Kate Moss is back for CK
Kate Moss was discovered in New York at the aged 14 by Storm Models founder Sarah Doukas in 1988.
Her look contrasted with the ideal of Amazonian beauty of the 1980s broke the mould. A fresh-faced black-and-white shoot by Corinne Day for The Face magazine in 1990 went on to shape the grunge aesthetic of the decade, with a teenage Moss as its poster girl.
Kate Moss to get special recognition at British fashion awards. She was honoured at industry ceremony on Monday for her 25-year career and status as style icon for young women, special recognition award at the British fashion awards 2013.
Moss, receive in recognition of her 25-year career as a model, as well as her status as a style icon for young women.
So far she returned for Calvin Klein is a moment of true 90s nostalgia.
Her appearance in the new Calvin Klein adverts, alongside a frow-worthy line up that includes Bella Hadid, Grace Coddington and Frank Ocean, sees her proclaiming: “I look back in #mycalvins.” In the context of CK, Kate getting nostalgic about her Calvin Klein underwear seems highly appropriate.
Calvin Klein’s proto gender neutral idea of “ambisexuality”. With her androgynous look, she became his visual muse, since 1994.
“She has this childlike, woman like thing that I haven’t seen in a long time,” Klein said at the time. “It’s a new kind of beauty.” In 2016, it’s an iconic beauty that makes a welcome return to the Calvin Klein home.
