It’s been almost three decades since a scrawny British teenager was plucked out of obscurity at JFK airport and propelled into the stratosphere as one of fashion’s most influential icons.
Kate Moss celebrates 40th birthday this week and in typical Mossy style, the model is keeping her lips sealed about her milestone celebrations.
Despite her age, the supermodel has no intention of slowing down. She is still signed on as the face of beauty brand Rimmel London, has hotly anticipated collaborations with Topshop due out soon and has just inked a deal to become a contributing fashion editor of British Vogue.
Not letting age get in her way, Kate last year posed nude for Playboy’s 60th Anniversary edition and the pictures would make models half her age green with envy.
While the the inner circle of ‘Moss’s Posse’ might not be letting us in on what the plans are in terms of a party, there has been wide speculation that the location of the bash will be Virgin tycoon, Richard Branson’s Necker Island.
Until the party pictures emerge we in the public are likely to remain in the dark, but until then let’s take the time to look back at 40 of Ms Moss’s biggest thrills and spills, because goodness knows there have been a few!
Supermodel Kate Moss gets set to celebrate the big 4-0!
Kate debuted on the March 1993 cover of British Vogue photographed by Corinne Day. She has since starred on 33 Vouge UK covers and is set to become the magazine’s contributing fashion editor.
Last year’s June Vogue UK featured Kate on the cover wearing Christopher Kane, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.
Vouge UK’s September 2012 Olympic issue featured Kate Moss in Alexander McQueen photographed by Nick Knight and styled by Vogue fashion director Lucinda Chambers.
Kate credits ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp with encouraging her to keep her private life private once she hit superstar status: “He told me ‘never complain, never explain’,” she wrote in her 2012 book, ‘Kate: The Kate Moss Book’.
Kate stumbles out of her 30th birthday wearing a midnight blue sequinned dress.
A fresh-faced Kate began her career after being scouted at an airport and her career took off from there.
Known for the ‘Heroin Chic’ movement in the 90’s Kate was often criticised for her thin frame.
Having known each other since their teens, Kate and fellow super model, Naomi Campbell remain firm friends.
Almost angelic, Kate models a design by Isaac Mizrahi.
In the early days Kate’s wild child behaviour was well documented. The Rolling Stone’s Keith Richards reportedly once described her as “a beautiful nutcase”.
Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss attend the De Beers/Versace ‘Diamonds are Forever’ celebration in 1999.
A young Kate photographed by Mario Testino.
Kate and Mario attend the Stella McCartney Special Presentation during London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2012.
Kate Moss with Calvin Klein and Christy Turlington. The British model was a CK favourite and fronted the brand for several major campaigns including her the famous underwear shoot with Michael Wahlberg.
Kate, along with Georgia May Jagger, is the face of Rimmel London.
A lot of Kate’s close friends and former lovers have been musicians. The model is a constant fixture at Glastonbury and her chic festival style always makes fashion headlines.
Kate’s hot pants/gumboots combo are now considered festival uniform for all female festival attendees.
Many were worried when Kate dated off-the-rails rock star Pete Doherty.
One of Kate’s most lucrative deals is her hot collaboration with retail giant Topshop.
It’s not common to see Ms Moss in colour but she does look lovely in this lemon number.
Kate welcomed daughter Lila Grace in 2002 with Dazed and Confused editor Jefferson Hack.
Kate Moss chats with US Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Kate Moss, as Katie Pollard, performs on stage at the ‘Little Britain’s Big Night’ charity gala performance in aid of Comic Relief at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2006.
Moss as a mannequin: Kate Moss for Topshop Launch at Topshop Oxford Circus in London 2007.
Kate shares a tender moment with good friend, Stella McCartney.
Kate arrive at London’s Ivy in July looking every bit the chic supermodel in this LBD.
Kate Moss and her mother Linda Moss attend Fran Cutler’s surprise birthday party in London in April.
Despite getting older Kate still likes to party and can still be seen stumbling out of London’s members-only clubs.
Backstage Kate cuddles friend and former Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs.
This past year Kate was appointed as the new face and body of beauty brand St Tropez.
Kate sits front row with Georgia May Jagger at the launch of the Longchamp London flagship store in London in September, 2013.
Kate Moss strolls the streets of London with hubby Jamie Hince.
While she’s not your average mum, Kate picks up daughter Lila from school under the prying eyes of the paparazzi.
Kate Moss poses ahead of the ‘Kate Moss The Collection’ auction which saw various artworks of the model go under the hammer at London’s Christie’s in September, 2013.
Kate Moss and musician Florence Welch attend the 2013 Alexander McQueen and Frieze Dinner.
Kate’s enviable street style seems to only gets better with age.
39-year-old Kate posed nude in Playboy’s 60th Anniversary addition. The supermodel, photographed by Mert and Marcus, helped create one of the magazines most iconic covers ever.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, the supermodel’s career seems stronger than ever and Ms Moss shows no signs of retirement, but then again, the woman is famous for keeping her mouth shut and her cards close to her chest.
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