The Invincible Kate
When you talk about fashion icon, hate it or love it, Kate Moss will always be one of the top one on the list. I have never really love Kate Moss for the fact that her image is just not something I admire - her sickly thin figure which looks like she has been on a drug/alcohol/cigarette diet, not a bit of warmth radiate from her body(persona) except her supposedly cool, unique and stylish way to dress in every occasion. So I never understood why she was on covers and covers of vogue magazines, loved by all the most prestigious designers, always on the pedestal in the fashion world.
And then of cause, like many highly successful supermodels or celebrities, there comes the downfall. The picture of her using drugs came out. Tabloids immediately went crazy and many questions arised - is this going to be the end of her career, is her personal life completely shattered? Is she going to be abandoned by sponsors, brands, designers...will she be forever kicked out of the fashion world??
I thought maybe, if this "Tragedy of Kate Moss" really happened, it will somedays be on E! The True Hollywood Story, showing the fashion icon's successes and downfalls. Or maybe something like the story of Gia Carangi - the supermodel who rosed to stardom in the early eighties, struggling with drug addicition which burned her career, then vanished in the ultimate tragic of dying from AIDS in her mid 20s.
But then, against the popular predictions and against the tragic path of supermodels' downfall, as Heidi Klum loves to say on her project runway show "...one day you're in, and next day, you're out." Right now, the cruelty of the fashion business seems to be giving not only a second chance to Kate, but they are going all out to boose her career to the highest point. When you see Alexandra McQueen came out of his runway show wearing the "We love you Kate" t-shirt, you know this is something different. All the sudden she is back with even more ads, magazine covers, and still on the top of Best-Dressed list on Vanity Fair... is this just a simple act of supporting a troubled friend, or has this became a notable cause of saving the image of fashion world?
Maybe, they are not saving Kate Moss, as SHE, is not just a person. SHE is a symbol, SHE is the best marketing tool for fashion that walks on the street. SHE is bigger than life. If there is no more Kate Moss, just who, could be her successor? Please don't tell me it's Sienna Miller. So that, might be the epipthany of "the welcome back for K Moss".
