Highlights
- After a controversy-free 2010, fashion’s bad girl, Kate Moss, is back in the headlines – this time for lighting up on the runway, blatantly ignoring smoking laws. At Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, March 9, Kate Moss closed the Louis Vuitton show by striding down the ramp in black shorts and lace-up boots. She accessorized with a lit cigarette. Not only did she flout French laws which bans smoking in buildings, she also chose UK’s National No Smoking Day to make her cigarette habit public. Never an ideal role model, Kate’s latest stunt has called down the wrath of health campaigners who believe the supermodel could encourage young girls to follow suit and light up. In 2009, Kate was accused of promoting unhealthy eating habits when she said “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs has said that Wednesday’s show was all about reflecting a woman’s freedom of expression. A strong political statement to make – and a choice rebel to match, given that Kate is rumoured to smoke upto 30 a day.
After a controversy-free 2010, fashion's bad girl, Kate Moss, is back in the headlines - this time for lighting up on the runway, blatantly ignoring smoking laws.
At Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, March 9, Kate Moss closed the Louis Vuitton show by striding down the ramp in black shorts and lace-up boots. She accessorized with a lit cigarette. Not only did she flout French laws which bans smoking in buildings, she also chose UK's National No Smoking Day to make her cigarette habit public.
Never an ideal role model, Kate's latest stunt has called down the wrath of health campaigners who believe the supermodel could encourage young girls to follow suit and light up. In 2009, Kate was accused of promoting unhealthy eating habits when she said "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs has said that Wednesday's show was all about reflecting a woman's freedom of expression. A strong political statement to make - and a choice rebel to match, given that Kate is rumoured to smoke upto 30 a day.