- 2005
Caught on Tape
The Daily Mirror runs a front-page shot of Moss, allegedly snorting cocaine in a London recording studio after a hidden video camera captures the images. The model immediately loses her contract with H&M. Designers Burberry, Chanel and H. Stern quickly follow suit, and Moss loses out on more than $4 million. Fellow model Naomi Campbell defends Moss in PEOPLE, saying the Mirror's article is "really like a vendetta." Meanwhile Moss issues a public apology just before heading to rehab.
And She's Back
After a stint at Arizona's Meadow clinic, Moss emerges ready to work again. "She needed a break," friend Tracey Emin tells Vanity Fair. "We all do – at times – need to stand back and look at our lives." Her first gig? A two-day Roberto Cavalli shoot in Ibiza, Spain. "Kate is back working and doing what she does best," the designer says to PEOPLE. A month later, Moss ditches boyfriend Pete Doherty and signs on as the face of Virgin Mobile, spoofing herself in an ad, saying, "Some contracts are worth keeping."
- 2006
Off the Hook
Moss learns that she will not be charged in relation to photos published of her allegedly snorting cocaine, due to insufficient evidence. Prosecutor Rene Barclay says to the Associated Press, "In the absence of any forensic evidence or direct eyewitness evidence about the substance in question, its precise nature could not be established."
Back Together
Moss reunites with Doherty, cuddling with him throughout the Rhythm Festival in England. The Babyshambles frontman soon gives an interview referring to Moss as his "missus." But by that very evening, Doherty is in jail on suspicion of drug possession. One month later, a judge says jail would be "counter-productive" to Doherty's recovery, and the singer heads to rehab. Moss stands by her man.
Hotter Than Ever
No one can say Moss' career was permanently hurt by the Daily Mirror incident. The model stars in more than 10 major campaigns for fall, including Burberry. "She's more in demand than ever," a pal tells PEOPLE.
Mr. Moss?
British tabloids say Moss and Doherty are engaged as the supermodel flaunts a massive diamond ring on her left hand. Reps for both decline to comment. By 2007, the pair calls it quits and Moss moves on with The Kills guitarist Jamie Hince.
- 2007
Topshop Takes Moss' Style to Masses
Moss gives British Vogue a sneak peek of her Topshop collection and dons one of her designs, a black lamé halter dress priced at $106, on its April cover. "I thought it should be a bit more edgy. Just because you're wearing a pretty dress, it doesn't have to be all pretty-pretty," Moss tells the magazine of her 80-piece line that launches in stores and online in May. The supermodel also reveals that her 4-year-old daughter Lila loves fashion. "She comes in at bedtime and says, 'Mummy, do you think this is a good look?' And then she has a fashion crisis."
Shaping the World
Moss is named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for having "the face that has never gone out of style." Time says that after nearly two decades in the fashion industry, "Moss remains, hip, really hip, a first responder in the advance guard of style…Her kind of prolonged cool takes not just hard work and great bones but also an infallible chic-tracking system."
- 2008
Kate & Jamie Engaged?
Numerous reports claim Moss and rocker beau Jamie Hince are engaged. But contrary to the hype, Moss' friend (and Jude Law's ex-wife) Sadie Frost tells PEOPLE, "I really have no idea. I don't know, people just make this stuff up anyways." Adding, "They are very, very happy." The couple have reportedly been dating since last summer, after Moss' split from Doherty.
Moss Talks Shop with Vogue
Moss, 34, appears on the cover of Vogue, discussing her latest role as a designer. "All that dressing up makes me say, 'What do I want to wear? What do I want to do with Topshop?'" she says. "It all kind of leads into the other things." As for her reputation as a bad girl, she says it's exaggerated, and prefers to concentrate on her role as mother to 5-year-old daughter Lila Rose. "I'm a mum. All the time. Every day," Moss says. "I put my daughter to bed."
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Mert and Marcus/AP; Julien Behal/Abaca; BURBERRY/TESTINO; Courtesy British Vogue; Splash News Online
- Name
- Kate Moss
- Birth Date
- January 16, 1974
- Birth Place
- Surrey, England
- Heart Monitor
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Jamie Hince, boyfriend (2007 to present)
Pete Doherty, ex-boyfriend (2005 to 2007)
Jefferson Hack, ex-boyfriend (2002 to 2003)
Antony Langdon, ex-boyfriend (1999)
Johnny Depp, ex-boyfriend (1994 to 1998, engaged)
Mario Sorrenti, ex-boyfriend (1992 to 1993)
