Kate Moss: Style [Hardcover]

Angela Buttolph (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2008

An international trendsetter with an influence more powerful than any fashion magazine, Kate Moss is a one-woman style revolution who kick-starts global trends with each new look. She has made wearing vintage cool, dressing for festivals a headlining act in itself, and looking sexily disheveled a serious style statement. This look inside the most famous wardrobe in the world unravels the secrets of Kate Moss’s fashion formula by uncovering the stories behind her most iconic outfits, including the infamous sheer silver slip dress, the much-coveted lemon yellow prom dress, and the rock chick PVC leggings. Contributions from some of the most noted fashion designers, stylists, photographers, and vintage dealers in the industry—among them Manolo Blahnik, Donna Karan, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabanna (Dolce & Gabbana), Matthew Williamson, Kelly Osbourne, Britt Ekland, Katie Grand, and Marc Jacobs—help reveal how Kate chooses what she wears and why. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photos Kate’s iconic style campaigns and famous outfits, this is a celebration of a unique life in fashion that explores in-depth the evolution and impact of Kate’s look.

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About the Author

Angela Buttolph has written for every major fashion magazine, from Vogue to i-D, and is the coauthor of Phaidon's Fashion Book. She is now a contributing editor for Grazia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Random House UK (November 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184605429X
• ISBN-13: 978-1846054297
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #85 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Fashion

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great style or fabulous genetics?, July 11, 2010

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Klyde (Pacific Northwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kate Moss: Style (Hardcover)

I enjoyed this book, it's well-written and has lots of good pictures, but I'm still trying to figure out if Kate Moss really has as much style as admirers say, or if she just looks great in everything and admirers want to think she is stylish. A lot has been said about how well she puts things together. But I think I found as many outfits in this book that I did not think were stylish as I did those that were stylish.

She looks most stylish in the classics, like a yellow chiffon Marilyn Monroe-style dress or a black sweater with a black satin pencil skirt and T-strap sandals. But we all look better in the classics. When she takes chances like wearing skin-tight jeans, booties, and lots of layers on top, sometimes she looks fabulous and sometimes she looks like she tried and failed. But we'd all look fabulous part of the time and less so the rest if we had her looks. And even more so with the designer clothes she has access to. Unless we had no fashion sense at all.

She has almost perfect genetics. A beautiful face with wide-spaced eyes (but not too wide), a bow mouth, great jawline, and a figure that curves in and slopes out at all the right places and in the right proportions. And somehow she keeps the weight off so her figure makes any piece of clothing drape well. She could tie a garbage bag around her waist and she'd still look good even if her outfit didn't. One thing she does well is not over-accessorizing. She's pretty understated in the jewelry department and it suits her well besides adding class. She'll wear a diamond tennis necklace here and there or dangle earrings; just enough to set off her outfit, but not too much. She's a minimalist and brought in the minimalist movement after the 80s. So a minimalist with a closet full of designer clothes probably comes off pretty stylish.

So, it's a fun book if you are interested in Kate Moss. 4 stars of fun. I'm just unconvinced as of yet about it's premise.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Kate Moss Fashion, December 14, 2009

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C. Lindberg (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kate Moss: Style (Hardcover)

This is an awesome book with a detailed history of Kate Moss and her clothing style as it has evolved over the years. I just wish it had more and larger pictures of the clothes.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A style icon., November 11, 2009

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yabla - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kate Moss: Style (Hardcover)

I was so pleased to hear about this book on Kate Moss coming out that I had to get it right away. She is one of the most fashionable women on the planet--if not THE most fashionable. I loved the book. It's not so much eye popping fashion she wears as it is eye-catching. So, so glad the industry finally gave us this one. It's totally worth it. I also recommend, along with this one, Influence.