Wordlab: The New Face of Coke

We're not talking about Salma Hayek. That's so last year's celebrity news.

Kate Moss is the new face of coke. Okay, that's probably a wee bit unkind, but somebody had to use the headline in connection with this tabloid story. It's reported that Kate Moss has been dumped by H&M, Chanel, and Burberry since the Daily Mirror photo exposé of "Cocaine Kate", as the tabloid named her, and Babyshambles frontman, Pete Doherty, allegedly taking drugs. It's just not something supermodels do, you know.

Really? Do tell, not Kate Moss! Now, everyone must know, for sure. According to press reports, even the British police want to probe her:

Sir Ian Blair, the commissioner of Metropolitan Police, told reporters that he had been involved in the decision to investigate Moss.

He said he didn't wish to comment directly on the case, but said: "We have to look at the impact of this kind of behavior on impressionable young people and if there is evidence something should be done about it.

"I can remember being asked a question about a previous individual who was given a caution. I think that was a wrong decision."

London's police generally investigate drug dealers rather than users, but that policy is "adaptable to the impact of events," Blair said.

This is the same Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair who's in charge of investigating the London tube bombings by Al Qaeda terrorists, when he's not involved in looking into Kate Moss's coke habit.

Anyway, any decision about charges, London's police chief said, should take account of the impact of the case on impressionable young people. Perhaps, while they're at it, they might take into consideration the impact of the fashion industry on impressionable teenage supermodels.

Kate Moss model of imperfection, an unauthorized look at fashion's unlikeliest supermodel, seems a fitting title for her biography.

Update 12/07/05: Kate Moss Emerges From Scandal Intact

Three months ago, a cocaine scandal threatened to end Kate Moss' career. Now, her scandalous image is helping to fuel a remarkable comeback.

In September, a storm erupted around the 31-year-old supermodel after she was pictured in a tabloid newspaper snorting cocaine. Burberry and other top fashion brands dropped her and there was much speculation that her red-hot career might have been irretrievably cooled.

Forget about that.

Recently, Moss has picked up a string of new contracts and held onto her old ones - including, perhaps fittingly, Yves Saint Laurent's Opium perfume.

The ultimate accolade comes Thursday when French Vogue - perhaps the fashion industry's most influential publication - hits the stands with a December issue devoted to Moss. The tag line on the cover: "Scandalous Beauty."

Posted by abnu on Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 12:05 AM [ + ]

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