Kate Moss' 50th birthday: the supermodel's 50 most iconic looks to date
Joe Bromley
·8-min read
You wouldn’t guess from looking but come Tuesday, January 16, Kate Moss will be celebrating her 50th birthday.
Yes, it’s been half a century since Mossy came into this world via Croydon, South London, in 1974. And to stick on Kate’s life in numbers: it has been 36 years since she was scouted on a plane from JFK and began her ascent to become model of a generation — 34 since she was photographed at 16-years-old by Corinne Day for her big break cover of The Face magazine, and 31 since she hit headlines wearing a see-through silver slip, black knickers and a pair of flip flops at at the Elite Model Agency party in 1993.
From the scandal of her first naked dress (which has long lived on, pinned to designer's moodboards) she has delivered countless memorable looks on and off of the glossy pages: from the spangly, sparkly Versace dresses worn next to Naomi Campbell — cigarettes in hand — in the nineties, to her collection of Voyage London velvet coats.
Her outings walking for, and partying with, a close set of fashion designer friends — including John Galliano, Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs, as well as those no longer with us, Lee Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood — have gone down in fashion history. So too have her off duty looks; notable mentions go to her muddied Glasto Hunter wellies in 2005, and the skinny-jeans-and-a-Balenciaga-city-bag get ups, a Primrose Hill right of passage during the noughties.
In recent years, black gowns and smart Saint Laurent blazers have become Moss’ ally, when she isn’t splashing her silver sequins at the Met Gala, or diving into the archive, as she did with the emerald satin vintage dress she wore to The Fashion Awards in 2018.
Importantly, five decades appear not to have faded her sense of humour: see, images of her screaming laughing with friends at Annabel’s in November 2022 during a bash for Diet Coke, where she is now creative director.
That night she wore a transparent shimmering dress from Turner Vintage. It was as good a look now as when she first pulled it off in ’93.
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