Unsurprisingly, given the career she’s had, supermodel Kate Moss has some incredible designer pieces in her wardrobe. But she’s also lost one or two. The lemon-yellow vintage dress that inspired a bestselling piece from her Topshop collection? “I don’t know where that’s gone,” she reveals in her Life In Looks video. The simple white slip that was a 21st birthday present from John Galliano? “If anyone has it out there, please return it to me! It’s my favourite dress…”
Even so, Moss’s personal archive is brimming with unforgettable looks. “You’re supposed to see your knickers,” she explains of the tiny skirt she wore on Vivienne Westwood’s spring/summer 1994 runway (Miu Miu’s viral mini is modest by comparison), which hangs in her closet to this day, and prompted squeals of shock from her daughter, Lila. The supermodel also still owns the voluminous blue Westwood coat she spent her first big pay cheque on – “It took up so much room in the car that I had to sit on the floor… the coat had the seat!” – as well as the Union Jack blazer she wore on John Galliano’s spring/summer 1993 runway, which she recently dug out to attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
Moss also recalls shooting her first British Vogue cover – she was photographed for the March 1993 issue by Corinne Day – which she says is hanging on her wall at home. “When I had my first Vogue cover I thought, ‘Right I’ve made it, that’s it, I don’t have to do it anymore.’” Of course, she’s appeared on dozens more covers since, most recently the January 2021 issue. “Edward [Enninful, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief] calls me Kitty Kat, so I was giving a bit of that,” Moss says of her feline – and Versace-clad – appearance on the front of that issue.
From her Glastonbury wardrobe advice – “footwear is key” – to her favourite things (rollercoasters and vintage shopping), watch the Life in Looks film in full for more style insights and fashion memories from an industry great.
