Kate Moss: Revisiting Her Most Iconic Runway Moments

We revisit some of the most important moments from Kate Moss’ elaborate career and learn why she was a part of the ‘Big Six’.

The most iconic fashion model of the last two decades, Kate Moss, has achieved what few do: transcend her field of action and become an icon, the sign of a time. Born in South London in 1974, she started in the fashion world in 1988, when she was discovered by Sarah Doukas, owner of the Storm modelling agency. By 1990, she was already the face of the cover of a youth-style magazine, photographed by her friend Corinne Day when she would become the most famous top in the industry and indispensable on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan. A position that, somehow, she has never ceased to occupy.

Many fashion designers cite Kate as their muse: her angelic yet playful presence was an inspiration to visionaries such as Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen. The latter made history when he projected an ethereal hologram of Moss in his fall/winter 2006 “Widows of Culloden” runway show at Paris Fashion Week.

Here are the six most epic moments of Kate Moss on the runway.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, SS 1996

British supermodel Kate Moss walked the runway at Vivienne Westwood’s Spring/ Summer 1996 collection with a striped Westwood bridal style dress.

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, FW 2006

Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2006/2007 ready-to-wear collection in Paris March 3, 2006. British designer McQueen had an image of the supermodel emerge out of the smoke in a holographic installation at his ready-to-wear show, paying tribute to Moss, who had lost advertising contracts after a cocaine scandal.

LOUIS VUITTON, FW 2013

British Supermodel Kate Moss walked the Louis Vuitton’s Fall-Winter Ready-To-Wear, 2013

during Paris Fashion Week. She sported a brunette wig and wore a sheer floral embroidered

dress with nothing else but a pair of grey briefs and blue peep-toe heels.

CHANEL, SS 1994

British Supermodel Kate Moss walked the Chanel’s Spring-Summer runway show, in 1994.

VERSACE, SS 2022

90’s supermodel Kate Moss, 47, reappeared walking the runway like a vintage pro while wearing a cropped black dress and gold print cape from the brand’s Spring-Summer 2022 collection.

YVES SAINT LAURENT, SS 1993

Kate Moss walked the runway at the Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1993

fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week in January 1993 in Paris, France.