moss, a magic fan, would be Klok's assistant, and she rehearsed three illusions, a levitation, a sawing in half and a guillotine illusion. However, she dropped out with temporary paralysis of her right arm due to a trapped nerve, and her place was taken by Alexa Chung.{{cite web |url=http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2012/02/29/alexa-chung-kate-moss-stella-mccartney.htm |title=Kate Moss's Paralysed Arm Prevented Her From Performing at Stella McCartney's Party |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012}}

Also in 2012, Moss appeared in the video of George Michael's White Light, inspired by his pneumonia.{{cite news |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/videos/TMG9405142/Revealed-Kate-Moss-cameo-in-George-Michaels-White-Light-video.html |title=Revealed: Kate Moss' cameo in George Michael's White Light video |date=17 July 2012 |access-date=24 July 2012 |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Olivia |last=Bergin}}

Moss performed with Naomi Campbell in the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 12 August 2012.{{cite web|last=Sparks|first=Alannah|title=Supermodels Gild the Closing Ceremony|url=http://www.elleuk.com/star-style/news/supermodels-gild-the-closing-ceremony#image=1|work=Elle|date=12 August 2012|access-date=7 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024125628/http://www.elleuk.com/star-style/news/supermodels-gild-the-closing-ceremony#image=1|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=dead}}

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Moss posed nude for the 60th-anniversary issue of Playboy in December 2013.{{cite news|title=Kate Moss to get naked for Playboy's 60th anniversary|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-kate-moss-in-playboy-20130917,0,1156651.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 September 2013}} That same month, she received a Special Recognition award at the British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to fashion during her 25-year career.{{Cite news |first=Lauren|last=Milligan|title=Kate Moss To Receive British Fashion Award|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/11/27/kate-moss-british-fashion-awards---special-recognition|work=Vogue UK|date=29 November 2013 |access-date=2 December 2013}} At the 2014 Brit Awards in February, Moss collected David Bowie's Brit Award for Best British Male, while wearing a one-piece printed "woodland creatures" costume, as worn originally by Bowie.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a552615/kate-moss-collects-david-bowies-brit-award-in-ziggy-stardust-costume.html|title=Kate Moss collects David Bowie's Brit Award in Ziggy Stardust costume|first=Naomi|last=Gordon|website=Digital Spy|date=20 February 2014}} On 30 April 2014, Moss's second collection for Topshop was unveiled. Her first collection with Topshop resulted in a long-lasting relationship with the brand.{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/kate-moss-for-topshop-collection-exclusive|title=Exclusive Kate Moss For Topshop Preview|last=Kilcooley-O'Halloran|first=Scarlett|date=8 April 2014|website=Vogue|access-date=16 April 2018}}

In September 2016, Moss founded Kate Moss Agency (KMA). Her clients include Rita Ora, Jordan Barrett and Esmé Creed-Miles.{{citation|title=Kate Moss Agency|url=https://www.katemossagency.com|access-date=29 March 2022}}

Moss was voted 9th of Maxim{{'s}} "50 Sexiest Women of 1999" and 22nd in FHM{{'}}s "100 Sexiest Women of 1995". Arena named her sexiest woman in its 150th issue. She was on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses".{{cite web|url=http://www.sassybella.com/2007/04/vogues-worlds-next-top-models-cover/|title=Vogue's 'World's Next Top Models' cover|last=Lee|first=Helen|date=11 April 2007|publisher=SassyBella.com|access-date=18 April 2011}} In March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/awardswinners2007 |title=Awards – Winners 2007 |access-date=7 March 2007 |work=NME |location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311094014/http://www.nme.com/awardswinners2007 |archive-date=11 March 2007 }}

In 2012 she was included on MODELS.com's 'The Supers' list.{{cite web|url=http://models.com/rankings/ui/TheSupers |title=MODELS.com's The Supers |publisher=Models.com |access-date=8 April 2013}}

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While not officially confirmed by either, Noel Gallagher was speculated to have written the popular Oasis single "Sunday Morning Call" about her. The song reached number 4 in the UK and number 3 in Scotland.

Moss was the subject of an expressionist nude painting by artist Lucian Freud, who painted her in 2002 while she was pregnant. The work sold at Christie's in 2005 for £3.93 million.{{cite news |date=9 February 2005 |title=Kate Moss portrait fetches £3.9m |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4249177.stm |access-date=28 May 2009 |work=BBC News}} In 2007, Chuck Close created a portrait of her, translating daguerreotypes of Moss into Jacquard tapestry.[https://www.magnoliaeditions.com/artworks/kate/ "Chuck Close’s Kate tapestry depicts the model, designer, musician, and fashion icon Kate Moss."]. Retrieved 6 March 2022. In October 2010, she appeared on the cover of Bryan Ferry's album Olympia. The National Portrait Gallery, London maintains seven portraits of Moss among its collections, shot by photographers including Mario Testino, Corinne Day and Sølve Sundsbø.{{Cite news |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?search=sp&sText=kate%20moss|title=Portraits - Kate Moss|publisher=National Portrait Gallery London |access-date=12 September 2015}}

A £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of Moss in 2008 was part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled Siren, the {{convert|50|kg|lb|abbr=on}} hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn,{{cite web|title=Marc Quinn|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/museum_in_london/london_exhibition_archive/statuephilia/marc_quinn.aspx|publisher=British Museum|access-date=29 January 2015}} who described Moss 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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/kate.moss.gold/index.html |title=Kate Moss Statue 'largest since ancient Egypt' |publisher=CNN |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=28 August 2008}}

Quinn had previously made a painted-bronze, life-size sculpture of Moss in a contorted yoga pose, titled Sphinx.{{cite news |title= Model Moss cast in bronze statue|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4906004.stm|work=BBC News |date= 13 April 2006|access-date=28 August 2008}}

The cello rock group Rasputina had a song entitled "Kate Moss" on their 1996 album Thanks for the Ether.

Moss has earned awards for style, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America's fashion influence award and a place on the Vanity Fair international best-dressed list.{{cite web|url=http://www.999today.com/stylefashionandbeauty/news/story/2857.html |title=Kate Moss named top fashion icon |date=9 March 2006 |access-date=27 January 2007 |author=Gibbens, Nick |publisher=999 Today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010937/http://www.999today.com/stylefashionandbeauty/news/story/2857.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/kate-moss-appears-in-vanity-fair-as-best-dressed |title=Kate Moss Appears in Vanity Fair as 'Best-Dressed' |date=31 July 2006 |access-date=29 January 2007 |publisher=Fox News Channel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202181047/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C206438%2C00.html?sPage=fnc.foxlife%2Flifestyles |archive-date= 2 December 2007 }} In the early part of the 21st century, she was, together with actress Sienna Miller, one of the main proponents of boho-chic.{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Andy|title=What is bohemian?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12711181|access-date=7 October 2012|work=BBC News|date=11 March 2011}} She appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair{{'}}s September 2006 style issue. In recent years, she has popularised denim cutoff shorts,{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionising.com/trends/b--Celebrity-Trend-Denim-Mini-Shorts-104.html |title=Celebrity Trend: Denim Mini-Shorts |date=20 August 2006 |access-date=20 January 2010 |publisher=Fashionising.com }} Ugg boots and the Balenciaga handbag.{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/kate-moss-receives-fashion-icon-award-wbna8122266 | title=Kate Moss receives Fashion Icon award |date=21 June 2005 |access-date=29 January 2007 |publisher=Today.com }}

In 2008, Moss was added to PETA's 'Worst-Dressed' Celebrities of 2008'{{cite web |url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle-fashion/stylenews/moss-4540.html |title=Kate Moss is a 'Super Tramp' say Peta |date=21 February 2008 |publisher=Female First |access-date=28 May 2009}} because of her frequent use of fur. In 2012, Moss was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires.{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|work=The Guardian|date=5 October 2016}}

In 2013, the Belgian pop singer Stromae wrote Kate Moss into the lyrics of the song "Tous les mêmes", singing "il n'y a que Kate Moss qui est éternelle", translating into English as, "there's only Kate Moss who is eternal".{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Stromae-tous-les-memes-lyrics |title=Stromae – Tous les mêmes Lyrics | Genius Lyrics |publisher=Genius.com |access-date=9 July 2018}}

Moss was interviewed by Women's Wear Daily in 2009 and was quoted saying the phrase "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels", which she described as a "motto". She was heavily criticised for the phrase, being "accused of encouraging eating disorders". Moss later regretted saying it.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45522714|title=Kate Moss regrets 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' comment|date=14 September 2018|publisher=BBC}}

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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.

She has appeared in music videos such as "Kowalski" by Primal Scream, "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" by the White Stripes, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John, "Sex with Strangers" by Marianne Faithfull, "Love Don't Bother Me" by Stage Dolls, "Delia's Gone" and "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash, and "Queenie Eye" by Paul McCartney.

She has also provided vocals for songs by Primal Scream (the 2003 version of "Some Velvet Morning"), Babyshambles ("La Belle et la Bête") and the Lemonheads ("You're a Dirty Robot"). Prior to breaking up with Pete Doherty, Moss co-wrote four songs on Babyshambles' second album Shotter's Nation—"You Talk", "French Dog Blues", "Baddie's Boogie", and "Deft Left Hand".

In 1999, Moss played a non musical role in the British screen comedy Blackadder: Back & Forth, appearing both as Maid Marian and as a fictional Queen of England. Director and writer Richard Curtis said in the "making of" video that they wanted "the best looking woman in England" to play the role."Baldrick's Video Diary" 1994, Directed by Anthony Palmer, as featured in Blackadder The Ultimate Edition 2009, 16:23 In 2014, she made an acting cameo as herself in The Boy in the Dress.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11274738/Kate-Moss-stars-in-The-Boy-In-The-Dress-first-pictures.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11274738/Kate-Moss-stars-in-The-Boy-In-The-Dress-first-pictures.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Kate Moss stars in The Boy in the Dress: first pictures | date=5 December 2014 |newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=20 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}

Moss has put her name to four perfume lines. Her first one, the original, is named "Kate Moss". Other perfumes include Vintage Muse, Lila Belle and Love Blossoms.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140905185537/http://www.thelondonperfumecompany.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=kate+moss "Kate Moss perfumes"]. London Perfume Company. Retrieved 5 October 2016

A planned biopic film by James Lucas titled "Moss and Freud" about the creation of Freud's painting of Moss was announced in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2022-05-19 |title=Kate Moss, Lucian Freud Film Set by Oscar Winner James Lucas |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/kate-moss-lucian-freud-film-1235271586/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The film will feature Ellie Bamber as Kate Moss and Derek Jacobi as Lucian Freud.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2023-02-02 |title=Kate Moss Casts Ellie Bamber to Portray Her in 'Moss & Freud' Biopic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kate-moss-ellie-bamber-moss-and-freud-biopic-1235316099/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

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Moss supported War Child.{{cite web|title=What Did Kate Moss Play on Our Help Album?|url=http://www.warchild.org.uk/features/kate-moss-war-child-help-album|work=warchild.org.uk|access-date=7 October 2012}} She also designed a charm in a necklace for Wallis in 2007 in aid of Cancer Research UK and said "I am happy to give my support to help fund crucial research, as so many lives are affected by this terrible disease."{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140318033541/http://www.babybling.net/2007/kate-moss-scarlett-johansson-design-charms-for-wallis/]}}.

She has also helped to launch the SamandRuby charity in March 2006. The charity was started to provide funding for the education and shelter of Thai children. The SamandRuby organisation is named after a friend of Moss's, Samantha Archer Fayet, and her 6-month-old daughter Ruby Rose who were killed by the tsunami while visiting Thailand.{{cite news|last=Iggulden|first=Amy|title=Kate Moss helps tsunami charity|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533993/Kate-Moss-helps-tsunami-charity.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533993/Kate-Moss-helps-tsunami-charity.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=7 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=13 November 2006}}{{cbignore}}

Moss also supports the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Hoping Foundation, the Lucie Blackman Trust, Make Poverty History, Comic Relief and Homes of Hope.{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/154-kate-moss |title=Kate Moss's Charity Work |publisher=Looktothestars.org |access-date=9 July 2018}} On 22 November 2006, Moss recorded an appearance in a Little Britain sketch for Comic Relief at the Hammersmith Apollo as a character called Katie Pollard, sister of Vicky Pollard played by Matt Lucas.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6175608.stm |title=Model Moss joins Little Britain |date=23 November 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=4 June 2007}}

Moss made a short film with Misery Bear for the March 2011 Comic Relief event entitled "Misery Bear's Comic Relief Starring Kate Moss".{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Yr9QzOb-Q | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322154141/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Yr9QzOb-Q&feature=player_embedded| archive-date=22 March 2011 | url-status=dead|title=Misery Bear's Comic Relief Starring Kate Moss|website = YouTube|access-date=20 June 2011}}

In November 2014, Moss designed a Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty created by various celebrities which were located around London prior to the release of the film Paddington, with the statues auctioned to raise funds for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=25 November 2023 |work=Condé Nast}}{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Shaunna |title=Emma Watson Designed A Paddington Bear For Charity And It's Freaking Adorable |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107012511/http://www.mtv.com/news/1984950/emma-watson-paddington-bear/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2014 |date=3 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2023 |publisher=MTV}}

Moss was in a relationship with actor Johnny Depp between 1994 and 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/kate-moss-breakdown-and-johnny-depp-heartbreak-vanity-fair-interview|title=Kate Moss' Breakdown And Heartache|date=31 October 2012|access-date=1 January 2022|work=Vogue (UK)|first=Ella|last=Alexander|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520080255/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/kate-moss-breakdown-and-johnny-depp-heartbreak-vanity-fair-interview|url-status=live}} She has a daughter, Lila Moss (born Lila Grace Moss Hack, and who is also a model),{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-kate-moss-daughter-lila/|title=All About Kate Moss' Daughter Lila Moss|date=23 March 2023|author=Catherine Santino|work=People}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/diary-of-a-model-lila-moss|title=Lila Moss on Her Personal Style, Perfecting Her Runway Walk, and the One Thing She Can't Steal From Her Mother's Closet|date=22 March 2023|author=Irene Kim|work=Vogue}}Tennant, Laura. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20040321/ai_n12752940 "Living Review: Life Etc – What's in a name?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103201646/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20040321/ai_n12752940 |date= 3 November 2015 }} BNET Retrieved 28 January 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/jefferson-hack-having-a-kid-with-kate-moss-made-me-a-man-6569283.html|title=Jefferson Hack: Having a kid made me a man|date=21 February 2011|work=London Evening Standard |location=London|access-date=28 June 2012}} born in September 2002, with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack, with whom she was in a relationship for a number of years in the early 2000s.{{cite news|date=30 September 2002|title=Kate Moss gives birth to a girl|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1408715/Kate-Moss-gives-birth-to-a-girl.html|url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421082755/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1408715/Kate-Moss-gives-birth-to-a-girl.html|archive-date=21 April 2013|access-date=1 January 2022|url-access=limited}} She is godmother to Sadie Frost and Jude Law's daughter Iris Law.{{cite web|last1=Lawrence|first1=Vanessa|title=Jude Law and Sadie Frost's Teen Daughter Iris Law Is Just Starting to Figure Out This Modeling Thing|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/story/jude-law-and-sadie-frosts-teen-daughter-iris-law-is-just-starting-to-figure-out-this-modeling-thing|website=W|access-date=19 July 2017|date=24 October 2016}}

Moss had a relationship with Libertines member Pete Doherty, first meeting him at her 31st birthday party in January 2005.{{cite news | url = http://www.gigwise.com/news/3946/Babyshambles-Pete-Doherty-Scores-With-Kate-Moss |title=Babyshambles' Pete Doherty Scores With Kate Moss? |access-date=15 April 2007 |last=Williams |first=Lowri |date=18 January 2005 |work=Gigwise}} On 11 April 2007, Doherty announced Moss as his fiancée during one of his concerts in London, at which Moss also performed.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/04/15/do1509.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419174534/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2007%2F04%2F15%2Fdo1509.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2007 |title=Kate and Pete, babies and shambles |access-date=15 April 2007 |last=McCartney |first=Jenny |date=15 April 2007 |work=The Sunday Telegraph |location=London }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10434394 |title=Moss is now 'fiancee' |access-date=15 May 2007 |date=16 May 2007|work=The New Zealand Herald}} In July 2007, Moss and Doherty split.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2472166/Pete-Doherty-still-heartbroken-after-split-from-Kate-Moss.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2472166/Pete-Doherty-still-heartbroken-after-split-from-Kate-Moss.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Pete Doherty 'still heartbroken' after split from Kate Moss|date=30 July 2008|author=Jessica Salter|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=28 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Moss married Jamie Hince, guitarist of The Kills, on 1 July 2011 at St Peter's Church, Southrop in Gloucestershire; she wore a dress by John Galliano.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13991995|title=Kate Moss and Jamie Hince wedding shuts roads|date=1 July 2011|work=BBC News |access-date=1 July 2011}} Moss and Hince split in 2015 and settled their divorce out of court in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/kate-moss-and-nikoli-von-bismarck-split-a-week-after-her-divorce-from-jamie-hince-is-finalised-a3370651.html |title=Kate Moss and Nikoli von Bismarck 'split' a week after her divorce from Jamie Hince is finalised | London Evening Standard |work=The Standard|date=17 October 2016 |access-date=9 July 2018}} She has since been in a relationship with British photographer Count Nikolai von Bismarck of the German aristocratic family.{{Cite web |date=9 November 2020 |first=Kaitlyn |last=Frey |title=Kate Moss Says Boyfriend Nikolai von Bismarck Gave Her a Diamond Ring for Her 'Empty' Finger |url=https://people.com/style/kate-moss-boyfriend-nikolai-von-bismarck-bought-her-diamond-ring/ |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=people.com |language=en}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/living-kate-moss-relationships-love |title=A Look Back at Kate Moss's Greatest Loves |magazine=Vogue |date=2 June 2016 |access-date=9 July 2018}}{{cite magazine|last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |url=http://www.vogue.com/article/kate-moss-louis-vuitton-menswear-pajamas |title=Kate Moss Is the First to Rock Louis Vuitton Pajamas at the Paris Menswear Shows |magazine=Vogue |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=9 July 2018}}{{cite web|last=Bayley |first=Leanne |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/kate-moss-divorce-with-jamie-hince |title=Kate Moss Divorce With Jamie Hince: Settlement & New Boyfriend | Glamour UK |publisher=Glamourmagazine.co.uk |date=3 October 2016 |access-date=9 July 2018}}

In 2011, Moss bought 3, The Grove, Highgate, as her London home, selling it in 2022 to relocate to the Cotswolds.{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/19758707.kate-moss-quits-london-life-cotswolds/|first=Miranda|last=Norris|title=Kate Moss quits London for life in the Cotswolds|publisher=Oxford Mail|date=3 December 2021}}

According to Forbes, her 2004–2005 earnings were $5 million{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/BMGU.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619001946/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/53/BMGU.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 June 2005 |title=Kate Moss |year=2005 |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=Forbes }} and her 2005–2006 earnings were $8 million.{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/BMGU.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622224938/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/53/BMGU.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2006 |title=Kate Moss |year=2006 |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=Forbes }} In 2007, with estimated earnings of $9 million, Forbes magazine named her second on the list of the World's 15 top-earning models list.{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/07/19/models-media-bundchen-biz-media-cz_kb_0716topmodels.html |title=The World's Top-Earning Models |last=Blakeley|first=Kiri |date=16 July 2007 |work=Forbes |access-date=28 May 2009}} She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007, where she was estimated to be worth £45 million. She ranked as the 99th richest woman in Britain.{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,48301,00.html |title=Sunday Times – Rich List: Kate Moss |year=2007 |work=The Sunday Times |location=UK |access-date=28 May 2009 |first=David |last=Byers}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In the 2009 Rich List, she was ranked as the 1,348th richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £40 million.{{Cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6154403.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611232109/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_2009/article6154403.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 June 2011 |title=Rich List 2009: Kate Moss |date=23 April 2009 |work=The Sunday Times |location=UK |access-date=28 May 2009}}

Moss is sober.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/news/celebrities-who-dont-drink/image-gallery/87bb43c29d247d1ac5a73932cdb2dab3 |title= Sober thoughts: 18 celebrities who don't drink |website= Vogue Australia |date= 31 January 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/jul/24/kate-moss-desert-island-discs-cocaine-use-johnny-depp |title= Kate Moss 'sick and angry' at being made a scapegoat for taking cocaine |website= The Guardian |date= 24 July 2022}}

In 2012, Rizzoli Publications released, Kate: The Kate Moss Book. written by Moss in collaboration with creative director Jefferson Hack, Fabien Baron, and Jess Hallett. The book is a personal retrospective of her career, tracing her evolution from "new girl with potential" to one of the most iconic models of all time.

Kate: The Kate Moss Book includes photography by Arthur Elgort, Corinne Day, Craig McDean, David Sims, Hedi Slimane, Inez & Vinoodh, Juergen Teller, Mario Sorrenti, Mario Testino, Mert & Marcus, Nick Knight, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Roxanne Lowit, Steven Klein, Terry Richardson and others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847837908/|title=Book|first1=Jefferson|last1=Hack|first2=Fabien|last2=Baron|first3=Jess|last3=Hallett|website=Rizzoli New York}}

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• {{cite journal |author=Fox, James |author-link=James Fox (journalist) |date=December 2012 |title=The riddle of Kate Moss |department=Cover Story |journal=Vanity Fair |volume=628 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/12/kate-moss-naked-emotions |access-date=2 October 2015}}
• {{cite book |last=Kendall |first=Katherine |title=Kate Moss: Model of Imperfection |location=New York |publisher=Penguin Group |year=2005 |isbn=1-59609-033-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/katemossmodelofi0000kend }}
• {{cite book|last=Vermorel |first=Fred |title=Addicted to Love: Kate Moss |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781846097553 |edition=2nd |year=2007}}

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