Voque Today: All that Glitters

I am not a hypocrite, I have always been rooting for her, despite that post from a while back. I know that reading about Kate Moss can get as tiresome as seeing images of Victoria in tacky outfits but regardless I was so glad to see that Kate has finally made a Topshop collection worth buying, that I could not resist posting about it. Anyone in the Great Britain/Ireland area will have seen practically every celebrity magazine with Kate's smiling face beaming from the cover. Yes, I did put smiling, beaming and Kate in the same senten

ce. It seems she has finally sorted herself out. Gone is the matted, tangled hair with roots showing, gone is the greasy, blotched skin and must significantly gone is that slimy, overrated slug - Pete Doherty. Enter the New Kate. New haircut - honey blonde choppy, 70's bob with a fringe, new rockstar boyfriend - Jamie Hince, guitarist with The Kills and a wardrobe that has never looked so cool or glamorous. Rejoice! Looks like Kate isn't going to give away her style icon title that easily. (Lets just forget that little perfume mishap, shall we?)

Last week, Kate celebrated the launch of her new Kate Moss at Topshop collection for the party season ahead. A star studded party ensued, and star studded it certainly was - Naomi Campbell, Lily Allen, Sophie Dahl, Elle Macpherson, Kelly Osbourne to name a few and even a performance from Grace Jones. I have not seen Kate looking as fabulous as she did for that party in a long while, utterly glamorous and radiant. Black satin catsuit from the new collection, vintage, beaded, 20's flapper - girl cape, dark, glittery eye makeup and most importantly the smile that was captured on all those magazine covers.

That same week saw Kate in another stunning outfit. Continuing the flapper theme in a beaded, tasseled dress at the Swarovski Fashion Rocks Gala in London, Kate really shows the rest of the glitterati how it's done on the red carpet.

Kate's first Topshop collection proved a bit of a disappointment. It was certainly wearable, but it lacked punch for there were only so many button down vests and one shoulder dresses, one could stomach. The autumn collection was definitely better, more original and there were a few stand out pieces. However, what irritated me about this collection, was that some pieces seemed entirely un - Moss. For example, that sweet candy pink, preppy knit vest, not exactly rock chick was it? The new collection has a 1970's disco queen, Studio 54 feel combined with all the beads, sparkle and vitality of the 1920's. Of course the rock 'n' roll theme continues, but this time it all about glamour, glitter and night time. As Topshop say about the collection - "Kate's new designs encapsulate luxurious after - dark glamour with a quintessential Kate twist."