“Some models would just not look right in them, you can’t imagine putting some of the clothes on Linda Evangelista or Nadja Auermann or whoever would have been on the scene at the time,” noted Knight later on. “So Kate had both the attitude and the physical side of it, which made her perfect for it and she loved it, she was incredibly good. Her talent is bringing out the narrative that’s in the piece of clothing – that’s why she’s such a good model.” It was no surprise, then, that Moss was booked by Vogue Paris in 2011 to emulate the shape-shifting singer again – this time sporting a zingy orange mullet no less.
Along the way, there were David and Kate editorials for Q magazine and parties, including the 2005 CFDA Awards, in which Moss sat alongside the chameleonic artist and his wife, Iman. “I knew he would always have my back. Like Lee [Alexander] McQueen. There are people who believe in you, that don’t give a s*** what people say. And [Bowie] was one of them,” Kate once said. “When Bowie [sticks up for you], you feel better: ‘It’s fine, Bowie loves me, I don’t care what others think.’” When he died on 10 January 2016, Moss changed the theme of her 42nd birthday party to honour the music and fashion trailblazer. By that point, they had more than just dress-up images to mark their bond – they had changed the cultural zeitgeist. Vintage might be a major trend now, but this power duo were doing it first.
