Kate Moss is considered a bona fide Supermodel. She’s been a staple in modeling, in print and the catwalk for 20 years. But Kate, who has described the modeling business as “brain damaging”, has decided to call it quits when she turns 35 in January. But she doesn’t plan on being idle. Moss wants to be a rockstar.
A source close to Kate confirmed: “She has told everyone she won’t carry on modeling after she turns 35.
“Songwriting and being a singer will slowly take over.”
[From The Sun]
Kate isn’t new to the music business, she’s been dating musicians for years. Babyshambles, her ex, Pete Doherty’s band, had her onstage singing with them numerous times and featured her on their album, Down In Albion. Doherty and Moss co-wrote a number of songs for Shotter’s Nation as well.
Moss has been featured in music videos for artists from Primal Scream, who she also did some vocals for, to Johnny Cash and Elton John. She also DJs occasionally at a night club in London. Despite these illustrious credentials, Jamie Hince, her most recent ex, and his band The Kills wouldn’t let her on stage with them.
Kate Moss isn’t going to have to just worry about making it in the music business. Moss has had her own line of clothing at UK clothing store Top Shop, and in Barney’s in the US, for a year. In July Kate said she was going to quit modeling to devote more time to designing and expanding the line.
Moss, who was catapulted into the limelight after she was discovered by a modeling scout in the U.K. at the age of 14, said she now wants to spend her time designing, planning to expand her line at British high street chain Top Shop. Beyond her modeling career, she in fact has gotten into business and designing in recent years. In addition to the fashion line, she’s having a perfume to be launched in America this month and a hair-care line that has been a huge success in Europe.
“All that dressing up makes me say, ‘What do I want to wear?’ and, ‘What do I want to do with Topshop?’ It all kind of leads into the other things.”
[From Aceshowbiz]
Yes, Kate has always been led into all sorts of other things. She certainly will be a busy woman when she retires.
Kate Moss is shown outside her daughter, Lila Grace’s birthday party on 9/26/08. It looks like everyone had a great time. Credit: WENN
While I agree she probably is not a “designer” in the strictest sense of the word, her clothes do capture her style, are well designed and usually sell out, so I do have respect for her for not just printing her face on t-shirts a la Paris Hilton and calling herself a designer. She obviously has a sense of what works and has managed to capture that in a very changeable British high street. Her musical abilities however are as yet entirely unproven. I think she sees herself as a Marianne Faithfull or Nico type character from her past efforts, whether there is any substance there to pull that off will be interesting to see.
Good luck with that!
Kate’s a very shrewd businesswoman so I’m sure whatever she goes on to do will be very successful. Nothing can take away from her 20+ years as one of the most successful, iconic models around. Doesn’t seem the type to have illusions about her abilities so if the music doesn’t work out, I’m sure she’ll move on to something that does.
The posters above me are very kind. My initial reaction to “Kate Moss as a rock star” was… hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! 😆
Could well be, RAN, it’s just that I’ve never heard her sing as such so have nothing to go on as to whether she has any talent or not. But I guess we’ll see!
RAN i am nothing if not serious
Yeah, I’ve never been on the Kate Moss bandwagon, but it seems like several top-line companies will probably still want her in their advertising – why turn it down? I’d rather see Moss in an ad than some of these children masquerading as “supermodels”.
Who cares?
I can’t help myself anymore, I have to ask…
Why do people open up an article, read it, then take the time to post a comment asking “Who cares?”
I don’t get it. Either you care enough to open it up and comment, or you don’t, right?
When I don’t care, I don’t open the post, and I don’t comment.
i think letting pete doherty touch you would be brain damaging. and soul killing. and vomit inducing.
diva i don’t get it either.